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that there are periods in his life at
which he should come to a full stop.
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7orance
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1t is said that seasickness is sur.
remedy for pomposity.
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The United States has decided not to
annex the Cuban debt
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The grandchild's voice will always
be raised in defense of the mother-in-
law.
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Paradoxical though 1t may seem, ar
odd genius is genius who is not odd
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It's difficult to convince a schoolboy
that history repeats itself.
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l.ouise-"I.o nj the baby: he pulls
that poor kittens tail I'll the time"
"Well. don't Worry. I'm glad II isn't my
new fur boa
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embarrassment she may have felt by
saying with laugh. You are the gen.
aleman who was SO startled wnen !
sprang the roller blind on you, l believe.
Yes" said Guthrie, recovering MS sang
froid you took me by surprise. / was
In the middle of telling story
oh how interestinsl You must tell
me your story
at was a secret . 81,
Then 1 shall insist on your telling u
Guthrie shook his head and smiled
then. but only an hour or two later ne
said to the girl-and very seriously , M
time: Did you really want 10 near 'na'
"of course I do, Am not a woman
Then tell M. first. Have you any rel
ative-had you, l fhouid say--oi tne
name OF SARGENT
The girls face changed In moment.
She was pale and bit her lip
"oh, Mr.. Guthrie she sssia,, sn nox
must ask mother that ,,,l. a ION, ~ Sr fen
when poor Margaret left US ana marfNu
that"
She checked herself Then. after an
embarrassed pause went on, covering her
voice to a whisper. and glancing round a.!
her mother, did you know herY--him
II once knew Il Miss Sargent-very
slightly"
"Where?"
"in Pennsylyania-at Brinkvllle."
"Oh. yes lie treated her so badly. after
all She had TO 20 somewhere ana %
a teacher Mother would have forgiven
everything, but Margaret was too proud
10 come back TO MS. She went and called
herself Miss 1 suppose. / don't know
about IT."
The poor girl was struggling to conceai
her sobs from her mother and the oth-
ers who were strollng with them In tho
little orchard. When she and Guthrie
had drawn away 10 some distance fr2m
the others she spoke again.
I'VE only heard that she had died In
Notwithstanding more. / was sent
TO school in Germany soon after.
"T understand" said Guthrie Your
mother has seen a great deal OF trouble
''That Is why she looks so old al nfty.
Tell me. please am so much Ike poor
sister MargaretY
$50 much that thought was looking
at her for the moment, when you APP
peared at the window
Jeff Guthrie sed to be the old hache-
Tor friend Of the Bean family, ana u Was
ali owing to the escape OF that roller
blind from a girls fingers. The marrlage
OF her younger daughter at least was not
against Mrs. Perry's wishes neither was
N an unhappy one. And Mrs. Bean prid~
ed herself upon having brought II about.
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the topography Of the surrounding coun-
try. lie will undoubtedly curse the
"Americanos" under his breath. But II he
IS a brave man he will not restrain his
admiration for their skill and ingenuity
In the game of war as he and his people
have admired their ability as "shopkeep-
ers' IN time of peace
Aside from newspaper dispatch boats
military kites are this uresent war S
contribution TO the art Of warfare. Mill
tary kites are an entirely new feature
OF warfare for photographing an enemy =
country, forces and works; for signal
ling, and for lifting and dropping upon
an enemy high explosives.
THEIR VARIOUS FORMS.
OF tho various forms of military kites
now known to students of the art OF war
the most familiar are the Hargrave
Eddy, and Davis kites. These have all
been evolved since our civil war and are
regarded as an improvement over the
balloons which were then used for Obtain
ing Information of an enemy's move
ments.
Balloon corps are now a regular insti-
tuition in our service. and foreign armies
have well-equipped balloon battalions.
But the use of balloons endangers the
lives OF aeronauts. they are a fine mark
IN the air. and are fragile and expensive.
Kites. on tho other hand cost but a triffe
and do the work quite as well. without
risKing the life OF single man.
The dynamite kite Will be used for the
first time in modern warfare az the siege
OF Havana. IL can be worked from the
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Cuba is Bound TO Belong 10 the United
States.

