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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-25
Distance From the Horizon.
From the Marine Journal.

TOM Tue Mnrine JOURNAL.
On q clear day, when standing on the
beach, the distance OF the horizon in miles
is four-thirds of the square root OF the
height of the eye, measured In feet. For
instance. if the observers eyes are six
teen feet above the sea level the horizon
is distant five and one-third miles. The
square root of Is being 4. and four-thirds
of is equal to 5L miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-25
Heron's Foot for Bait.
From the London Outlook.

TVm OutIOVh.
So great is the heron's repute as a
fisher that 1t has long been thought
that it's feet, owing to some peculiar
scent or oil which they were supposed
to possess, attracted the fish. more
especially cells, to within easy reach of
its beak. In some places the rustic
angler still believes that il a heron's foot
is placed with his worms the latter are
more eagerly taken by fish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-25
Nerve.
From Puck.

Chimmie-I told the boss I'd quit this
elevator boy job unless he made it easier.
Jimmie-What do you want him to do?
Chimmie-Just put on an arrangement
SO that the elevator will stay still and the
floors will run up and down in front of it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-25

dusty road and after a couple of miles
arrived at the Antietam batteneld. IL
was here on that eventful day. Septem-
Der IL. 1S62-juSt forty-eight years ago
last Saturday. at 10 O'Clock in the morning,
that the battle opened by an unsuccessful
attempt of the 18th Connecticut Infantry
to carry the stone bridge over che Antie-
tam. The battlefield and surrounding
country are marked by beautiful monu-
mentS erected by the various states and
organizations. The national cemetery
also forms part of the magnificently
laid out battlefield.
An amusing spectacle met the gaze of
the motorists while en- route from Shep-
herdstown to Martinsburg. The strains Of
music echoed through the woods along
the roadside. and upon investigation an
Italian was discovered off in a nearby
cornfield merrily turning the handle Of
street piano. while his companion was en-
joying his lunch on the banks of an ad-
jacent stream. After a brief delay dur
which time the hat was passed around,
the trip was resumed. The Italians had
been attending the Winchester fair and
were vending their way to Scranton, Pa.
The day still being early. the trip was
resumed. Crossing the Potomac river and
the Chesapeake and Ohio canal just be-
yond Sharpsburg, where the tollkeeper
was awaiting u.s. we assembled a steep
hill and, turning to the right, pulled into
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-25

Shepherdstown, w. Va, about seventy
miles from Washington. After leaving
here the going was not found to be so
good on account of repairs being made to
the road, there being numerous stretches
where new raw material had been added
to the top surface, but had not been
rolled. This made progress somewhat
slower. but later an improvement in the
road conditions enabled us to pick up to
some extent. Five miles out from Shep-
herdstown we bore to the right, this fork
being closely followed by another fork
in the road. the right road likewise being
selected which leads to Martinsburg,
which was our next scheduled stop.
Just before arriving there, however, the
road became suddenly rocky and bunny
and tested the endurance powers of the
cars and passengers. Even under these
conditions the party reached Martins
burg at :45 O'Clock Sunday morning,
and. still being too early for dinner,
Winchester was suggested for the noon
stop. which was unanimously chosen.
Turning to the left after entering the
town, short stop was made and at noon
We headed over the twenty three-m mile
stretch to Winchester. The road is as
level as billiard table and proved the
easiest running of the day. Toll amount
ing to Is cents was collected on the out
skirts of Martinsburg and G6 cents just
before entering Winchester. The road
runs through an open country, with only
sparse settlement here and there to as
sure one tnat ne Is still IN the lafd OF
the living, despite the absence of human
ity along the roadside. Winchester, 1903
miles from Washington, was reached at
12:45, with every man I'm the party ready
to partake of good dinner, which was
served at / o'clock.
Dinner over, the homeward-bound trip
was begun and the machine turned off
from the valley pike and headed in the
direction of Berryville, eleven miles away
The road is of the macadam kind, but
wavy and rutty in places, which plays
havoc with the springs of a machine.
For this reason the road is not as fast
as the stretch between Martinsburg and
Winchester. The scenery is equally at
tractive as that seen through the valley,
especially as the Shenandoah river is
neared.
At Castlemans Ferry the river is crossed
and q toll of SO cents collected for the
privilege of using the bridge, which was
constructed a few years ago. ferry
beat formerly transported automobiles
across at this point. but this has been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-25

