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The Red Cloud chief., 1910-11-03

Delaware and North Dakota Each vessel Is blo
feet In length and IS feet beam, and they go
their predecessors one better In the mater OF
shooting irons" for each has five turrets In
stead Of four and carries a total Of ten instead
OF eight Of the 12inch guns. Moreover, the Dela
ware and the North Dakota have each a powerful
secondary battery made up OF fourteen OF the Ell
fective 5inch guns. Next year will see another
brace of "Dreadnaughts," the Utah and Florida,
take their places among the ships Of the line.
They are almost Identical In size with the Della
ware and North Dakota. After them Will come
the Arkansas and Wyoming-each 654 feet In
length and SO feet beam and carrying a full dozen
Of the 12inch guns, but 1t will be several years
ere these record-breakers are ready to report for
duty.
Next to the Importance Of providing fighting
ships for Uncle Sans navy is the task Of prepar-
ing the ships and the men who handle them for
the work they are intended for-nghting the bat
ties of the country, should the dread specter at
any time descend upon us. The thrilling expert
ences on board big ships playing at war are in.
terestingly described in the following account
written by one who witnessed the recent naval
evolutions.
The plain red pennant for firing
was hanging like a stain from all yards. LOAD"
from the ordnance officer. The stains glide down.
to the shrill peals of the standby bells. Never
stood men so braced and rigid as those spoilers,
staring through the soft rubber ~eyepicces OF their
binoculars. as the ordnance officer gravely syl-
Tabled the final range and DETECTION. as he got
them from the substation prophet. who had been
advised by the performance Of the ranging shots:
1.-THE range is 10000; DETECTION a."
1t is the last suspense. Slowly. far below, the
moving turrets begin to nose upward their guns
like intelligent creatures. The big focastle deck
is an empty. slim. fiat, cigarshaped finger. lazily
dealing forward slippery ruffs of Wilderness. Foam
oozes UP complacent around the anchor chains.
and your eyes rest unwittingly on a four-masted
schooner. a passenger steamship with a red fun
mel. astern the waiting targets. Every living
sinew scattered on our faraway decks Is trans
fxed-on the bridge screen the shippers arms.
bright with their four gold stripes. the midship-
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uct and she blazed a new path in battleship de-
sign. Prior to the advent Of this new-pattern
~peacemaker the average battleship, whatever her
nationality, had been armed with pinch or 49,
inch breech-loading rifles and with q variety of
less powerful hitters. including S-inch, 5-inch and
8inch guns. and SO on down through the whole
catalogue of naval weapons to the one-pounders.
The British naval architects and shipbuilders
when they produced the original "Dreadnaught."
pointed the way to a new policy. In arming the
new style vessel they cut down the number OF
guns of lesser importance-partlcularly the weap-
ons of intermediate size. such as the S-inch and
the 5inch, and placed almost all the RESPONSE
rbility for offense and defense on guns of the
largest size.
The whole naval world was immensely i'm
pressed with the naval novelty which John Bull
produced and all the leading nations. including
the United States, straightway set about follow
ing his example by constructing such ships Of
their own. Thus It came about that the name
~Dreadnaught," which originally applied to only
one ship, came to stand for the whole family OF
~1allbig-gun" ships, no matter under what nag
such a vessel might be In service. The United
States now has four battleships OF the Dread
paught" class in service; two more will probably
be ready TO Join the big feet within a year;
another pair are under construction, and yet 9TH
es will be contracted for this winter. It is cost
dng a pretty penny. too. to assemble such an ar
ray of heavyweight fighters. for each OF these
largestsize vessels costs complete upward OF s12'
OO0. 900. Likewise does II mako a big tug at
Uncle Sans purse-strings to keep these huge
armorclads In active service. for each OF them
requires the services of nearly one thousand off,
GERS and men-half az many again as were re-
auired for the largest Of the ~old-style battleships.
The first American "Dreadnaughts." the bat
tleships South Carolina and Michigan. are yet 30
new that few Of tho people even In our large sea-
coast cities have had a peep at them. They are
sister ships-that is, exact duplicates OF one an
other-and are $50 feet in length and so feet
beam or width. Each of these battleships carries
eight of the big 12-inch guns arranged in pairs In
turrets. This is Just double the number OF the
big barkers to be found on any OF the battleships
that were the accepted thing up to a few years
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Telephone
Cheaper
Than
Telepathy
By THOMAS H. WATSON

