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The age-herald., 1901-09-08
THE GREATEST OF OCEAN STEAMSHIPS
StandlHg on End She Would Reach to the Top of EleYen Story Building Was Made for Safety
 andNOt Speed-First Trip Success.

trip considered as reading matter would not be as exciting as the tamest Sunday school book. For we had no thrilling events to record-no sea serpents. no ice bergs, no derelicts, no meteorological phe- nomena. Fogs shrouded her path for four days and delayed us something like l5 hours. We knocked off an average of about 10 knots all the way across, though when the steamer is tuned up and the machinery shaken down, we expect to make IT knots. We covered the 2Sy0 miles in eight days and 4 minutes, but expect to make the trip though still traveline in a leisurely manner, and without carry ing nearly so much coal as the Oceanic III seven days. Our log shows 40I knots on the first day out, and an average ot S6O for the remaining days of the voyage
 The motto which ruled the building of the Celtic was Comfort first and always after safety She is in no sense a racer, and was not built to break speed records Of course, this twin-screw giantess of the sea is equipped with every known safety appliance. Her maiden voyage showed that she maintains an even keel in high seas, that she Is as steady as the Rock of Gibraltar and answers her helm as req dily as a ship one-quarter her tonnage AS there was an entire absence of the violation felt on smaller ships, there was a noticeable absence of -sickness-on the first voyage, at least. This steamer IS not us eleBdHl perndpS, aS Lne OCeaulC in the matter of appointments; but she spells comfort. and lots of it, for small outlay for she was designed to make sea voyage a real pleasure for persons of moderate means and for those who wish to enjoy the sea rather than merely to get across the great ferry. The only complaint I heard from the passengers on the first trip was that there was so much room on deck and below that one felt lonely
 I have been asked If, in my opinion, the limit of size in ocean steamers has been reached. No; the Celtic seems to have reached the last extremity of shipbuilding possibilities, but any ship that can make her pier" as easily as the Celtic-and she slipped In as easily as North river ferry boat-proves that ships can be built still larger. I shall not be surprised when l comes the news that an ocean hotel has 1 been constructed 1000 feet long with room for 5000 guests. Indeed, 1t Is even now a l notorious fact that the main question is, | not what Is the limit in size for ships. but how can we build docks large enough | for the largest ships? For when l brought the Celtic alongside her New York dock
 I found that the lowest passenger deck was above the roof of the pier, and l
 had to resort to unusual means to get the passengers off. If Atlantic liners con- tinue to grow in size, New York will have to build docks lengthwise with the shore like those in Liverpool.
The age-herald., 1901-09-08
H.. st: e1oEeE LinsAv,
commandefsof thetceItlc, Writes About .- Ills sbip.


 After only fou l-hour sea test as a trial, following heH launching last April, the Celtic was senk on her maiden trip. She is the largest hip ever built She rep resents a century of progress in ship building. There isi always curiosity con- first voyagess Thef a,s.,.s,,t os tho nn. known, of ufcertaf |, . 'as T+o ben rro,yess of expectation and1 a$ ,,,,e1tv iepd nec,1' liar interest to tf& j LA ,s,,a ava,,+ pnh- lie curiosityat tki. +s~,,a u,as cute as thoroughly arou4a a,s +t.r.aFora as u,be,. that failure, amd ng seab,r5s Inc -CSraat Eastern, first sp& asa to~ ,,-;,.s
 AS mattei ffact, however, the maid f en Vosase oh vessel from a nautical Ne"poiil. opes hot materially differ from any othe, VoyaRe. On an Atlantic liner tne sineil ol esh paint, the pipe-clay things generally ,s no mosa aggressive on her nrTStstnss3n on her hundredth trip. Y or every piso f these great ocean hotels IS requfIeu " N the company's orders, if not py the heral laws, to leave her dock Ior eacn foyage in a condition prace ticaily as ie1 let as when the vessel orig inaiiy ,ell tne .Hard that gave her birth.
 1ne ios The Celtic for her maiden
The age-herald., 1901-09-08
TORTOISE 400 YEARS OLD.
Geological Park Folk Underestimated
 an Acquisition.