Ralph De Palma, plotting the famous
Cyclone" once again officially broke
Ave worlds records for one-mile oircu-
lar dirt tracks at Syracuse Saturday.
September II. He covered mile in
As 40 seconds, and broke all intermediate
marks up to Ave miles, which he covered
in the phenomenal time Of 40 As, clip
ping Oldfelds record for this distance,
which stood at 4.24 1-5 by Is LIS Sec
onds. De Palma twice broke the worlds
mile record, made only a week ago by
Oldfeld in a 200-horsepower racer at
st. Paul, Mimi, which stood for a few
brief days at 4aA seconds. and pre-
viously held officially by De Palma for
more than two years at figures between
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-25

r. J. Mawhinney and family are max
ing a motor trip through Maryland ant
Pennsylvania in their car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-25
BY HOWARD FISK.

TRIP through the Shenandoah
valley and a visit to the An
! tietam battlefield. where one of
7 the hardest battles of the civil
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-16
Lonn Distance courtships.

Sketching one day in Burma, an
English artist noticed a man a lit
tie distance off glazing fercely
straight ahead at him at some OBJ
iect he could not see from his posi-
ton. The man sat with the same
fixed glare the whole afternoon and
was at it again next morning. The
artist had the curiosity to ask an
English visitor what it meant. The
reply was, ooh, he is in loyew And
it was explained that this was their
method of courtship. The object
of the mans attentive gaze was a
girl in a neighboring bazaar When
a young man falls in love he has to
seat himself at a certain distance
from his adored one and wait for
her to do the rest. If she looks in
his direction once or twice on the
first or second day he is wildly en-
couraged, and if on the third day
she mods to him and smiles it is
time to go to the parents with ref
erence to the marriage settlements.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-16
Jules Verne's Methods.

Jules Verne, author of "Twenty
Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" "
required no legislative enactment
to make him get up early. He rose
at A in the morning in the summer
and climbed up a sort of watchtow-
er which dominated his house in
the Boulevard de Longueville,
Amiens, where his study was sit
uated. He called this room his
"cabin." There he used to work
until 10 o'clock. In the winter
when he awoke he would await day
light either reading in bed OF
evolving scenes for his novels. After
lunch it was his practice to walk
along the boulevards, which form
beautiful green cincture around
the old Picardy town. Then he
would make for his club and read
the newspapers and study the scien-
tifc reviews, from which he de-
rived great aid in the composition
of his books.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-16

a boy who had been going to one
of the public schools in Buffalo left
school to go to work for a small
manufacturer. The boy was dull,
and his stupidity annoyed the man
ufacturer greatly. After two weeks
Of trial the manufacturer discharg-
ed the boy at the end of the week
on Saturday night.
you're discharged" the manu-
facturer said. eco and get your
pay and let that be the last of you.
You're discharged"
On Monday morning the manu-
facturer was much surprised to see
the boy in his former place at work.
Here" he shouted, "what are
you doing in this shop? I discharg-
ed you Saturday night"
"Yes,' said the boy, land don't
you do it again. When ! told my
mother she licked me."-Saturday
Evening Post.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-16
JAPANESE WEDDINGS.
An important Preliminary Is the Ad-
vice to the Bride.