the threshold of consciousness. If there is at any time existing between
operator and subject a condition of mental rapport then will the suggestion
be received.
So in the case of Ceres, if the error that her friend is about. to COM
nit is an act that the friend does not consider wrong it will take moro
than a single suggestion to remove the desire to act. Some logical reason
must be used, as the suggestion will be analysed and the reason for the
change must be 81 clear and the suggestion so forcibly received that all
opposing suggestions will be oveTucd. Abstraction is to be sought as
much Us concentration, and when you arrive at n mental condition where
you can voluntarily exclude all wandering thoughts practise suggestion.
But don't use your suggestions solely for your own gain or think That your
mental carnations ae supreme, for other minds consider thois worthy
of notice.
If, after several attempts at tolopathy, you fail to influence your
friend, try telephony 1t is much easier and oay costs a nickel.
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Harm
From Too
Much
Fresh Air
By LOIS FULLER
Chicago

ing, which would keep up all night. After three nights of suffering my
mother persuaded me to try sleeping with my bedroom window shut. Be-
fore that would have it wide open, winter and summer. l closed the
windows and that night / was entirely free of the Wheeling.
tried this several times afterward, starting with the window open,
but would always have TO get up and close it to get relief. Since last
spring l have slept with the window closed more or less and never
felt better.
OF course / believe in thoroughly airing the rooms during the day
and letting all the sunshine possible in, but believe that the dampncs'
from the lake and the dew does no one any good and perhaps some harm,
especially to those with nose or throat trouble.
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Mental concentration and force of di-
rcction are more to be sought in telepathy
than determination, which sometimes
mounts only to %stubbornncss. A suggestion
given 10 a subject at such a time that there
are no conflicting thoughts will go far
toward creating an involuntary auto-sug-
gcstion for the desired end, especially when
the end sought is the object desired by the
subject.
Should the subjects line of thought
be so intense or continued as to become an
accepted fact a suggested change in that
line may be so opposed as to remain below
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For several years past have been what
my friends termed Il 'fresh-air crank" but
lately | came to the conclusion that this
fresh-air craze can be overdone as well as
undcrdonc, and especially that the value
of night air is greatly overestimated.
Ny mother is a scholar Of the old
school and she has always contended that
the air after shutdown is of very little
value in fact, that it often does more
harm than good, especially when it is damp,
as that of Chicago occasionally is.
Last spring / had a slight attack of
bronchitis. 1t would begin with a Wheel
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ago. Neither battle
ship has any other
weapons except the
three-inch and three
FOUNDER guns that are
provided to repel tor
pedo attacks.
It was only a few
months ago that the
second pair OF Dread
naughts," twins, made
their appearance In
navy. There are the
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10 Blow down In the matter Vi
battleship building. Perhaps after the canal dig.
gers have cut the continent in two It will suffice
TO build one battleship a year. but for the time
being two a year-and Dreadnaughts at that
are needed. In the opinion of the administration.
Now "Dreadnaughts" are a comparative novelty
IN the United States navy and for all that there
are several Of these vessels flying the Stars and
Stripes. and more building. there is a consider
able share Of the public that has never grasped
the Significance Of these new-style sea warriors.
TO put the matter In a nutshell, It may be ex-
planned that a "dreadnaught" differs from the
ordinary battleship principally by being larger
and heavier and carrying an increased number
Of guns Of a big caliber. The term Dreadnaught,"
1t will be understood. has come to stand for a
whole class or family Of battleships rather than
Tor any individual vessel.
All the same. this new nickname for the lat.
est fashion In floating fortresses did originate
with one particular vessel-the first OF her type.
The pioneer "Dreadnaught' was a British prod
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Universal
Mind
Gradually Drawn
to Believe ,sa
Matter Is Tern
ny T.. T.. FOURNIER d'ALBE