The other day met another Of nv
enemies. II was at the Five o'clock OF
the Figaro. We arrived late. and, tho
place was crowded, and | was just con-
templating the necessity OF standing
through the hour Of music. when some
one offered me a chair. Turning. 1 saw
It was a Spaniard had been In the habit
of meeting Oft and on In certain French
salons. He had always seemed TO me
line very nice sort OF person. and l
searched vaguely In my brain for pre-
csdent as to how to treat ones enemies
when they were nice persons ana on neu-
II scemed 20 me desirable to say a few
polite words and then, to relieve any
strain In the situation, as II were. | re-
marked: II believe we're at war. AZ
least. | heard something OF the Kind.
He made the answer one would receive
from almost any EUTODean-in a sa-
lon: "Oh. madenmoselle, | am sure that
between you and me there could never
be any war" Then we went on 10 talk,
snc he said he had never believed In
war-it's a pity he does not live at homo
instead Of In Paris-and thought II was
very sad 10 see two great nations set
Ting their differences By arms at the end
Of the nineteenth century. And said Z
thought 70. too. And then he remarked.
half chsffingly, Whoever wirs. We snail
come out ahead, you know. H'sdemo'-
selle"
"whym I exclaimed Indeed you
won't"
Because you will take Cuba. That Is
the most an enemy could ask"
But we don't want Cuba. i said.
We've no idea OF taking It,"
He looked at me with that tolerant air
OF incredulity which one secs on the face
OF almost any one here when you try 70
explain that the United states has gone
10 war for Cuba libre. II couldn't mag
Inc any greater curse for a people than
10 take Cuba" he added. meditativeIy.
A little later that same afternoon I met
the President OF. the syndicate OF the
Screign presE, a man OF usualiY sound
Views, which have good deal OF weight
in the press OF Europe. The United
states has always wanted Cuba" he
said. In the course Of conversation
repeated my habitusl refrain. with tho
habitual result. ..voyons." he wen; on.
II am Swiss. you know. and sympathsxo
with America. may not see n. but IN
the end Cuba VIII belong to the United
States"
viction Of Europe. which nothing seems
10 shake that we are engaged IN 4 war
az conouest am roservinx myself Tor
the dsv vher II will be ever and E1rops
vii, have learned 20 know our humans
tartan side.--lixrpers hsxAr.
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A REGIMENT
IuqHECLOUDS