An important Preliminary Is the Ad-
vice to the Bride.
A japanese wedding does not es-
tablish new home. 1t only adds
the bride to the family of the
bridegroom. The government gives
official recognition to this custom
by transferring the BRIDES name on
the register from her own to her
husbands family, SO young Orio
does not bring Miss Chrysanthe-
mum to his own little dovecot, but
to his fathers house.
At the door of this house the lit
tie bride to be is formally surren-
dered by her own family. Before
the actual wedding ceremony takes
place, however, there is an impor-
tant preliminary to be Observed
Miss Chrysanthemum must drink
tea with her mother and the wife
of the go-between. This lady might
be called bridesmaid, but the jap
anese wedding knows no brides
maids in the western sense. There
is, however, little girl in attend
ance, called butterfly" who has
important duties to fulfill.
While the three women are to-
gether the occasion is taken to give
the nervous little bride some final
advice on her conduct in her new
home-how to humor her husband
and how to get on the right side of
her mother-in-law, a parsonage who
is just as important in Japan as she
is with us. Perhaps, moreover, the
two older women quote from the
japanese Greater Learning For
Women" the revered classic which
lays down rules for female con-
duct. "The great lifelong duty Of
a woman is obedience. In her deal
ings with her husband both the ex-
preston of her countenance and
the style Of her address should be
courteous, humble and conciliatory,
never peevish and intractable, never
rude and arrogant. Never set thy
self up against thy husband with
harsh features and a boisterous
voice."
This seems to insure the young
husband getting his own way with
out any pickering or nagging, but it
may be that the old hands tell the
young bride how to bend Orio
even while she seems to obey him
and how to lead him when she APP
pears to follow, as is the way of wo-
men the world over.-Wide World
Magazine.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-16
Reward Of The Faithful Servant.

The merchant prince had sent for
the faithful clerk, who confronted
his master tremblingly.
Jenkins" said the merchant
prince, "you have been in my en-
ploy for twenty-five years"
eyes, sir" faltered the faithful
clerk.
twenty-five years today, is it
not?"
eyes, sir. Thank you, sir, for re-
membering it,"
"Tut! Tut! You have been an
honor to the house"
"Thank you again, sir
'"You have proved yourself
worthy of my confidence"
ooh, sir"
'You have grown gray in my
service"
eyes, sir"
Jenkins. as a slight token Of my
recognition of this fact l have a
present for you. Pray accept this
bottle of hair dyew-Womans
Home Companion.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-16
A Tale Of Russian Wolves.

A man was telling about an ex-
titing experience in Russia. His
sleigh was pursued over the frozen
wastes by pack of at least a dozen
famished wolves. He arose and shot
the foremost one, and the others
stopped to devour it. But they
soon caught up with him, and he
shot another, which was in turn de-
voured. This was repeated until
the last famished wolf was almost
upon him with yearning jaws
when
"Say, partner" broke in one Of
the listeners, according to your
reckoning, that last famished wolf
must have bad the other eleven in
side of him."
"Well, come to think it over"
said the story teller, "maybe he
wasn't so darned famished, after
all -Everybody's Magazine
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-16

When tho Brute Fights Either He or
the Hunter Dies.


Nothing causes the East African
colonist more genuine concern than
that his guest should not have been
provided with a lion. The Hon.
Winston Spencer Churchill says
that failure to produce a hon
preys on the colonist's mind until
1t becomes regular obsession. He
feels that some deep reproach is
laid upon his own hospitality and
the reputation of his adopted coun-
try. In "My African Journey" Mr..
Churchill tells something of the
pursuit of this noble game:
"Ths is the way in which they
hunt lions: First find the lion,
lured to a kill, driven from a reed
bed or kicked up incontinently by
the way. Once viewed, he must
never be lost sight of for a moment.
Mounted on ponies of more OF less
approved fidelity, three or four dar-
ing Britons or Somalis gallop after
him across rocks, holes, tussocks,
through high grass, thorn scrub, un-
dergrowth, turning him, shepherd
ing him, heading him this way and
that until he is brought to bay.
"For his part the lion is no seeker
of quarrels. He is often described
in accents of contempt. His object
throughout is to save his skin. If,
being unarmed, you meet six or sew
en- Unexpectedly, all you need do,
according to my information, is to
speak to them sternly, and they will
stink away, while you throw few
stones at them to hurry them up.
All the highest authorities recon-
mend this.
'FBut when pursued from place to
place. chased hither and thither by
wheedling horsemen, the lion be-
comes imbittered. First be begins
to growl and roar at his enemies in
order to terrify t.%m and make
them leave him in peace. Then he
darts little short charges at them.
Finally, when every attempt at
peaceful persuasion has failed, be
pulls up abruptly and offers battle.
Once he has done this, he will run
no more. He means to fight and to
fight to the death.
"And when a lion, maddened with
the agony of a bullet wound, dis
tressed by long and hard pursuit, or,
most Of all, lioness in defense of
her cubs, is definitely committed to
battle death is the only possible
conclusion. Broken limbs, broken
jaws, body raked from end to end,
lungs pierced through and through
none Of these counts. Unjust be
death, instant and utter, for the
lion or down goes the man, mauled
by septic claws and fetid teeth,
crushed and crunched and poisoned
afterward to make doubly sure"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-16
Why She Went Sou.

