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ACCOUNTED FOR THE "GHOST
Really Nothing Remarkable When the
Facts Were Made .Plain to the
Perturbed Ones.
It was a good ghost story that went
the way of the waste basket recently
up in the neighborhood of U street
and Florida avenue?and all on aocount
of a little child!
For several nights the people in that
vicinity had been wrought up over a
strange phenomenon appearing in a
deserted building on 'one of the neighboring
side streets, relates the Washington
Star. The building, by the
way, was merely temporarily vacant,
but "deserted" sounds more ghostlike.
To watchers there appeared from time
to time in the front windows of the
upper stories of the deserted building
a ghoulish light of that particular
pale blue color affected by ghosts of
standing. Its corpselike hue would
flicker a few creepy flickers and then
vanish anon?lights always vanish
anon in a ghost story.
For a fact, it was a funny sort of
thing, as the good people expressed It,
one to another, that this gruesome
radiance should suddenly iignt up m a
building in such a respectable neighborhood,
and then suddenly blot itself
out, without any more reason for the
blotting out than for the flickering.
Men rushed in suddenly during these
flickers?only to find nothing. Small
and timid servant girls, without beaus,
stayed in after dark, and it bid fair
become the light that made Washington
famous when?
When one evening a little girl whose
nursery overlooked the haunted house,
peeping out of the window, saw the
ghost! It wsb an electric car scurrying
along Columbia road, some distance
away, v/hich, as it swung, joggling,
around the curves of that
thoroughfare, flung, for a few moments,
the beams of its headlight into
the rear windows of the house. From
these the light was reflected palely on
the front windows and?and there you
are!
SAVED EMPIRE SY STRATEGY
Military Leaders of Byzantium Made
Up by Finesse What They Lacked
Mtimh^rn.
After the decline of Rome the ceo*
ter of the .world's military progress
was, for seven or eight centuries,
transferred to the Greek empire. Constantinople
ruled elements of a much
less homogeneous nature than Rome,
in her prime, had depended upon.
There was less loyalty to the central
rule there, and far less liberty under
it.
The decisive military fact of the
east was, however, that Byzantium
had to contend against overwhelming
numerical superiority in its enemies.
South of it. from the Indies to the
Atlantic, was the Saracen empire,
burning with the zeal of a new religion.
To the east were the Seljuk
Turks, while to the north were the
Bulgarians, and the Slavonian and
Hunic tribes.
Against such odds it was useless
simply to match man for man. The
military leaders of the empire were
full of military spirit and took keen
delight in war as a game; but they
were the descendants of Ulysses, and
they made of war a game of finesse,
?in ahnrt a war of wits.
UL UCV Ciucoo ?M wuv. ? By
their spying and bribes, by stirring
up treason in the enemy's camp,
by surprises, simulated retreats and
ambush, they illustrated the saying of
,Bacc;t that stratagem is a weaker kind
of policy, used by those who are not
strong enough to win by fairer methods.?Engineering
Magazine.
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Telephone Three Mile3 in Air.
A telephone exchange three miles \
In the air. This station, said to be <
the highest in the world, is in the |
meteorological observatory on the j
top of Mont Ro.?:a in the Pennine
Alps, 15.450 feet above sea level. At |
this elevation snow is always found, j
end advantage is taken of the high |
insulation given by dry snow, the !
wires in the last Eecticn, at the peak, I
being simply laid on the snow covered i
ground. To prevent breakage by I
"clocier movements the line is carried |
through rings on the telephone poles.
The poles are short and are taken
down at the end of every summer seaton
and replaced at the beginning of
the following summer.
A Live Political Issue.
Washington.?The confirmation of
F. P. Colcock as the successor of Bob
Smalls as collector of the port a*
Beafort has become a live political
issue. A day or two ago senate Republicans
blocked this confirmation,
putting up the plea that inasmuch as
the office would be practically abolished
on July 1. Smalls should be allowed
to serve out his time. The
Democrats, in executive session, saw
that the Republicans were in the majority,
hence no action are taken.
?? the status of the matter now.'
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PROPER REST FOR CHILDREN
Nervous Youngsters Should Be Kept
Free From Excitement and
Should Sleep Long.
Mothers should never forget that
nervous children require more rest
than do those who are, beyond doubt,
normal and healthy.
Not only should nervous children
sleep longer at night, but they should
be trained. If they do not do so naturally,
to take a/nap in the middle of
the day, or as soon after dinner as
possible.
