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" =1 < ? How the Race ' Was Won By CRITTENDEN MARRIOTT ( Copyright, inos, h>i T- C. ytcClurc J * r It all begun at the America's cup races in 1003 and ciulcd two years later, ( In the fall of 1003. To be exact, it be- 1 gan at the very moment the winning . r boat, swelling white from deck to tow- ^ ering truck, swept across the line in a p mist of flying spray and a thousand a steam whistles burst into gigantic np- t plause, announcing to a waiting world o that the cup would stay on this side ^ for at least another year. f It was at this instant that Miss Virginia Wentworth, her teeth flashing, ^ her eyes glistening, her cheeks flaming, turned to Frank Stanhope and cried. :1 with quick emotion: "Isn't it glorious? \ Oh, I could love a man who could carry s off a prize like that!" l This romarjjc was unwise unless Miss 1 Wentworth wished to invite what fol- 1 lowed, for no one had ever accused Stanhope of being backward where wo- ^ men were concerned. Besides, lie was j very much In love with Miss Went- ( worth. So he Instantly turned, bent over the girl so that no one else might hear and whispered. "Will you love me . < if I carry it off. Virginia?" Whereupon ; Miss Wentworlli, with a suddenly 1 heightened color, turned quickly aside ' and made a remark to a girl compan- ' ion. But the question once asked had to be answered sooner or later. The time when it must be came the next after- j. noon in the disjointed intervals avail- (, able between the departure of one f guest who had dropped in on Miss l Wentworth to get a cup of tea and the s arrival of another who came for the i same purpose. v Stanhope smiled down on her. "You ' remember what you said yesterday, -l don't you?" ho asked. ( Miss Wentworth blushed slightly. ^ "Oh, yes," she said. "Wasn't it fool- ] isli? I was carried away by the mo- ( ment and thought that I could love the ( nrnil wlm tln> didly." ' ' \ "The Englishman has snid that ho . will challenge again," he said slowly. ( "I shall build a yacht and defend the I cup." j ' "But you are not a yachtsman." < "I shall become one if"? > "But you know how seasick you get i when the water is rough." ( "I'll get over it if"? "I won't promise." "I don't ask you to do po. But I do ( ask you to ho with me when my yacht | crosses the line a \ ietor a year or two from now. and perhaps?perhaps the ] moment may carry you away again." j "Oh, you foolish boy!" But it was j with a very tender look in her eyes i that Miss Wentworth watched Stan- ] liope as lie went from the parlor. An hour later he was closeted with Nell Burke, the famous yacht do- . signer. "l'ou said once that you would do , anything for my father's son. Mr. Burke," he was saying. "Now I'm ] going to claim your promise. I've got j to defend the cup next time. To do . so I must have a yacht that can do- j feat all other would be defenders and j then can defeat the challenger, no mat- j tor how good it may he. Will you help me?" j , "It's my business to do so," returned j , the designer, "and in this case it will , be my pleasure as well." ; ] Stanhope drew a long breath. \ ; "That's good," he said. "Spare 110 ] expense?none. I will spend my whole 1 fortune if necessary to assure this vie- j tory." | j The designer's face grew serious. lie . drew a sheet of paper toward him and , began to figure. At last he threw j down the pencil. "Stanhope," lie said, j "if j'ou mean exactly what you say . and if you are rich enough and have , the nerve to risk it I can assure you j Sold by Unioi I Southern Ra | THIS GREAT RAILWAY RUNS 1 i GREAT COUNT I CONVENIENTLY UNITING ALL THE Bi " | OF THE SOUTH. I W.A.TURK. S.H.I Passonper Traffic Manaper, General f s Washington. D. C. 1 W. H. TAYLOE, Ass't Gen l Pass. Aganl f) f ir victory as cc . i.-i any human jvent still In the future can be asnued. But it will cost n great deal." "Never mind the cost. I have the lerve, I believe, and I have Uie money -that is. I have anything within reason." "Ah! But perhaps you'll think that his isn't in reason. Will?and can? ,*ou risk $7,000,000 on the race with the ertainty of winning unless something dtogetlier unforeseen should occur?" "Seven millions! Great Caesar! IIow au you possibly spend seven milions?" "I said risk, not spend. And the isle will be very small. Nearly all of he money will be restored safe and lound?less the cost of the yacht, crew iiid so forth, say half a million. But he seven millions I must have in coin, >r, better still, in bars of solid gold. Yill you risk it?" Drops of sweat stood on Stat /hope's