Il felt kind Of miffed," said the ge-
Nal man who likes to occupy lofty
niche in everybody's affections, when
tne religious lady at the foot OF the
table suddenly soured ON me; but
when found that she had under
stood me to boast that my father
dear old Methodist preacher that he
is--was circus rider instead of
circuit rider I didn't know that !
could blame her"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-16
nlsmarek,s Drink Capacity.

Bismarck is credited with drinking
one gallon Of French brady in a one
night session. Bismarck claimed that
so long as alcohol wasted its effects
upon the brain in keeping up sprigtly
thought and conversation it had little
effect on the rest Of the system.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-16
q rold Won so.v

An old couple lived in the noun
tains of eastern Tennessee. He was
ninety-fve and she ninety. Their
son, man of seventy, died. AS the
old folks crossed the pasture to
their cabin after the burial the wo-
man noticed tear roll down her
husbands cheek. She patted him
tenderly OH the arm and said;
'Neyer mind, John; never mind,
You know l always said we never
would raise that boy."-Success
Magazine.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-16
"squatted" In Empty Houses.

A woman who recently applied 70
tne Lambeth guardians for relief said
tnat Tor the last three months she ap,,r
ner nVe children had lived rent free,
py sQuatting' in the rooms OF empty
houses. In Lambeth there are many
such houses which have reverted to
the duchy Of Cornwall, and people
are permitted to occupy the places un.
III the premises are demolished.-Lon-
don News.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-16
Cause for Suspicion.

When a man OATS tryin to trade
horses VIII me stahts braggin' bout
how honest he is in his dealin's," said
Uncle Eben, Il can't help suspectin'
dat he's gettin' ready TO make an ex-
eeption in my case. Washington
Star.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-16
The stumbIlno aIoek

I'D tell my friends frankly Of all
my faults" says the Philosopher Of
Folly, but for one thing. They'd
believe what told en-"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-16

"Folks dat trusts in love at fust
eight" said Uncle Eben, "is terrible
apt to finish by not bein' able to see
each other wifi a spy glass
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-08-13
FORTIFYING THE FLORIDA

Eleven-Inch Steel Plates Line the Sides
Of the Gigantic Sen Fighter
New York. August 13.-The last Of
the huge armor plates to complete the
main belt of the Dreadnought Florida,
being built in the Brooklyn Navy Yard,
was placed in position yesterday after
noon. The task of lining the sides of
the giant battleship with these mas
sive plates Of steel now is more than
half finished, and 1t is expected that
in a week or two more the plates for
the upper casemate, which go above
the main belt, also will be bolted, thus
completing the most laborious work
in the construction Of the ship.
Each Of the plates for the main belt
weighs thirty tons They are about
twelve feet long and eight feet high
and are eleven inches thick at the top
and nine inches thick at the bottom.
The plates for the upper casemate.
which will rest on those of the main
belt. are almost as heavy, but are ten
inches thick at the bottom-the part
that joins the top OF the main belt
and eight inches thick at the top. The
width of the entire armor plate, with
main belt and upper casemate is about
sixteen feet. When the battleship is
pu: in commission and her bunkers are
filled with coal, there will be about six
feet Of the main belt under water and
ten feet OF armcred protection above
the water line.
In few days the turrets for the
twelve-inch guns will be hoisted on
board.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-08-13
NATURES WARNING
Ocala People Must Recognize and
Heed It