People who live in cities, where the
noise often prevents babies and children
from sleeping in the day time, 1
will overcome this annoyance by fix- 1
ing a place in the back part of the 1
house where the noise of the street
will not reach the ears of the little
ones; sometimes it is more quiet In
the middle rooms of a flat, and many
mothers find that their children can |
rest If they are not disturbed.
The window should be darkened
without shutting out the air, and a
good screen is a great help, if placed
about the crib or bed on which the 1
child is to be. J
Nervous children should not be tak- '
en to places of amusement when they !
will become excited; play in the open '
air during the day is quite sufficient '
for both body and mind, and late hours
will only increase the trouble and '
perhaps bring on a more serious condition.
Where Fashion Is Individual.
The fashion in Klangsu province
China, is whatever one wants. Everj
man wears what is right in his owi
eyes. A panaraa goes jauntily dowi
the street followed by a fur coverec
brim cap. Felt hats of scarlet ant
verdigris green follow along witt
grays and browns that really do th<
amateur hatters credit. Eskimo toi
capes, a few derby hats and the smar I
military uniforms give the streets i
piquancy that was missed formerly ii
the monotonous China blue crowds
Of all the notices posted on the cits
gate the one that attracts the mos'
attention is the fashion plate that bai
been exhibited for weeks. It display!
two or three of the typical "western*
suits. There are the "swallow tailed'
and the low front frock, for eveqiniL
^jonctwu^?*
skirts recommended "for* the women
The silt or "stovepipe"' lxat hhs its
corner with the other felts.
Harmony of Colors.
The principle that the sensation ol
white results from the equal excitement
of sensations produced by the
three fundamental radiations is deduced
naturally from an analysis of
the rules of the harmony of colors.
Colored lights do not focus at the
same point; therefore the eye must
seize different distances at the same
time in order to see when different
colored surfaces touch. The difference
of refranglbility of the dilferent
colored rays causes some colors to
stand out and others to stand back
Red is the most "flying" or "tapering"
of the colors, a red object always appearing
to be farther away than a blue
object, though it Is seen on the same
plane and in the same light.?Har
per's Weekly.
Vegetable Eaters.
Our college professors nowadays not
only teach youth, but also make many
original and startling discoveries.
Professor James Rollin Stonaker, of
8t*nford university, has just proved
that eaters of meat are more enduring
than eaters of vegetables, grain
and grass. He h. s put four rats in
rotary cages v.;l:\ speedomoters attached
and found that in twenty-five
months the meat eating female rat
ran 5,417 miles, while her vegetable
eating sister ran only 447. The meat
eating male ran 1,447 miles, but the
gentleman rat of the vegetable diet
ran only a pitiful 200 miles. While
we have not made such striking experiments,
we have noticed that in the
case of the elephant he does not taste
meat in his whole life, being reduced
to such fare as shrubs, the tops of
bushes and little trees and other such
food lacking in nutrition. As a result
the elephant seldom attains a weight
of more than 10.000 nounds. and the
hardiest specimens do not often live
[ longer than 200 years.?Health Culture.
Slayer of Wife Jailed for Life.
Rome, Ga.?I. W. Williams, G4-vearold
slayer of his wife, Mrs. Henrietta
Williams, was sentenced to life imprisonment
at the state farm. The jury
bringing a verdict of guilty, with
recommendation to mercy after ten
minutes deliberation. The defense'
plea of insanity and the age of Williams
were the contributing factors to
the leniency, the defense's attorney
admitting in his speech before court
that the crime was so "unprovoked
that no sane man would have committed
it."
BULLETS DID LITTLE DAMAGE
Aviator's Machine Hit Frequently, but
Efficiency Was Not Impaired
at Any Time.
The Balkan campaign has proved
valuable to the science of aviation.
It has shown by one concrete example
that the mere fact of being struck by
bullets and perforated does not signify
irretrievable disaster for the airship.
The Russian aviator, Eflmoff,
was engaged by Bulgaria to fly to Adrlanople
and throw down handbills in
the Turkish language, in which the
Bnlgarlans called on the population of
Adrianople to surrender. He was given
only an old apparatus, but he threw
down the bills. "At Fort Karagach I
Baw a considerable number of infantrymen
shooting towards the sky with
their rifles," he said. "I did not hear
the shots, but when I noticed that four
bullets had struck my apparatus I
knew for whom the shots were
means. I did not lose my presence of
mind, but flew on. When the guns in
the flreH ahrnnnel ?t and
when the apparatus had been struck
several times by fragments of projectiles
the situation became critical.
Fortunately only the wings were hit
and not the motor, and so I could
keep on and in twenty minutes I was
once more in the flying Held at Mustafa
Pasha. The apparatus was repaired
and used again."