orehead. "Mr. Burke," he said, "I mi reputed to be rich, and I am. I appose (lie market value of my proprty is about ten millions. But in ictual cash 1 am poor. I shall have o sell every thing to get this gold. To sell in haste may cost me one-third of ny fortune?certainly one-quarter of t. Suppose 1 should not Vie able to "aise seven millions, what then?" "Oh, $0,000,000 or even $3,000,000 ivould do at a pinch." returned Mr. riurke nonchalantly. "Seven millions s best, but a loss amount would almost ertainly do as well." "IIow soon do you want the money?" "Eight or nine months from now will io." "Very well, you shall have it. Now \plain your plans to me." Ami nuclei ii< hrenth Stanhope inurmuretl. "1 won l< ; wiietlier this sort of thing is rontonic enough to suit her?" * <! * * * * * Two years passed away, and the date ?f the great, international races was ast approaching. Marvelous tales had nine front abroad regarding the perbrinanees of the Erin. The llritisli tad gone fairly wild over .'ier, and their upreine eonlldenee had had a depresstig effect on this side of the water, vhere the new defender, the Virginia, tad done nothing to show that she was treatly superior to the Coluniltla. Stanhope had heen readily admitted o the yacht cluh, and his boat, eonitrueted by the famous old designer, tad been accepted as the defender ol lie cup. Extraordinary pains had been akon to keep her lines secret. The shipyard where she was built had been luarded day and night by armed men, tnd she hail been htunched "in petticoats." which concealed her hull. It was not until the day before that tot. for the first series of races that one if the sensational New York newspapers announced under scare heads that the Virginia, despite her enormous sail area, drew only fifteen foot of water; hence the paper deduced the alleged fact that if the wind reached a velocity of even twelve miles an hour the American boat would inevitably capsize. ti,? a ------ - j He ui i iwu rim's >\ 1*111 on splendidly for the Americans, (lie Virginia comIn?; in a good live miles ahead of lier rival in spite of the fact that the latter also showed phenomenal speed. Ily the morning of the third race the yachting world had settled down to the conviction tlia.t Mr. Tturke had discovered some new principle of hull building. The result of the third race seemed so absolutely certain that Stanhope invited Miss Wentworth and her chaperon to be on hoard during it. it was not in accordance with racing customs to have any one hosiiics the otlicers and crew aboard at such a time, but the superiority of tin* Virginia was so evident that It seemed impossible for harm to result. And none did result until after the race was won. As the Virginia glided smoothly across the line four miles ahead of her outclassed rival Stanhope turned to Miss Wentworth. "Are rou carried away. Virginia?" he nsk>d. The girl turned to him, joy in his triumph Hushing in her face, but before she could answer a cry of terror arose. The excursion fleet, wild with excitement over the unprecedented triunpli of the American, had broken through the guard lines. The next Dstant came a grinding crash, and the saddle wheel of a gigantic ferryboat went tearing across the vnclit. rln >iiiK her stern to pieces and pushing Palpitation, Shortness of H th and fulness after eat- ft se Ramon's Pills?they I Complete treatm't 25c I n Drug: Co. 1LWAY WE RUN THE | 1 rHROUGH A BEST VESTI- I Bill E TRAINS I -ST SECT ONS I AND HAVE THE I ^RDW'CK BEST DINING I asssngcr Agent, CAR SERVICE I I, Atlanta, Ca. 9 MRS. CECELIA STOWE, i/-] Orator, Entre Nous Club. j 176 Warren Avenue, Eg Chicaco, Ii.i,., 0#. 22,1902. a Fox* nearly four vears I Buffered gj from ovarian troubles. The doc|3 tor insisted on an operation as the jgj only way to pet well. I, however, ffi strongly objected to an operation. Sfl My husband felt disheartened as 9'well as 1, for home with a sick j H woman is a disconsolate placo at Ki] best. A friendly druggist advised gW him to get a bottle of Wine of M Cardui for me to try, and he did so. kj 1 began to improve in a few days and gy my recovery was very rapid. \Vith|p in eighteen weeks I was another W Mrs. Stowe's letter shows every w 8B woman how a home is saddened by H S3 female weaknes and how completely ga Wine of Cardui cures that sick- K gS ness and brings health and happi- K n ness again. Do not go on suffer- Bj fjj ing. Go to your druggist today Kg ? and secure a $1.00 bottle of Wine H 1 |wiWECftilPUl| nor beneath the water. The suddenness of the calamity add ed to its a wf illness. One