L ARE gradually and inevitably drawn to the conclusion thct
mind Is everything and matter but an expression of the uniycr-
sal mind. \ table, a house, or a machine is the embodiment
Of some human mind. \ stone is the embodiment Of some
mind at present inaccessible to us, of some will at present IN
scrutahlc.
Matter signifies existence, life Independent Of ourselves.
but subject to our will under certain conditions, just as men
are TO some extent. Motion means change or experience. lncr-
Ola mcnns habit. Ihc cihcr mcans. ncrhnns. The nl-cmLracIng.
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Ial means HaNiI. ThC CtNCr means, pCrhaps, The NT-CnUTaCIng,
aI-conncctng oycEoul of the universe. Radiation means pcrchancc TIN,
INSTRUMENTATION Of smaller minds.
Here We enter upon that virgin field where, believe, the science Of
the future will blossom forth. I'm entering upon nit new perspective opens
out, a perspective infinitely more glorious than the starry host visible to
our human eyes. We breathe a higher and purcr air, an air of freedom.
of infinite life and power and greatness, unfcttcrcd by the shacklcs Of our
earthly existence. Many of the son of men, in all ages, have caught
glimpscs of such a higher existence. 1t is open TO all Of us, and, believe.
destined for ALL But its possibility and prospect need not draw us away
from the present phase prcmaturcly. Like dcvotccs Of chess or football,
We descend into the arena aud consent to be bound for n time by more or
less absurd restrictions. We play the game. And that game has always
been played and will always be played. 1t is Il necessary discipline and
liberal education.
OF one thing we may be ccrtan-no universe exists which is entirely
unconncctCd with this of ours. We know that the fruit of our slightest
act goes laundering down the ages, that nothing is ever chaccd, that every
thing of infinite and eternal consequence. And if it leaves a pcrma-
ncnt mark ON the material universe it will affect also all invisible ui-
verses. This reflection may give a new zt to ur present form of exist
cncc. To pierce into the inncrmost rcccsSs of nature, to mold natural
forces TO our will, to make life happy and glorious for ourselves and
our kind, to assert our supremacy wei disease and death, to conquer
and rule this universe in virtue of the infinite power @MAARRN2H4
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and rule this universe in virtue of the infinite power
power within MS, such is our task here and now.
1t is being more and more consciously taken in
hand by the human race, a race which, since its ear
lest origins, has numbered about a billion individ-
uals. The aggregate lives of these individuals cover a
vast variety of experiences and circumstances and the
record of these experiences is embodied in our own
physical organisms and other records more or less
permanent. The human race has hurled itself against
the businesses of nature and captured them one by
one. The way has been "A record of blood and Of
tears.
But in the new generation the wounds arc healed
and the tears are dried and the battle is renewed.
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~ SOO2ER

RESIDENT TAFT recently de-
clared that this nation ought to
build two b~attleships Of the
"Dreadnaught" class every year
until the Panama canal is COM
pleted and open for traffic.
After that water way is com.
pleted and the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts Of the United
States are In effect brought
nearer together in a naval
sense-that is. 1t is made pos.
sible for our w%arships to get
from, one coast to the other
more quickly in the event OF
trouble-it might. in the prcsi.
dents Judgment, be advisable
- - A.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-24

state for better corn and a larger
yield James p. Greer of Naeog-
doches announces that he will have
the finest display of corn at the fair
in the United States.
October IS will be great day at
the fair Practically all of the Boys
Corn clubs of the state will be in at
tendance. Several special trains to
handle the movement will be run TO
Dallas on that day.
Governor Campbell will give 4
certificate of commentator of merit
to every boy represented at the fair
who grows over fifty bushels of corn.
Congressman Hardy has offered a
reward of $50 to the boy who grows
the most corn in his district. Many
other special premiums will be Of
fered. 1t is expected that this move
ment will increase the yield of the
state at least 100 per cent per acre,
which will mean millions of dollars
for Texas people. 1t will mean more
hog and more hominy.'
Mr.. Orms reported that a boy in
Shelby county had, by carrying out
the directions of the government
harvested lo4 bushels and six peeks
of corn. Mr.. Allen reported like
occurrence in Wilson county where
q boy harvested sixty-four bushels
of corn, while on an adjacent field
cultivated by the father the yield was
only twenty-eight bushels. The
program for Boys Corn Club day
October %. as announced by the
committee, follows:
a:oo a. m Assemble at fair
grounds.
$50 a. M, Parade of boy corn
growers.
1890 a. m.-Address by Dr.. s.
A. Knapp of Washington, d. c.
1885 a. m Address by Hon. ].
w. o'Neal.
1900 a. m.--Address by Hon. e.
b. Afford or Henderson. Texas.
lilo a. m.-Address by Hon.
Cato Sells of Cleburne.
Has a. m.-Address by Hon. De-
Witt McMurray of Dallas.
11:2o a. m. Short addresses ,by
members of the various clubs of the
state on corn raising.
1870 a. m.--Perfection of the
State Boys Corn club organization!
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Woodmen, Attention.

