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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-13

Old men for counsel, surely, and young
men for war But how happens 1t, If SO
many got in under the legal age, that
we are able to know SO much about 1t
today, where so little was realized about
1t at the time? Is 1t. in short, likely that
the figures given are anything more than
a slight approximation, from which one
may draw a general but not particular
TRUTH In other words. If at the time Of
enlistment those who were under the dis
ability of homage We're able to escape the
vigilance of enlsting officers by repre-
senting themselves as being older than
they were how is 1t that one may now
give figures down to the odd numbers Of
those who did the act? That 223 boys
enlisted at twelve years and under is
marvellous particular figuring?
Nevertheless, there is no doubt of the
general value of the table. 1t is unques-
tionably true that the soldiers who en-
listed in the war and who have become
veterans of today were. in fact. mainly
the young between the ages of sixteen
and twenty-one. Those over twenty-five
years were In the great minority. Those
who survive today are the remnant of
the boyish army alone-and their average
age at present is sixty-eight only, al
ago. 1t is pointed out that there is small
wonder many of these youths on emerg
ing from the army failed to attain their
proper measure of bodily or mental
growth, having entered on the hardships
OF a bitter war at an age too tender to
support them. And 1T is small wonder
that a proportion of them, who had given
the best years of their preparatory Pc
riod of the rough life to camps and cam
paigns, became derelicts. II that is the
truth, is it not possibly an argument
against compulsory military service for
the young man, such as Is practiced In
older countries that have yet to learn the
needlessness and barbarity of war?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-13
COBRA. ASP OF ANCIENTS.
Headdress of Divinities in Egyptian
Sculptures.

From the London Times.
The asp of the ancients has often been
identified with the horned cerastes. but 1t
seems more likely that the African cobra
was the authentic pretty worm"
If any snake is entitled to beatif1ca ton
of a surety it is the COBRA for as it rears
itself with outspread hood and sways
rhythmically from side to side 1t looks
indeed a thing of terror. How fatal Is its
bite has been shown here in Regent
Park, for a former keeper of the snakes
was bitten on the face by cobra which
he handled incautiously. ana he died, it
is said, in thirty-five minutes. We think
no small thing of our "parch'd adder"
the common European viper. but among
herpetologists 1t is counted as only FEE
bly, poisonous" Cleopatra might have
been long time a-dying had she endeav-
ored to commit suicide with the aid OF
an English viper, compared to whose
venom that of a cobra is computed to be.
drop for drop, sixteen times more viru-
lent.
Science does not yet rightly understand
the primary action Of a snakes poison.
We know what the poison is in chem
ical sense, and even how it tastes
Though all the venoms are said to be
tasteless except that of cobras. which
is 'dfsagfeeably bltter }, out We 90 not
know how primarily it kills. Nor has 1t
any certain antidote.
when the weesil is to fight with the
serpent she armeth herself by eating rue
against the might of the serpent. but
this appears to be less eff1cacious for hu-
man beings than for "weesils," and many
another antidote or prOpbylactic cele-
brated in its day seems to have lost it's
power. There was time when snakes
so dreaded the ash tree that they would
not even venture into 1.-The morninge or
EVENING" shadow thereof, and Pliny sat
isfied himself by experiment Of the truth
of the story that IL a snake was hedged
about on one side with fire and on the
other with a barrier of ash twigs It
would choose TO run into the fire rather
than face the dreaded vegetable.
Hemlock also and southernwood are
famous things for keeping snakes away,
while dittany In particular doth aston
ish Them That the mongoose is poison
proof is probably as much Of fable as
that it cures itself when bitten by eating
some unknown herb, Rikkitikki having
no other charm against the cobras bite
than the agility which keeps him out OF
the way Of the cobras fangs.
In the handling Of snakes both natives
of India, in spite of all the chicanery
which is mixed up with snake charming,
and even more conspicuousIy. perhaps,
the Moqul Indians OF North America &C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-13
ABROAD WITH CHILDREN
LADY CHURCHILL'S DISAP-
PEARANCE EXPLAINED.
Brother Declares Family Has No
Anxiety Concerning Her
Whereabouts.
Special Cablegram to The Star.