moment the ' bonutlful vessel, with towering masts and bellying canvas, was there, the next only a confusion of broken timbers and struggling men. As the boat went down like a stone Stanhope clasped Virginia in his arms and sprang overboard, and in a few moments they were picked up without sensible injury to either. Putting Miss Wentworth under euro of her friends, Stanhope hurried on board of the United States gunboat which had quickly dispersed the fleet and taken charge of the wreck. "Captain Edward," lie exclaimed hoarsely, "I am Mr. Stanhope, owner of the Virginia. My entire fortune Is in that yacht. She contains over $0,000,000 in gold." "What!" "Ilcr keel is of solid gold. You read the story in the paper the other day stating that the Virginia drew only fifteen feet of water. Well, that was true. CJohl is nearly twice as heavy as lead, a golden keel is only half the size of a leaden one, and its resistance to the water is far less. Consequently a boat with such a keel is much faster than one with the ordinary lead keel. 1 had to win this race, so I sold ali my property and turned it into gold to make a keel for the Virginia. Will you stay here and protect the wreck until we can get the wrecking apparatus?" "1 will, sir; I will." Three hours later the work on the yacht had proceeded far enough to make certain the safety of the gold, and Stanhope set off to the home of Miss Wcntwortli, where he found her none the worse for her cold bath. "I asked my question at the proper time, Virginia," he said, "hut the blundering of that boat robbed me of my answer. Did the moment carry you away?" Shyly the girl looked up at him. \l\v, sue sum. 111c moment auiu t, but?I think that you did." The Trnvellnpc Story Teller. The profession of linkkuwati, or story teller, is a calling oltleially recognized in oriental countries, and the fortunate possessor of the necessary gift is sure of a welcome and a livelihood wherever lie goes. "It is this man." says nil authority on oriental customs, "who beyond all others relieves the monotony of eastern life. I have seen the Arabian bakknwnti seated in the middle of n large crowd, with the firelight throwing a ruddy glow over ids mobile features, bring out clearly their varying expressions as lie warms to his tale. The Arabs have a saying that 'smiles and tears arc in the same khurig,' or wallet, and so well does the renl hnkkawati know his business that hour after hour ho ran make his dark skinned audience shake with laughter or soli in sympathy with the woes of some imaginary heroine, or shiver and feel for their daggers, ready to spring to their feet to avenge some dastardly act of cruelty. No 'dime novel* of the western world could he more thrilling than Is this legendary fiction of the peoples of the far east." Charity. Every pood net Is charity. Giving water to the thirsty is charity. Removing stones and thorns from the road la charity. Exhorting your fellowmen to virtuous deeds is charity. Broiling in your brother's face is charity. Putting a wanderer in the right path la charity. A mnn's true wealth is the good he does in tliis world. When lie dies mortals will ask what property has he left behind him. but angels will Inquire, "What good deeds hast thou Bent before thee?"?Mohammed. Penalty of the Smoker. "Fred!" "Yes. dear?" "Why don't you buy mo one of those nice Havana wrnppers that you were I talking to Mr. Bruce about last night?" * * Humor aitfPhilosophy By DUNCAN N. SMITH 4 ? i Copyright. 1001, by Duncan M. Smith. COUNTRY LIFE FROM AFAR. The man who was raised on a farm But is now with a business concern Quito frequently views with alarm The manner in which the boys turn From nature's bcnellcent reign. But Hock to the town by first train. He doesn't"come round to explain The reason he didn't remain. The man who was raised on the farm Forever Is singing its praise And dwelling at length on each charm While longing for happy old days. But the fare to the country Is cheap. And cars dally run on the track. And choice country board isn't steep. But he doesn't pack up and go back. To rise and get out on the lawn Along with the lark In tho morn Some twenty-seven hours before dawn Is pleasure for some?In a horn. To labor all day out of doors Till after the sun has gone down And then hustle home for the chores In theory beats eight hours in town. In theory, to hear nature's heart Beat under the Impulse of spring BeRts tolling In dull city mart; In practice It's no such a thing. You know in tho depths'of your brain. If you arc A child of the hay, That only those fellows remain