The ladies of the Woodmcn Circle
will serve ice cream and cake on the
court house lawn Saturday night,
Sept "a. from s to IL. All Woodmen
be sure and come out and bring your
wives, daughtcsr. swecthearts, and
anybody else you can get to come.
We will have good music. fine cake
made by the ladies' and cream. Only
10 cents. This will BIO the last social
this year. Be sure and come. Every
body invited. Saturday night, Sept.
"a, 1910, s to II. d4Sw35
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MoMs> nrst ntttM.

Memen wsfs fhg rHe relsfs vi
So wafla Hat ssne. tht aomlua3loa
- ess enc wetia NH8 tTaefossea
steadily ~ ffatits aHl aasenses &c.
.Fa faf VI o CtatA nJ iar unAs
fegsis vi cbiasts heiete ts, spfaasr
tlasr
Thf ionN before tae ndfruf ni
csrMlsuity vamsu gfaFurd and man
was nefelY an ineiaont. the spossrt
DECLARED and ss3eA that at that
g-si-s ib- ~.,sr5e ~a- ,--r H--v- -r.
muro sympatbu}e
Prof clara pointed oui bow mra
gradually. va the course ~ cou,urics.
shattered the rule ~ somau thrau 20
the uae nf his greater uuimsi powcrs
nna alief sappiauiine nor as rul"r
easiaved hrr.
Hc auciotod that wum1n's rule be-
gan with the orinn of lho vcry dawn
OF civilization iiaelf
lR tAe first state 90 primitive man.
hc said the relationship between fa-
Their aud child Was not known; the
right Of the mother 30 her children
was undispuiod
He said that VIC father having
no part IN the family, remained a
wanderer. leaving the mother ia fun
control. However. infants were
helpless and eventually love was born
and man admitted to che sacred pre-
cincts 90 civilization and organized
society.
u am not relating these acts for
the purpose OF ceusurins man, but
10 show the result Of humanity on
q religion that exalts one sex above
another think We are justified In
wondering what would have been the
result If Jehovah had been a woman.
IF the feminine principle had
dominated the Jewish conception OF
deity / DO not believe thst history
would have recorded some of the
things ! have referred to. If the
mother spirit had been given the
first place in religion human life
would have been far more highly de-
yeloped than 1t Is today. do not
believe that there would have been
any modern wars of conquest waged
against nelghboring tribes,
Il do not believe there is any OK
cuse for poverty In the midst OF
abundant wealth There is no ma
tural reason for the continuance Of
extreme poverty in this or in any
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WOMAN SLAPS PASTOR
sstgeator, Ill, Congregation Is Torn
Asunder ANhcn Preacher Is
Asked to Resign.

Pontiac, H., Sept. 24.-Tke trus-
tees of the First Methodist church of
Streator have closed and locked the
doors of that edifiec waiting for the
solution by the approaching confet-
ence of the trouble which has torn
that congregation asundor.
Rev. D. w. Keis, the. pastor, was
asked by one faction of his church 10
resign One of the women teachers
of his Sunday school, in discussing
the matter with her pastor, is alleg-
ed ITO have slapped him in the face
with a book The trouble continue !
to grow more serious until the trus-
tees closed the church.
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The Music Club.