On como one Of these cloudiess morn
,nes along the Cuban coast a sentry on
one OF the forts OF the beleaguered island
may notice string OF aeer looking
birds-as they seem TO his unenlighteued
syes--rising up in the gentle breeze and
lowering over the military post Of which
he is one OF the guardians. These birds
are 50 very strange. and. after reaching
a certain point, so mouonless that no will
very likely call one OF the officers TO
soc the strange creatures.
II the officer is above the ordinary run
OF Spanish infantry officers he will at
once recognize them as military kites
and know. TO his trepidation that they
have been sent up to take photographs
not only Of his Notifications but also OF
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antiquity. It is within the past three
wears that all the experiments have been
made with kites which have rendered
them of use in warfare. That there Is
nothing new under the sun is pretty well
proven by the fact that the box kite
invented by Lawrence Hargrave, of New
South Wales. was based on a very old
Japa nese form OF kite.
The "Hargrave' speedily grew 10 be
very well known when w. A. Eddy. OF
Bayonne. n. j.. began TO make expert
mepts with the still older form Of angular
kite. dear TO every boyish recollection.
The best results in the way OF lifting
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and then dropping It on the enemy~-na'e
been highly successful as have heen MS
experiments with telegraph ana telephohe
messages sent over mld-Sr wire. INC
latter experiments convince those inter-
ested that a. beleaguered garrison could
communicate at somn distance with re-
LIEF force, though IT is not probable That
any American forces will be forced to try
such an experiment IN the present strus'
gle.
20 experts IN warfare the main use Of
the kite is 10 be found In dropping dyna-
mite upon an enewy-from which there
Is no escape possible-and in taking pho
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hills surrounding the city OF from inc
decks Of the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius
SCOPE or THEIR WORK.
The most important use made OF them
viii be as carriers Of cameras, which
VIII from a great height. photograph
ne country In these days OF long-rahBe
cannon and rifles 81 Is Of the first impor-
lance TO learn where the enemy Is when
ne IS miles away. 10 Is now possible 10
send up with a tandem or Edoy h'es
a circular camera attached 20 the main
line. and an apparatus for Swapping all
tho shutters simultaneously and TO pho
tograph the while country In every direc-
ton FOR twenty miles or more.
The photographs so taken can be en-
lsrged, and every detail OF the country
brought out. thus superseding the use OF
spies, maps and scouts. and absolutely
preventing surprises.
Kites, too, will lift great loads. Either
the Hargraye box kites or EDDY kltes
could be used 10 lift fifty pounds or dy-
Mantle into the air with slow match
attached When the kites were over the
enemy this match. burning out, would
set on nre a cord tying up the box IN
which the dynamite was contained' and.
the cord burning through, the box would
open and drop its load. No human pow
or could afford protection against the ex'
plosive dropped from above.
Tho Devils kite. with which expert
ments have been successfully made, Will
DC OF great use IN signallying. as IL can
be directed TO the right or left and given
all the motions Of a wig-wag Gag, when
high IN the air. Slgnalmen have always
been exposed 10 danger. They were
obliged TO seek high exposed places.
where their flags or lights could be seen.
But now they can remain under shelter,
ane With the Davis kite signal much
better than before. At night lamps can
be used on The kite. and Of course by day
the kite in the sky can be seen much
further than neg on the surface.
THE MODERN KITE.
Though the origin OF kites Is lost Ia
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At Keith's Philadelphia Vaudeville
Theatre last week Robert Downing and
four members Of his company acted the
flower scene OF "1ngomar." Mr.. Downing
will resume his starring tour about Oc-
tober 1st playing his usual repertoire
of plays and producing a new one from
the pen of MI. A. ID. Hall, entitled "A
True Knight" His repertoire will con-
slst OF Julius Caesar. "Ingomar p"
"Giadiator" "Virginius," "Othello. "
Samson. Richard III and "A True
Knight" Mr. Downing has been on The
staee twenty-five years and has appear
cd In over 400 plays. He has supported
Booth. Barrett fletcher Lolita, McCul-
Tough, and other famous players.
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arbitrary fashion 10 have two Jets. nef
brother. the second Of the three, na1
been named in honor OF tho tanlhy i'iehu
II was in the middle OF one OF thes 80
roval romps that Bean called OUT 10
Guthrie Time for those infants 70 go
TO bed now. old man. And then you can
cross-question Minnie, II You, want TO-
abOut-that matter, you KNOW
This remark. under tho circumstances.
had more effect than mere parental adj
monition could have had In the direc-
ton of putting an end to the evening 5
infantlle riot. II piqued the curiosity OF
their mother, and IT re-aWaKeheu thaI ol
their grown-up playfellow
Now, what Is it?" Mrs. Bean asked,
turning 10 her husband. when Allie and
little jeff had both been finally silenced
under the bed clothes.
"Oh. Il isn't my affair" said her hus-
band.
"We-I-wanted 10 ask II you know n
Miss Calthorpe here, living In that new,
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red brick house at the end Of the COM
mon" said Guthrie
Mrs. Bean shook her head. NO MISS
Calthorpe lives there. she said. Mr..
Calthorpe lives there. 80,
"And he has no daughters?
Never married. The only female rela-
ton OF his that / know on IS MS sister.
She was staying there last spring.
"Married?'
Mr.. Calthorpe himself. ~,
''Do you know her name
'Oh. yes. She is the widow or an ar
my surgeon named-Let me see
"The name wasn't Sargent, was itF
eral times. So did you, Maurice-Perry
That was her name-Perry. -
aOh." said Bear. was that old wo-
man Calthorpe's sister,"
"She isn't really old. dear. she's young
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There's one

er than Mr.. Calthorpe. There's one
daughter, l believe
rs the learned counsel satished2'
Not quite Mrs. Bean, we saw a girl
there. as we came up from the station
in that house, YOU know. And | thought
her face was familiar. That's ALL"
Did you ever know anyone OF that
manner" Mrs. Bean asked, her eyes twink
ling with curiosity
NO" said Guthrie.
But that night Mrs. Bean said to her
husband: Leave me alone for two days,
blind young lady. Then make JEFF Guth-
RE come here and stay over night. You
must just make him. Why2 Well, never
mind, why. You can have your secrets,
can't you2 SO can /. That's all, as Jeff
Guthrie says"
So Maurice Bean. like a wise husband,
was silent and obeyed.
The next visit Of JEFF Guthrie was
planned for "A Saturday evening, with ex-
press arrangements for stay over Sun
day. He can't rOmp with the children
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,nday." Mrs. Bean subtly reflected.