From the New York Sun.
 The folk at the New York Geological Park in the Bronx find that in estimating the age of their largest giant tortoise re- ceived from the Galapagos Islands they have been entirely too conservative. Its age had been estimated with some hesita- ton at 200 years. It seems, however, that Walter Rothschild of London, the worlds leading expert on tortoises, is of opinion that a specimen apparently younger than the largest one in the Geological Park is at least 400 years old so that the age of this one Is at least four centuries.
The age-herald., 1901-09-08
rom ron the st r.ohis POst-Dispatch.

Ea4 T.
 rom lne Se'3Isotiis Post Dispatch.
 ne ne" Rnsatlantjc liner, the Gel .,o' 'aAen am all, Is the biggest ship in the world ~
 ii 'ne Seiiie kere set down on Broadway "i.n "ei hose lalongside the new Bank ~ Ooniiiielce Aiding, han standing on ',i0 'o" oi 1ns lsteamship could step into '"e upper s'o1s of the building.
 II 50 piacea tn9 stern of the Celtic would .oe within aoonl half block of Washing ton avenue.
 NNoeen iesk Shorter than the Oceanic, lne oeilie IS in All other respects much ia's 'han 'hae kessel. being seven feet wioer anu i've heSf deeper, and hence has iiiore feet anu ine1 Ines in every way than any slllp that hast ever felt the thrill of ne alohs her h9el She is many feet lohser than the D'eutschland, and in the nla''e' oi hoeaeioi1l could transport any two mooern oaee Ships. with space left for cargo.
 Tn exact nsures The Celtic is 7O0feetlong, 70 "loe' ana asz p Imagine a building one story ioWer Han the Bank of Com hlerce pu,Ioins alo3 nearly as long as two anu anu d iidii oi.,.l'ss e blocks and you have Solle iusa. oi t,s ss uImensions of the Celtic
 Cne o, ene oea aoo Is of the ship has esti- nine decks-50 1inesl ~ - ,,s ono ,, sds1. line, or 10000 in aif ~, a,r,, daos rte,~i, IT. she carried only all ,',t \ +s.a,,sa.'d arls, on the maiden voss s .s no e .,eo,a,,n oatdoIs aol TOT coy pa lsengers, besides crew ol ooo, Miiioa .,l Z ss ns5is that any town with popula .,oh , ol el11 could live aboard the ce,tlc "i'h aiiiiose las much comfort as in
 The Celtic can cai,.-,, s.-s. 5o ooo +ors or actual cargo, her - t,,,no sSo ;s on - 90f and her dispiale ea,na,,s a+ Loed d,-, 2. IS O. @NV; oi spbacement double that oI .he haisel Wzteim der Crosse, and ~.SoV lohs niole en7 7nf the Great Eastern.
 put nne ooieio 10 not a fast boat. She IS what is ter sseven-day boat. Reas- onnable speed and ssasetxy ire her induce- menus 10 traseiels- On her maiden voy- New York August te 1rbe cantain has written of the trip Srd what nav he ex- pected in the futurd
The age-herald., 1901-09-08

Pl1sh any such result. The advan- tage gained by a long course of these drugs is only temporary and short-lived.
 No wonder, then, the blood poison victim grows Respondent and abandons hope when, after talk ing mercury and potash long and regularly, and having followed to the letter his physicians instruc- tions, he sees the old disease return ing, bringing many new and strange symptoms, and, in spite of medical skill and in defiance of all human efforts, the body is soon covered with mass of pustu1ar sores and copper-colored spots. The mem branes of the mouth, tongue and throat thicken and ulcerate, glands
The age-herald., 1901-09-08

it is education which above everything else determines the wealth-producing power of people.
 The population of Massachusetts Is D. sos. .346: of Tennessee is 2,020,616. They have the same number of children to edu- cate. The enrolment and the average daily attendacce of their public schools in 1s9S-99 were as follows:
The age-herald., 1901-09-08


 Mercury a nd Potash, holding out false hopes of a cure. lead the unfortunate victim into a rnire of darkest d e s p air a nd doubt. @ @ @
The age-herald., 1901-09-08
CHORUS GIRLS ON CHANCE.
They Invade the Financial District
 With Tickets to Sell.