Bonaparte as 8choolboy.
The following is a copy of the cei*
tlflcate given to the great Napoleon
on leaving school. It was handed to
him for presentation to the king of
France by the inspector of the College
of Brlenne:
"M. de Bonaparte (Napoleon), born
the 15th of August, 1769. Height,
four feet ten inches ten lines (five
feet six and one-half lncnes); has finished
his fourth degree.
"Of good constitution, excellent
health, a character docile, frank and
graceful and strictly , regular In conduct;
has always distinguished himself
by his application to mathematics;
he is tolerably conversant
with history and geography; rather
deficient in polite accomplishments
as well as Latin, having only finished
his fourth course. Wotdd make
an excellent marine.
^^eservs to pass to the wroool at
I'M' . I""
Astrology.
It would be futile to attempt to
determine the time and place of
the origin of astrology. It is as
ancient as history itself. When we
first hear of human society we find
along with it the "excellent fopoerv
of the world," as Shake
speare called astrology. Astrology
was cultivated by the Chaldeans,
Egyptians, Greeks, Romans,
and all other ancient peoples. So
strong was the art, or science, that
it refused to go dcrn in the general
smash-up at the close of the
old Roman rule, but held on and
was powerful all through the middle
ages. It was only with the
advent of modern science and enlightenment
as to nature's laws
that the old scence of the stars and
fateo dcc1-T">rt.
Candles Used as a Clock.
Various expedients for measurinp
time were in use before the invention
of clocks. Alfred the Great caused
Bix tapers to be made for his daily
use. Each taper was twelve inches
long and of proportionate diameter
The whole length was divided intc
twelve parts of one inch each, ol
which three would burn for one hour,
so that each taper shouid be consumed
in four hours. The six tapers, lighten
one after another, lasted twenty-foui
hours.
APPLICATION FOR FINAL I)IS.
CHARGE AS ADMINISTRATOR.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned will apply to me i-rouas.
Judge of Chesterfield County for filial
discharge as Administrator of tin
estate of Mrs. M. E. Liles, deceased
at Chesterfield, S. C., on May 20th
191.1, at ten o'clock a. in.; and at t:u
same time will apply for an order oi
distribution of the funds of the said
estate. W. D. LILES,
April 1C, 1913. Administrator.
To Cure a Stiff Shoulder.
If you hove had a stiff shoulder and
want to regain the full range of movement,
the following simple plan has
been recommended: Stand close to the
wall and put your fingers on it; then
creep up the wall with your fingers a*
high as you can. At first the stiffnes3
will prevent you going very hlgn.
Make a pencil mark to show the level
you reach. Each day you ought to get
a little higher, but on no account must
you ever fall short of the mark of the
previous day, or the spell is broken.
When you have reached as high with
the injured arm as you can with the
sound one you are cured.?From the
Family Doctor.
WHY THESE (
To be well dressed you want cl<
?the right style?the proper h
that will hold the garment in i
satisfaction and the right price
ADLER'S COLLEG
This store is headquarters for clothe
ments more than measure up to the
sortment we have on hand now we
The Evans
WOMEN AHtfUf UotDEALtOT (J
Measure to Extend Suffrage in Great
Britain Beaten by 47 Votes.
London:?The fate of the woman's y
suffrage bill was sealed by the votes
of more than fifty Irish nationalists,
who voted against it. The bill, whereb
yit was sought to enfranchise 6,000,000
women, was rejected by a majority
of 47; the vote stood 2C6 to
219.
Whether there is any chance that
the present parliament will pass a
bill of more limited character may be
doubted. Possibly the nationalists
fear that {if they allow a woman's.
franchise bill to pass the second'
reading it will lead to a parliamentary |
! struggle, which would not unlikely I \
i end in dissolution of parliament be- [ >
j fore the home rule bill becomes a law. ?
I Furthermore, the debate proved that u
11 the militant policy of the suffragists Q
11 has done the cause great harm as | l
I far as parliament is concerned. The
11 conciliation bill of last session was re- ca<
. | jected by only a small majority com- j
11 pared with the Dickinson bill under ' t;-?
I discussion. Previous bills, giving j [,'rj
, I some measure of enfranchisement to o:i
| women, have passed the second read- tj.(
, | ing, although they never survived sub
i i,eouent stages. - ?)
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Under and by virtue of an order o1'
? A. F. Wooijs, referee in Bankruptcy.