Special Cahegram to The Star.
LONDON, December 13.-The latest de-
velopment in the mysterious disappear
ance of Lady Churchill, wife of Viscount
Churchill, Is a circular issued today by
her brother, the Earl of Lonsdale. ir
which he says: Lady Churchill's action
has nothing to do with theosophy, me-
diums or any such things. She has gone
abroad with her children. There is no
anxiety on the paN of her family as to
her whereabouts
Lady Churchill and her children, in
Guiding her nineteen-year- son, the heir
to the title. have been missing since they
arrived at the St. Pancras station two
weeks ago at night and drove away in a
CAB to an unknown destination. An
anonymous advertisement was published
last Monday, in which the writer offered
$40 reward for information concerning
the whereabouts of his wife, his nineteen
year-old son and his two daughters, one
twelve years old and the other eight.
Later on it was discovered that the ad-
vertiser was Viscount Churchill, who like
the husband of the former Consuelo Van
ough stock. The gossips had it that
there had been trouble between the
viscount and his wife, but that King Ed
ward had forbidden her from asking for
divorce. Lady Churchill was formerly
Lady Verina Maud Lowther, sister of the
Earl Of Lonsdale. who visited New York
years sago as the manager of the Violet
Cameron Comic Opera Company.
The reference to theosophy and spirit
ualistic mediums in Earl Lonsdale's state.
ment was probably brought forth by q
statement printed this morning that the
real reason for her disappearance was
that she had been induced to consult q
spiritualistic medium and received ad.
vice from the spirit world that 1t was hel
duty to leave her husband and take he1
children also 1t was stated that she was
much impressed by this advice.
Lady ChurchlPs son is a godson of the
late Queen Victoria and at one time was
a page to King Edward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-13
ELEPHANTS CHASE CYCLIST.
They Gave Him Lively Ride When
He Ran Into Baby of Herd.

From the Rhodesia Herald.
Cycling in Rhodesia occasionally has
the charm of adventure-f there is much
charm In the excitement of, the chase
when the chased is the human rider.
A cyclist who was riding from Broken
Hill to Ndala on the edge of bush
clearing almost ran into the headquarters
of a baby elephant-half score hands
high.
Very likely | never got of my bike 50
quickly before, and l suppose both of US
looked rather bamboozled My new ac-
quaintance gave me a long. doubtful look.
and. screaming, ran toward home. or.
rather, an old tusker and three cows
browsing on the opposite end of the
glade, he said in telling of his adven-
ture
I'm wonderment / stood rooted TO the
spot The wind was blowing toward
me- and the bull, a magnificent monster.
swung his trunk to and fro through the
air to smell me out. 1t appears that
elephants cannot see very far; besides.
the sun was right against them. AS soon
as the now whimperins youngster ar
rived by his protectors they fumbled with
their trunks all over him to find out
what was wrong. uttering the while
curious rumbling noise through the long
nostril.
by this time | thought II was time
10 RETURN IN my CyGlc
some dry twigs broke under me with
sharp cracks. The puzzled bull stood for
a moment motionless, with his huge ears
extended like some topgallant sails; then.
as he heard the chink of the metal
through my mounting the bike the huge
animal lurched forward with a grunt that
rumbled as distant thunder down his big
trunk.
Il waited no longer, but pedaled for
dear life, and wonder even now how L
lodged the many obstacles on the twelve
foot path.
Behind me came a crashing of trees.
/ did not look back, but put on, as IL
were, more steam. until. after a retreat
of some four miles, hearing nothing more.
l nearly came a neat cropper over an
ancient tree stump.
.'Stil trifie Hurried. ] dismounted, but
except the signing of the forest and the
buzzing of tsetse flies there was no other
sound few miles behind my carriers
came believing along with their peculiar
swinging gait. As | believed the yarn Of
those elephants might brighten them fur
Their, mum was the word.
However. / halted them on pretense of
desiring a rest. and after an hours de-
lay we all started once more. My cycle
enabled me to scout cautiously In adj
vance but as | expected, the elephants
had gone TO some more sequestered syl-
van retreat. and nothing more was seen
of them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-13

e q oeAterity and apparent immunity
from danger which seem unattainahIa ~
whlte men. and perplexing tales are told
OF the magical efficacy of snake stones
as used by Indian snake catchers in the
cure or the bites of both. cobra and kraft
On autnority SO distinguished that science
with all its superciliousness cannot alto.
gether disregard them
AS general rule 1t may be laid down
that for man or mongoose the only certain
safety lies in keeping outside the range
OF being bitten. Fortunately a snake.
rarely goes out of its way to attack Nor
is 1t always undiscriminating In its choice
of victims, for in Sicily land again we
are indebted to Sir John MandeyiIle)
there is shrewd breed of snakes which
iaudaoiy declines to bite any but bastards
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-13
MAY EXAMINE EARLY.
Alleged Leper Will Remain in New
York for Some Time.