From the New York Sun.
 As a Wall street messenger boy stated it, Twelve beautiful actress ladies" went to the Stock Exchange recently to sell tickets for a baseball game between actors and newspaper artists at the Polo
The age-herald., 1901-09-08
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,, Atlanta. Ga.

in badinage rather than in investment. So far as could be learned no tickets were sold. It was said, however. that good many tickets for the game had al- ready been placed on the floor by brokers who had brought the chorus girls to the Exchange.
The age-herald., 1901-09-08
obliging.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
 Old Lady-Dear! dear! don't like to see little boy smoking a cigarette.
 The Boy-Don't v, ma'amA Well. if y'll come round this way at Ame time t'morror I'll try t be smokin' a cigar r a pipe.
The age-herald., 1901-09-08
Of a Larqe Class.

From the Chicago News.
 Simkins-Bilkins junior strikes me as being a very promising young man.
 Timkins-Yes; more promising than paying.
The age-herald., 1901-09-08

IeIlISSSee .......... 4JJ,o40 3ol, l54 Massachusetts .... .... 471,97 36O,317
 Massachusetts taught school 1SS days in the year, and her enrolled pupils attend ed an average of 143.5 days. Tennessee taught school only S9 days. and her en- rolled pupils attended only 62S days.
 Massachusetts expended for all purposes on her public schools in 1S9S-99 SIS, ,8S9 S3S, which was s3S.55 per pupil and s5.O7 per capita of her population. Tennessee ex- pended for her public schools in the same year $1 ,62S ,313, which is &62 per pupil and only SS cents per capita of population The average expenditure for all States of the Union is $19 per pupil and s267 per capita of the population of the entire country.
 The power of education in production may be presented again in this concrete way
 Massachusetts spent in 1S9S-99 $12, ,261 525 more upon her public schools than Ten nessee. But see what return she gets. Each one of the 2,S05, 346 citizens of Mas sachusetts-men, women and infants has, as we have said, productive capac- ity of s260 year, against $170 a year for the average inhabitant of the whole United States, and $l16 year for the average inhabitant of Tennessee. The inhabitant of Massachusetts has thus an excess of $90 a year over the average in-
 
 year over the average inhabitant of Ten nessee. This means that the people of Massachusetts earned in that year $252,- 4S, 40 more than the same number of average people of the United States and s403 969, ,824 more than the same number of people in Tennessee. Twelve million dol lars invested in superior education yield 400 millions a year
 If the people of the South would com pete in production with those of other States and of the world-and they must do so whether they will or not-they must educate their children, not only their white children. but their black; and they must educate them all not poorly for a few months in the year and a few years in their lives, but thoroughly through a long series of years. If history teaches us anything 1t is the solidarity of all mankind. that mo man liveth unto him self" and "and no man dieth unto him self" but that each is his 'brother's keeper"
 Our great resources in the South, cli- mate, soils and minerals, are useless in the hands of an untrained people, More over. If we do not educate our own peo- pie to use these resources intelligently.
The age-herald., 1901-09-08

the trained men of other states will come in and do so, and make us the hewers of wood and drawers of water in their industries
The age-herald., 1901-09-08
CONTAGIOUS BLOOD POISON

o a eupon is to dsappon 1 ,andp rhapsfor searese
  seof emine dandsy 
 fatal patients deadly
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-08-02

A woman never realizes the trouble
and work necessary to get hold of a
dollar.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-08-02

at the remark; and when the two gen.
tlemen went to search the house. they
stood with their back to their chamber
DOORS daring them to enter, and they
did not.
All the servants were discharged the
next day, and two weeks after the
whole of New York rang with the story
of one of the most horrible murders
that had ever been committed. One
of the victims was not quite dead when
the crime was discovered, although
she expired a few hours after the fear
full injuries she had received. But she
lived long enough to be the means of
bringing the dread band to justice. a
widow lady, with her two grOwn-up
daughters, three younger children and
their governess, resided in one of the
new streets uptown; they were COM
fortably off, and the lady, whose name
was Maynard, was in the habit of keep
ing rather a large sum of money in her
desk.
Her house was broken Into by men
with white masks, and the whole of
ceptiOn of the gOverness, who lived
long enough to tell the story. She had
been left for dead by the monsters,
who decamped after their deed of
blood with all the valuable they could
find. And 1t appeared that two new
servants Mrs. Maynard had engaged
few days before were in league with
the robbers, and had assisted them in
the commission of their crimes. The
servants were arrested, and, finding it
was all up with them, the youngest,
who turned out to be no other than our
Margaret, confessed to having been
engaged in no less than fourteen bur-
glaries. The band had several women
In their employ; their part was to get
places, and by that means let the men
into the houses. Moreover, she ac-
knowledged that their motto was
Dead men tell no tales" so they gen
orally added murder to robbery The
whole band was broken up after that;
but we never forgot the escape we had
had and were most particular after,
while in New York, to have our rooms
upstairs.-New York News.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-08-02
LAURELED,