. bearing date the 18th of April, lf?:
. 1 will sell at public auction to tlK
Mghert bidder, subject to coniinaa- jja
t'""1 r( ihe Court, before (he Court ca
. house door at Chesterfield, in the i th
( County of Chesici field on the third
I Monday in May at twelve o'clock,,1
Noon. ! ?
All that certain piece, parcel or,Ni|
tract of land lying and being situate | ret
in the said County of Chesterfield, | hu
onn f in in cr fnrtv ncrPS mnrf* O!* 1(?5S. i
0 J 11gi
and bounded North West by Beaver i
Creek, East by lands of J. E. Johncei
son and Cordy Ann Poison, and South gQ,
West and West by lands of Mary A. jjv
Laney, and being the same tract of ce;
land purchased by E. L. Moore &'?ei
Company from M. W. Brignian. Be
Terms of Sale: One third cash, one aa
third in ninety days and the remain- j)p<
der in six months, to be secured by a
tnc
mortgage on the premises. Purchas- ^ ,
er to pay for the execution of the
papers. floi
WILLIAM MURCHISON us.
Trustee in Bankruptcy, coi
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INEBOSE WILL MAKE
Y0UJFQP6ET
hat You Ever Had Stomach'
Trouble or Gal! Stones.
FMIT1 3 'A JIlUUirWi (IIUIKHMI
A F.tA1?DY for ailStoinach,Uv?r
ami Intostina! Tr.-ubl*,
\W^^6iph\ Giifitritis, Indigestion,
.fCT'mft&SXZik. Pyspapaia, prossurs?*
*5as Irni"!l' *'? "
l(\ lA A^ Y i*Mi ,V/fl tl?art.Soiirbtomich.
ff\ ,rijnnW/vfl Di?Ui so After E. titig,
U lt\ Nervousness, O.zxiI
M Bww/i (l \ / nes#'! a<nMnC Spoils,.
fi/'l litiut __^lZ Sl:k Kca<<a?i-*s, Coniti/Am
/', T-~~~7? \ p/itlon, Congaata* and
/{ Torpio Uwor. Tallow JaunU
M \'l Uica.AppanuicltJe and Oalt
llffl'A' : * MAT*'? P Stones.
iIhTvJl i V?M?I*R; 'llrfd
llKsSo "" fSSSK " [I above nl'ment* ara
nuiinly Caused by the
{ \ clogging c'the Intea^
| A tinal tiact with mull
\z(jr| ThmTuomI E a cuid and caturrhah
Tlf!iil'~ ?(MCorfoaE !f\ accretion*, backing
qui (it*E | fl/A up poitonoua fluid*
t-SSSg ip.twrif Uf into the stomach. and
nTf'^ol* j BP otherwise deranging
[ the digestive system.
dayr'a Wot dortuj Stomach Hemoiy is the Beet
d most widely known Remedy fur those ailment*
d should quickly relieve and cure the mo? tchronic
?.. Put it to a test. One dose will prove it*iat
curuti e powers. It act* like magic In the
>st chronic case of Stomach, Liver ard In
inr.l admen's, /pprrdicit'j nnd symptoiia of
II tones. Thmwnnds t-f suf.'erers are highly
lirinr the rerroiiy an i me n commending it to
iojs for restoring r.i?-m to perfect health.
Do not iienmiu dangerous operation for
? ? ailments un.il yrci lava at least tried:
9 dote oi this gn at K medy. Guaranteed by
[ to re al.s lately harmless, cor.Liin ng no In i<
in* drugs, under the Pure Food & Drug Act*
n.il Nu. i.7i;KJ
( f.o. II. Mayti. Mfg. Chemist.
15-1-Ud W lining tit, Chicago, ILL
ir sail? in Cheraw hv J. T. Lndd,
ruggist, nnd druggists eve ywhere
Keep It to Yourself.
Worry yourself, if you cannot be,ppy
otherwise, but why endeavor touse
oth?r people to worry when
ere is nothing to be worried about?"
Motors In West Africa,
rfce policy cf developing southern j
geria by means of road-making ha*
suited In the existence 01 several
ndred miles of roads suitable for
(chanieai transport. Motor cars aro
?d by several Europeans, and two
rive gentlemen in Lagos have reitly
acquired cars. In addition to
vernment transport services, the nae
government of Abokuta hat sucssfully
arranged a small transport y
vice employing six motor wagon*. "
vtral motor bicycles are used by
tlves. There is, bowever, a gooa t
enlng for a motor transport servico /
Lagos In connection with the rt- * \J
tval of trade goods from the ware- ^
uses to merchants' premises and to
j railway, while much remains to bo
ne to bring about a more genera)
s of motor traction throughout tho
jntry.
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