on Sunday" Mrs. Bean subtly reflected.
After church this subtle woman insist
ed on lingering about the porch untii
grey-haired lady came ont. and. WIN
her, her daughter-the girl who mad
pouted at the window blind.
Mrs. Perry, let me introduce our par
ticular friend, Mr.. Guthrie. And this Is
Miss Perry"
~ conventional than this introduction,
and that was why Guthrie was 80 angry
with himself for turning red and Decom-
ing confused. Then. too. Helen Perry
recognized the man who had witnesses
week before However. as she had been
forewarned she was better prepared Tor
the encounter. In fact. Mrs. Bean had;
unknown to Guthrie, expressly inyltca
Helen smiled and carried on what little
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weights aloft. and thus being able 10
signal and to photograph from mid-air,
have been accomplished by Eddy and by
an officer Of the United States Regular
Army by using modified forms of both
Hargrave and Eddy kites harnessed to-
Rether in a tandem" as the kite flyers
style IL.
WHAT LIEUT.. WISE HAS DONE.
Lieut.. Wise, Of the regular army, made
a number Of very valuable experiments
last year on Governors Island in night
and day signalling, and more particular
lv in having himself hoisted up by the
kites for observation. In one of his as
cents he reached an altitude OF forty feet
and could have been flown much
higher. 1t is Lieut. Wiscs opinion that
Kites win never replace balloons for per-
sonal observation. But OF their value IN
elevating cameras TO take photographs
of an enemy's country he is strong
advocate.
EDDY'S KITE PICTURES.
Mr.. Eddy's experiments have extend
ed over a period of three years and his
"kite pictures" are acknowledged sue
cesses. One Of the curious, and, from a
commanding officers point-of-view, very
admirable facts about these pictures Is
very much nearer than 1t actually IS.
At a height OF 900 feet the horizon Is
visible for forty miles. For the past few
weeks when Admiral SIMPSONS fleet was
I'm doubt as to whether Corvera's squad
ron was hidden in the harbor Of San
tiago de Cuba great deal Of anxiety
would have been saved the officers anc
the country n one OF the ships had beet
supplied with an outfit Of these kites
and cameras. For then string Of kites
with cameras IN position. coulc have
been sent up not over 100 feet into tbs
air. and the developed negatives would
have show the Spanish squadron lying
at anchor behind the hills within ten
miles OF the American ships. This result
might nave been accomplished within two
or three hours instead OF waiting "a
many weeks.
WHAT THIS WAR WILL PROVE.
Fday's experiments in elevating weights
10 proye the value o. kites as means
Of hosting dynamite over forttfcsti'''
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while sailing at fun speed.
A feet in this way


in commun~ wlhanl whnan a tn
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Great Notion Sale.

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Lace Sale.

LGSC OuIe.
Val. Lace worth ,OC
SOC, a yard for...... o~
Val. Inserting, q inches
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tomorrow fOr.... -. ~
Val. Lace that sold for
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Corset Sale.

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Corset. good value for ~
75c. Summer Corsets, we'll
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20 at. .........-... ~
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Leather Belts.

12ikc. Leather Belt IN &c
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Hosiery Sale.
Ladies' tan drop-stltched
Hose, sold for 10c., &c
pair Tor. r..........-s ~
Ladies' black Hose, with
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pair, tomorrow go I2aC
at......-. s.ss.-ss.s
Ladies 25c. Hose. 40 gauge
spliced heel and toe. ITO
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Ladies' soc. isle thread
Hose. dropstitched, orc
for ........ -. ~
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Toilet Goods.
Csc. bottle Bay Rum, &c.
1Jc. box Borate Tai ec
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COMPANY NJ, TWELFTH.
blue Earth City Boys Live on the
Fat of the Land

Special Correspondence The st. Paul Globe.
CAMP THOMAS. Chickamauga, Ga. June
9-We received from Floe brothers, of Blue
Earth City. several pictures which were taken
at Camp Ramsey.
The whole company had their pictures
taken a few days ago, and the plates were
sent TO F1oe Bros, to be finished there
Quartermaster Sergeant George Brown will
go to Chattanooga tomorrow on business and
while there he expects to visit Old Look Out
mountains.
was in town yesterday, where l pur-
chased tobacco and groceries for the boys.
Guard mount has been changed and instead
OF having it at $50 a. M, it will take place
at 2. M.
Private D. E. Billings leaves here Monday
Tor Blue Earth City to get some additional re-
cruits to NIL out our company. We will give
them royal reception when they arrive
here.
All the boys of this company are in good
health
Yesterday the quartermaster sergeant OF
company purchased complete base ball
outfit for the boys.
We participated in skirmish drill this after
neon and the boys did splendidly.
Pay day seems to be far away but as the
boys are in receipt of numerous letters from
home enclosing a slip of the long and green
IL is not so bad. after all.
We receive fresh bread and meat every day
now, and with the funds received from Blue
Earth City and Wells, we live on the fat o.
the land. Our bill of fare here last Sunday
consisted of spring chicken and gravy, mashed
potatoes. pickles. cake, butter. coffee, bread
lemonade, and hard tack on the side.