Back from the strenuous wars he comes
to me,
He is my son, grown brown, with
strange SCARED hands;
The months of blood and death in alien
lands
Are in his face; his boyish will to be
Is four-fold won. l glow and weep to
see
The trodden meadow blackened with
the bands
or bearded, marching men whom he
commands.
With being rearranged he comes to me.
I, small beside him, try to utter prayers;
I, honored for the laurels that he wears :
God knows, God knows l stand with
empty arms.
and lonesome heart no need of praises
warns.
/ crush the laurel branch. Oh, God, l
miss
The soft-mouthed baby l can never
kiss.
--Bookman.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-08-02
Stated the Case Plainly

Here is letter from W. o. Towns
end, farmer living on the Santa Fe
near Marceline, Kan, which brought
immediate settlement when received by
the claims department of that rail-
road:
Dear Sir-I have only one wife and
five children-no mother-in-law. Last
Monday night, about two and one-half
miles east Of Marcellne, the cars hit
Spot on her caboose end. We found
her Tuesday morning, April 16; she
was as dead as a dirty doormat. She
left a son to low for her. Spot was
a common 10-year-old Music Fork
COW, worth $50. She was a fair milk
err; of kind disposition. During the
seven years we owned her she never
bit any of the children. Please send
me S25 that may get a COW, so we can
have milk for that calf and children.
and oblige."
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-08-02

and 1t can be made quite as comforta-
BILE for resting as those now In use.
The attachment to the tree Is made by
a ball and socket joint and the two
hooks, with the suspending cables, the
joint allowing the hammock to swing
literally in substantially the same
plane. By providing duplicate heads
for suspending the hammock 1t can
be moved around the tree into another
position as the day advances, thus al
ways keeping un er the shady side Of
the tree, and when not in use 1t folds
up fiat for storage in small compass.
The inventor is Malachi d. buff Of
Carthage, Ill.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-08-02

type, and can be worked to five times
normal capacity without any injurious
effects.
The batteries are fitted in the rear
portion of the carriage. and contain
sufficient energy for thirty-five or forty
miles on one charge. The car is cleo
trlcally lit and fitted with japanned
lamps, relieved with silver-plate fit
tings; the wheels are of bicycle type,
and fitted with 3-inch pneumatic tires.
Speed Of car is from six miles to four
teen miles per hour.
The Queen herself has become an ex-
pert driver. and derives great pleasure
from this pleasing little vehicle, which
is now quite familiar In the nelghbor-
hood of Sandringham.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-08-02
OLD GENTLEMAN'S MISTAKE.
He Intended to Pc Kind but Wa. Mis-
under TODD.

He Intended to Pc Kind but Wa. Mis-
under TODD.
He is a fine old gentleman, every one
who takes daily trips on the - street
car line will say so. He is kindly con-
siderate of the rights of his fellow pas
sengers, and, though he usually occu-
pies the end seat, 1t is not because he
insists upon having, but because his fell
low passengers insist that he shall have
1t. His politeness is of the old, old
school, and his Difference to the ladies
is beautiful to behold, says the Indian
apolis News. He has been seen time
and again when the conductor was
slow or remiss in his attention to wom-
en- with babies and washerwomen with
baskets to assist in taking them, with
their membranes, off and on the car.
In view of these things, the happening
of yesterday was pathetic.
A young woman, indeed an extremely
handOme and well-dressed young wom-
an, was seated before him. The old
gentleman whose eyesight is no longer
of the clearest noticed bug in the knot
of hair punched above the white neck
of the fair young woman-a shining,
green bug, nearly as large as ones
thumb nail. He leaned forward to per-
form an act of kindness; he would
brush the insect away. He brushed.
The bug to his view, but took a firmer
clasp ON its lodging place.
The old gentleman made a second at
tempt. With thumb and finger he seized
the insect and pulled vigorously. The
young woman turned at this; fire was
in her radiant eyes, anger in her voice.
She uttered but one word
"S-i-rv'
1t was enough. The old gentleman
was parlyzed. He attempted to ex-
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-08-02
Advantages of the Doctor.