DR.. l.. Duncan Buckley of New York.
who has taken so much interest in the
case of John r. Early, alleged leper,
expects to have Early appear before the
New York Society of Medical Jurisprud-
ence at it's regular meeting tonight. The
physician says he hopes to have Early
examined by committee of the society.
Early, it Is believed, will remain in New
York until something definite about his
condition is determined. 1t is not known
by his friends in this city if he has
ranged to have DIR. Simon Flexner, head
of the Rockefeller Institute of Medical
Research, make an examination of him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-13
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-13
Bows in the Civil War.
From the Lowell Courier-Citizen.

From the Lowell Courer-Citizen.
Since the recent talk about the pension
system and it's cost has been common.
there has come to light in some Ohio
newspaper a rather interesting tabulation
Of the ages at which the fighters of the
civil war enlisted-rather more interest
ing than accurate. we imagine, for it
seems quite incredible that any such list
should be particularly exact. However
that may be, the table gives the follow
ing figures as the numbers enlisting at
various ages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-13

world These books are true pictures
of the lives of these PARKWAY p&ople.
and if we had never heard or read
them a great part of what goes TO
make US what nowadays We are would
never be understood by US.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-13

Man differs from the beasts in that he
can piece out what he knows with guess
work, and thus possess himself of H.
lus.ons sufficient on which to build philos-
ophies.-Puck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-13
Debrutalized Golf.

From the Indianapolis Star.
Debrutalized golf. no doubt, would be
achieved by cutting out the cruel and in
human remarks so often INDUCED in by
pikers looking on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-13
Specials in Players
and Player Pianos.

Our big stock OF NeY
Pianos includes such instru-
ments as Mason & .Hamlin,
\. b. Chase. !. & {. Fischer,
Shoninger, Milton and
others. $500 to 81 800
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-13

: Ii pays to read the want columns of
The Star. Hundreds of situations are filled
through them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-13
Specials in PIANOS.

The biggest values Of the season
in high-grade Pianos. Many of
these instruments were traded in
for Player Pianos. and are as good
as new. Make your selection early.
Easy terms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-13
o.. & Co.,
Cor. 18th and G. SITS.
"A gift
worth while.
M!asAutOpianO
for $3.50

An instrument we can recon-
mend TO al who are fond or
music. The Auto-piano is con-
ceded to be the best player piano
i'm the world for the money.
Call and have rs explain how
easy il is to buy one for Xmas.
We've the largest and
finest stock OF Player-Pianos
in the city-all the new mod
els in such makes "a the \.
B. Chase. Nose & Sons. Beh-
ming. ]. & {. Fischer. Au-
bopiano and Doll. Priced
from $3.50 TO $3.50.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-28
Will Be Sent TO Every Woman Who Is Ailins.
Why Men Desert Their Wives
Eighty Per Cent Of the Wife DeSertionS
and Divorce Due to Female
Weakness.

| should have taken better care of nv
self, l suppose. / was sick and suffering.
NO one but woman can ever show how |
suffered. | was irritable. / couldn't be
to my husband the wife that 1 ought to
have been. He, being a man, couldn't un-
derStand. We drifted apart. He sought
his pleasures elsewhere. Finally there was
nothing but the divorce court that could
settle our differences.
That's the sad story that eight out of
every ten women who have passed through
the ordeal of the divorce court, as we'll as
the countless thousands of deserted wives
who are not divorced, knows deep down in
her heart was the real cause of her trouble
sick wife, a neglected home, and the
publicity and disgrace of the court room to
end it all. There wouldn't be half as much
talk of the divorce evil in the world If
only every wife and mother would realize
her duty to preserve her health and
strength.
No woman has the right to expect her
husband to devote his leisure hours to his
home and her when she is leading a
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existence that would discourage the great
est optimist earth.
Mrs. Cora B. Miller's marvellous home
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-28

ing of the womb, profuse, scanty or pain
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-28

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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-28
MrS M1Iler's Home From Here She Directs the Dis
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Some time ago it was announced that she
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from thousands upon thousands OF women
from all parts Of the world, who have not
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-28
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-28
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-28
A Million Women
Bless Her Name
Grateful Letters From All Over the
World Tell Of Wonderful Cures ~
With Mrs. Miller'S Mild
Home Treatment.

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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-28

edy has cured more bad cases Of niles of
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-28
How To Cure Any Case of Piles.

1 want to tell you fatty and plainly that
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-28
This Noted Divine Saws:

81 am personally acquainted with Mrs
Cora B. Miller. 1 most cheerfully and vol
UNFAIRLY testify that myself and family
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Mrs Miller's home remedies and heartily
recommend them to the general public -
Rev. P. G. Roscamp, DID,, Presbyterian
Minister
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Send No Money Just Your Name and Ad-
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-28

In the past few years Mrs. Miller has
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tiicted women.
Several years ago Mrs. Miller learned Of
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herself and several friends of female weak