Ocala People Must Recognize and
Heed It
Kidney ills come quietly-myster-
iously.
But nature always warns you.
Notice the kidney secretions
See if the color is unhealthy
II there are settings and sediment.
Passages frequent, scanty. painful.
It's time then to use Doan's Kidney
Pills.
To ward off Brights disease or dia-
betes
Doan's have done great work in this
locality.
Mrs. Scott Hodgkin, Howry avenue
DeLand, Fla, says: Il am very glad
to acknowledge the great benefit I de-
rived from the use of Doan's Kidney
Pills. My kidneys did not do their
work properly and the secretions were
scanty and otherwise unnatural My
back ached constantly and 1 suffered
intensely If I stopped or lifted. I felt
miserable and some days was hardly
able to get around. / finally learned
of DOan's Kidney Pills and procured a
supply. It required but the contents
of two boxes to relieve the backache
and I have not had a pain or ache
since. My kidneys are also normal
in fact. have been entirely relieved
OF kidney trouble
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-08-13
SEE REWARD, see

The readers OF this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages, and
that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure now known to
the medicinal fraternity. Catarrh be-
ing constitutional disease. requires
a constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. act
ing directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces OF the system, thereby
destroying the foundation OF the d.
sease. and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so much faith in
its curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case that
it fails to cure. Send for list Of tes-
timonials. Address: F. j. Cheney &
CO., Toledo, o. Sold by all druggists.
IS c. Take Halls Family Pills for
constipation.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-08-13
CITY BUILT OVER 4 SINK


Staunfon, w. Va, August IA
considerable portion of the main bust
ness section OF this city is sinking,
and the population Is much alarmed.
The first cave-in occurred yesterday
afternoon, and the area affected is
gradually Increasing. The fire. house
is giving way, the foundation being
undermined by cave-in. The public
school building is threatened. "A large
portion of the residence OF Prof. C. L.
Wilson has entirely disappeared In a
crevice which suddenly appeared In the
back yard OF the premises. and the roof
OF the structure is several feet below
the ground level. while the foundation
is some thirty feet down.
People In the nearby buildings are
vacating their property, fearing fur
ther caye-ins.
1t is believed that the sinks are
caused by the caving In OF an old
creek that was arched over with ma
sonry many years ago and the little
course through which 1t ran after
wards filled In, many buildings being
erected on the new-made ground.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-08-13
SAVED FROM AWFUL PERIL

I never felt so near my grave"
writes Lewis Chamblin, OF Manchester,
Ohio. r. r. No. 3, "as when a frightful
cough and lung trouble pulled me
down to lis pounds in spite OF many
remedies and the best doctors. And
that I am alive today Is due solely to
DR.. Kings New Discovery, which COM
plete1y cured me. Now I weigh 16O
pounds and can work hard. It also
cured my four children uf Group" In
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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-08-13
BABIES SIGNED THE BONDS
Eyidence Of SwindllnG In the Indian
Contracts In Assuming Ina
mense Proportions

McAlester, Okla. August 13.-It was
brought out in the congressional inves-
tigation of the Gore bribery charges
yesterday that baby Indians as well as
adults had signed the McMurray con-
tracts providing for the sale Of $780,
100000 worth Of land on a 10 per cent.
attorneys fee" basis.
The names of the little papooses were
signed by the parents or guardians.
witnesses testified.
]. NJ. Perkins. Choctaw, testified
he had nine children, all Of whom had
signed" the contract. DR.. J. III. Miller,
a Choctaw by intermarriage, testified
that he and his eight children had sign
ed the contract.