Physicians, like clergymen, are con-
cerned in trying to make their fellow
men better, but they have a great adj
vantage over the clerical brethren in
being able to shape their lives accord
ing to their whims and necessities with
out undue criticism from their fellows.
We prefer that our doctors should be
good men. We insist that they shall
have a high degree of professional
honor. We expect them not to be I'M
duly mercenary, and not to grudge
service But we don't concern our
selves about what they eat, or drink, or
smoke, or how they choose to have
their share of sun, says a writer in
Harper's Weekly. We don't even in
sist that they shall practice what they
preach, and we should be disappointed
if we did, for though doctors spend
their lives in efforts to induce people to
take care of their health, it is unusual
for busy doctor to take even ordinary
care of himself His sleep is broken,
his meals are irregular, he Overworks
himself; very likely he smokes too
much. But as long as our confidence in
his skill is unimpaired we don't criticise
him.
Doctors are supposed to know what
is good for themselves, and in their
hands we leave the responsibility for
their own cases as we'll as for ours. To
be sure, we scott a great deal at the
medical profession, carp at it's contra
dictions and remark upon its limita-
tons, but in the long run the good doc
tors get the credit that is their due,
even though its arrears may not come
in until after they are dead.
A woman never realizes the trouble
and work necessary to get hold of a
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-08-02
SINGLE TREE HAMMOCK.

The novelty of the hammock shown
In the picture consists in its ability to
keep on the shady side of the tree at
all hours of the day, and it also has
the advantage of being adapted for use
on a single tree or the side of house.
where only one support is available.
OF course, it will not curve from end
to end like the ordinary hammock, but
it has a swinging motion of it's own,
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-08-02
A Helpful Hint.

"Sir," began the beggar at the res
taurant door, won't you help me to
get square meal?"
No" snapped the man who had lust
come out. But stay! Yes l will.
Here's a tip for you. If you succeed in
raising the price of a square meal don't
go in that joint for it, for you won't
get IT,"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-08-02

plain, but his tongue refused to make
an articulate sound. Covered with con-
fusion he touched the electric button
and alighted at the next crossing.
A few of the passengers smiled; one
or two even laughed. The bug was a
Brazilian beetle attached to a long pin
in the young woman's hair.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-08-02
QUEEN ALExANDRA'S AUTO.

Royal Lady Takes Great Pleasure in
Driving the Machine.
Queen Alexandra has become possess
ed Of victoriette, which she has learn
ed to drive herself. Seated for two, its
framework is articulated, so that it
adapts itself to any unevenness of road
without stress or strain. The single
motor is of 4 horse power, of four pole
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-08-02

Captain David Beatty privately
in with
the brigade Kitchener He
distinguished
in and
hui
lie of in the
He
if IN
o in ad
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-08-02

During the first six months of mar
ried life, a woman thinks so much of
her husband that she is willing to cook
what he likes. and this Is the time in
her housekeeping career when she
doesn't know how.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-11
WINDUP OF THE SHOOT.
Frank Hyde Wins the AII-COmers'
Mafch-Good Irish shots.

NEW YORK. Sept 10.-After eleven days
Of actual work the state camp ranges at
Sea Girt, y. j., the international rifemen
wound up the annual meeting of the Ma
tional Rife Association of America to-
day. The final contest was an alcomers'
match at 500. 800 and 1000 yards. Thirty
three men entered for the contest, which
began yesterday. 1t was shot in two stages,
each man having ten shots at all ranges
each day. Two of the contestants, Lieut..
W. De v FOulke, of Philadelphia. and II.
Genesch, of Madison. y. j., shot with long
range rifles and We're handicapped as
scratch men. The Irishmen and some of
the Americans used match rifles and were
allowed seven points each. while the Cana
dams and all the others using the military
rifles were allowed fifteen points each.
Frank Hyde, OF New York, who used
Remington match rifle, won out with
an actual score of 275 points, and this, sup
plemented by an allowance of seven, makes
his gross score 2S2. The next best gross
total was that OF DR.. ]. &. Sellers, of Dun
dalk, Ireland. who had pa. ajOr j. X.
Millner and Thomas Caldwell. both of the
Ulster Rife Association, tied with 27S each,
but as Millner had made the better score on
the 1OOO-yards range he secured third place.
Every one of the thirteen Irish shooters
who competed got part of the prize money.