Who can't by some means get away. At Less Than Cost. , "For two cents I would lick you," do- j clnred tlic important little man, strutting around the fellow who he fancied had insulted him. "You are too generous," replied the other. "That wouldn't begin to pay your hospital bill after you got through." Have You Ever Been There? Do you know whnt It Is to be broke? Dead broke, not a cent to your name; i No chance to write home to your folk? Were you ever against such a game? No credit, no prospects, no cash. No work and no place for a bed; No station at which to eat hash? Say, didn't you envy the dead? Perhaps you've been caught on the street Without any coin in your vest Along toward the hour when you eat; Well, you were not greatly distressed, j You stood ofT the man for a feed And told him to mark down a smoke, CY borrowed what coin you might need, But that isn't being dead broke. The time when you really are down Is when you have nothing to pawn And nobody knows you In town, Your last penny long ago gone. No "Help Wanted" signs anywhere, No hand out to carry you through? That'3 when you are busted for fair. And once in a lifetime will do. <3b But One Result 1 "ra> 18 aponta neons I combustion?" / "It is n con\\\ So \ / flit ion brought \\\ V \ hi about by u comVwIpyJIII binatlon of a _ *^5 green cook and a gasoline can." Nothing Too Good, At no expense or labor pause To fit my boat for sea. And have no quarter deck because That's much too cheap for me. Gave Him Short Days. "Isn't thirty days rather severe punishment for such a minor offense?" asked the prisoner of the judge who had just sentenced him. 1 ~- -* juui juu kuuw ine anys are so snort at tills time of the year," responded the merciful Judge. The Wrong Kind. The cost of fame Is far too high; The price we cannot stand. And while there's cheaper fame to buy We do not like the brand. A flattie of LmiKnaieii. Throe or four languages strove for mastery In ancient (Jaul, which is now i France. German was spoken by the 12,000 Frank Invaders. Popular Latin was spoken by 0,000,000 Gallo-Homans. Literary Latin was the language of the church and of literature. Low Latin was afterward the language of the administration. German was the first to succumb. In four centuries it ceased to be understood by the soldiers, and In seventy years more it had become an object of ridicule. Rut it survives in more than 900 words, expressing the things of government, lnw and war, and thus forms no insignificant part of the Freuch language. Don't Have an ingD \ W? are rec supplies, and 1 I Don't pay 25c p - by parties whc will be put in. Iwill guarantee Bailey Lumb ^DR. I.-M m .pen* Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. i Vt'hca Von "See S<nr?." The uian who. when struck violently | on the head, says he "snw Airs" Is not fur from telling the truth. The fact la that there Is a phosphor- ' escent power In the eye which docs not i attract a person's attention under ordl- j nary conditions, but which is distributed and reveals itself whenever tlie head gets a sudden shook, and some- ! times even in the act of sneezing. A blow on the head results in a j pressure of the blood vessels upon tbo retina, causing either total darkness or a faint blue light which floats before the eyes, and it is in this faint blue light the imagination discerns the thousands of fantastic forms and figures that by general acceptance are termed stars; hence, while the astronomical display so frequently mentioned may be said to he entirely a creature of the imagination, there is at least some foundation for the idea. The true nature of the sensation is never very apparent, even to the victim, for the simple reason that it is Invariably experienced under circumstances which render a searching Introspective investigation out of tlie question. What In Sky lilacf The blue color of the sky on n bright, clear day has been constantly noticed by tlie individual from childhood. To the primitive lay mind the azure tint of the firmament is simply its natural color. But our daily experience shows that tlie visible dome of the heavens is only an appearance, and science tenches us to inquire critically into the nature of things. The cause of this color, viewed from a scientific standpoint, has been almost as illusive as the fabled philosopher's stone, which during the middle ages was for centuries an object of iMuiouiui rcscarcii. mo same may be said of the familiar color of the deep blue sea. which has elicited the admiration of dwellers on the ocean shores from the earliest ages of mankind, and yet