Questions for the Waxahachie Mu-
sic club, Saturday, October 1.
References: Graves Dictionary of
Music and Musicians; Parry's Eyolu
ton of the Art of Music; Hamilton
Outlines of Music History. Baltzell's
History of Music.
Questions;
In what country of Europe did our
system of music begin to develop?
In what period of history did it
make its appearance?
Is there any significance in fact
that music began during days of de-
cline?
What influence was shaping in the
Roman Empire during it.; last days?
What was state of society?
This state of society led to the
adoption of what style of living by
the christians?
What was its effect upon history
of music?
Where did the christians get their
foundation for music used?
Mention trait of christian wog,
ship which distinguishes it from that
of all other religions, and which had
an influence upon the character of
music developed.
Did the history of music lose or
gain by fact that the cultivation OF
direct line of music was monopolized
by church?
Why was the cultivation of music
left to ehurchmen?
Was there no music outside of the
church?
Was equal attention given to cu,-
tiration of vocal or instrumental mu-
sic?
What was the first instrument i'm
proved9 Why?
BY close of Middle Ages, what had
been accomplished in development of
music in regard to harmony? Musical
psfation?
What improvement in musical no
tation made possible the establish
ment of national schools of music?
Influence of crusades upon history
of music was most important, though
Indirect. Explain.
Study music schools of Paris, Gal
10, Belgium, Netherlands, Rome,
Florence, Venice, Naples, paying es-
pecial attention to following sug-
gestions: Why did each become mu-
sic center? Contribution Import
ance?
Note cultivation of opera and of
oratorio in France, Germany, En-
land.
Influence of Renaissance upon mu-
sic?
Make list of contrasting character
istics OF Polyphony and of Monopho-
ny?
Which developed earlier?
Was this order Of development ma
tural or unnatural?
Did history Of music gain or lose
by this order of development?
MISS MABEL SMITH. Leader.
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BOYS CORN CLUB.
Movement Recognized by State Fair
OF Dallas

Movement Recognized by State Fair
OF Dallas.
Dallas, Texas, Sept, 24.-Declar-
ing that the Boys Corn Club ex-
hibit at the coming state fair of Tex
as, which opens in this city October
. and continues sixteen days, will
be the greatest in history, and that
Boys Corn Club day, October %
will be one of the biggest from at
tendance. as special trains for mem
bers of clubs of the state have been
provided. w. f. Proctor of Tyler,
j. l.. Quicksall of Waco, G. w. Orms
of Timpson and j. 0. Allen of Gill
mer, representative of the United
States department of agriculture,
and in charge of the Boys Corn club
movement throughout the state call
ed on the management of the fair
yesterday
Messrs. Proctor and Quicksall are
state agents of the department, and
Messrs. Orms and Allen district
agents. They met in Dallas yester-
pared the program for Oct. 25. IN
addition the meeting was held for
the purpose OF perfeeting plans aud
arrangements for the handling OF
the Boys Corn club exhibits at the
fair, and other matters concerning
the administration of the work Of
the national government
The four government agents pres
emf AT the rAeeting reported that the
BOYS of the state are putting forth
their best efforts in the culture of
corn. according to the requirements
of the department Of agriculture,
and are taking great interest In the
work. Mr. Quicksall declared thai
at least 10000 boys are now en-
gagged in this work and are all look
fair with great interest.
Mr. Proctor was especially enthusi-
astic over The results derived from
the Boys Corn club movement and
the benefits to accrue from the state
fair show. He said.
We are receiving splendid re-
ports from airsections of the state
where the Boys Corn club move
ment is underway. The boys are
making splendid showing IN the
cultivation of their respective fields
Of corn and have secured yield Of
from SO to 125 bushels Of corn per
acre. where the average yield here
tofore has been fifteen bushels per
acre One boy in East Texas has
harvested 125 bushels to the acre.
Mr.. Quicksail Of Waco said:
The exhibition to be shown In
the, agricultural department OF the
fair this year will be an eye-openerl
to the state. The major portion Of
II will be sent to the National Corn
Show in Columbus. Ohio. The
premiums offered BY the state fair
association and the Texas bankers
association are 30 generous that they
have benefited the movement N this