probably no great number of individuals have inquired Into the cause of this color.?T. J. ,1. See In Atlantic. Vacuum. The space above the mercury in a thermometer is not a perfect vacuum. There is not infrequently a small portiou cf air left in such space, and there is always an atmosphere of the vapor of mercury. Physically speaking, it Is perhaps impossible to procure a vacuum. It is most likely that even if a real vacuum could be procured for an instant air or other vapor would at once begin to be disseminated from the sides of the vessel in which it was made, and it would thus instantly cease to exist. ( It is true that Dexartes denied the : very possibility of a vacuum and says, "If a vacuum could be effected In a vessel the sides would be pressed Into contact," but it Is lmrdiy correct to say, "Scientists say that n vacuum cannot exist." What scientists do say is what Galilei said, "Nature abhors a vacuum." As the statement of a fact is true, Nature does, to the best of our knowledge, abhor a vacuum. She never suffers It to exist to the extent of allowing any space which is perceptible to our senses to be vacuous. Vacuum, in scientific speech, simply means a space from which air has been expelled. A Sharp Dig. Mrs. Buxom?That hateful Mrs. Knox made a very mean comment upon my age today. Mr. Buxom?Did she say you were getting old? Mrs. Buxom?No, indeed! She said I "still looked quite young."?Exchange, i VIM. ? 1-1 I - -*-1 A*-- l ?- I ? ufji u hiss is siuien xiic loss is very seldom reported to the police. If men lmd to buy water by the glass would tbey drink too much of it? When n man runs up against a propective mother-in-law who thinks he will not do, lie is apt to doubt if it is so very many years since the last glacial period. No matter how much faith an inventor might have In a flying machine he would he willing to trade his pntent for a railroad. iy Connections III one Until Yon! teiving a large stool lave employed an ex er foot for having oon > will be gone, when We are in the businc ? all work. ier and Manuf HAIR,^ Office Bank Building Union, 8. G I PERT PARAGRAPHS. To the participants n nelghborbtsd quarrel appears tbe most important tblng in tho world. Tbe bill oollector feels It in his frMtl tbat all men are artistic Ham. A check book with no funds 81 ftft bank Is not oren ornamental. Among other things that a rich watt has is "an abundance of health. How would you guess theg dfc tMt courting In Lapland? Aftor n long man has marrlod a styaaf woman he Is apt to be short ae wctt ? It Is a sin to steal a phi K there Irt diamond fastened to one end of tk Time waits for no man, but tide waits for the man In the fR Nobody thinks WyjT' of going early to Afjflr r /1 the cemetery to avoid the rush. / A# However, V stamps are the only thing the ? u 9(m9ttw^ druggist sells at ?M th? g^tnt of e cost /oft* Some mep consider It an aecesoplltt ment that they are able to more tMft vni9. , ? a "wit is no use for a man to try ts ? converts to a new pbHsootfhy tt ?% one can understand It. .1 Thinking of the I Present. fTv^P ' /**N j "Johnny, what H J^jl uSjf a becomes of little MfpJI boys who tell vfA^r*' lies when they grow up 7" (C^ ^A. *T don't know, >\\ VyV but when they JK?T| I are small they /?=?~~nj| escape half of JnjT the lickings." a Its One Advantage, Ob. love within a aottage la cwialntr all right. But leva within a himbh flat By soma la rated to heait thttf, There lan't raom to fight. PERT PARAGRAPHS. It Is a lucky man who Is able to piVW an alibi at his own funeral. There are few live dogs that am worth more than a dead Hon whan ft ft stuffed. There may be honor among tthift but the victims do not think at. Judging from their talk, aomo am* ators must take a bicyeto pnmy MSt fill themselves fuH of wind rrary mm ing. Talk Isn't so cheap when a maa tetft a girl that he will marry bar ii Ifllift meaning 11. A poor speller often get* on all r%M because those who get Me letters mm spell no better themselves. fit. Even when a girl proposes to S M she is just smart enough to male Mas think that he Is doing It. A child Is a natural bom rebel, M It only takes It a year or tws to Altcover that Its father Is the larger AC the two. The man who thinks that be eeariV keep money If he had It doee set kasar how many people live just by taMbeg money away from folks who think M way. When a wise man Is In lows he mM let tils rival take the girl otK W%N* slie wants to learn bow to kkafe ? lade or Plumb-1 * keUs. .1 ? of plumbing 1 :peri plumber. 1 neotions made | the plumbing 1 5ss to stay ana 1 acturing Co. | V; * -