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The Holbrook news., 1911-03-24
GARDEN IN THE WILDERNESS
Monastery of Silence Successfully Es tabllshed In Wild Mountains
 West of Pekin.

About a hundred miles west of Pc kin, not far from the Great Wall, is a region that has been described as looking like sea struck by cyclone and then made solid. It is surrounded by mountain ranges, and is reached by four or five days travel from Pekin over the worst roads known.
 In the midst of this wilderness is a Trappist monastery-fn a little valley a quarter of mile long The whole domain of the monastery is nine mics long and mile wide. but only a little of this is land that can be cul- tivated
 The foundation dates back 30 years, when sum of money was given to a prelate who had come from China to council at the Vatican. With this money this property was acquired, and three years afterward the monks began the labor of establishing the monastery
 From this small beginning has grown a fiourishing establishment that supports 73 monks and lay brothers. of whom all but eight are Chinese. The monastery is conducted under the same laws of silence that govern the Trappist order in the rest of the world. With patient industry the monks have made garden in the wilderness.
 Unlike so many Christian establish ments in China this one has had no trouble with it's neighbors. Even the brigands that haunt the mountains that surround them have never mo tested them.
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-24
Stupid Beginnings of eenIuses.

0LuPio 6CSttltib8S VI 0C'haSSS'
 The finer individual qualities are often late in revealing themselves. It is the older racial tendencies that rule in childhood Irritation at restraint, Responsibility and primitive indo- lence are to be expected. Some mature slowly and are called stupid. George Eliot learned to read with diff ficulty. Thorwaldsen, the sculptor, spent three years in one class in the village school; Burger, the poet of German ballads, required several years to learn the Latin forms; and Alf1eri, the Italian poet, was dismissed by his teachers, so backward was he. Were 1t necessary, the list migh tbe in- definitely extended by adding Newton, Byron, Ibsen, Walter Pater, Pierre Curie and others.
 Sometimes seemingly stupidity is due to interest in subjects outside the children are allowed to graze. Fulton, Watt and Sir Humphrey Davy, in early childhood, were already busy with the experiments which were to be told to children after the teachers who called them stupid were forgot ten.
 Tolstoy, Goethe and Dean Swift were refused their degrees because they failed in the university examina- tions. and, for the same reason, Ferdi- nand Brunetiere was denied admission to the Ecole Normale Superieure.-E J. Swift, in Harper's Magazine.
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-24
n1hlnkIna Up His Fifty Words.

The night letter telegrams have proved a boon to many. but there are patrons that find them somewhat baf- fling.
 Look at that man biting the end of his pen over there," the manager of a Broadway office said. He is trying to think what in the world to say to use up the 50 words he is entitled to. I like to watch 'em in here at nights. Most of them have more trouble try ing to think up 50 words than they ever did in keeping their messages down to ten. There is only one man who comes in here, sits right down and writes out his 50 words without hesitating. But he's in business down south and has been in the habit of sending long messages for years" - New York Sun.
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-24

n LOWERS, more particularly roses.
 made of ribbon and other fabrics
 have never been so popular as du ring the present season. The time it takes to make. them has always kept the price of such flowers high. Many of them take so little material that they can be made of scraps of rib bon while others take from third to yard and a half to make. Big American Beauty roses made of wide satin ribbon doubled lengthwise and wound about center of cotton are ex- pensive but so durable that they are favored for many decorative purposes. They have been used, mounted on mil hnery stems with millinery foliage as faVors and dinner souvenirs for a number of seasons. by the best hos tesses. Table decorations of ribbon flowers are exquisite, not as substi- tutes for natural flowers, but used in novel ways and exaggerated sizes. A center piece of roses, or one immense rose makes a fascinating base for the light, and roses from which candles spring are little bits of perfection. Some of the newest ones are made of ribbon which is translucent and the heart of the rose (and this Is a touch of real genius) is tiny bulb glowing with light.
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-24
Apple Tree One of Natures Wonders

HPPiS iTCS OHc or NdIuTe'S wonders.
 There aint goin' to be no core''
 That far-famed expression of one of Mark Twain's oldest characters, "Huck" Finn, is remarkably fitting as applied to that strangest of horticul- tural freaks-the apple tree of s. w. Alexander. The latest of it's several extraordinary achievements in the production of a crop of seedless, coreless apples.
 To say that this tree is stepping lively in the way out of the ordinary feats is putting it mildly. Within the year it has produced two crops. each one greatly different from the other as to general characteristics itself wonderful achievement-and, equal ly strange, the apples of the second crop grow in clusters like grapes
 Now as climax. it turns out that the second crop is composed. in large part, of seedless, coreless ap- pies. While one or two other trees may have achieved one of these things, not one. so far as known, has accomplished them all.
 And the tree is only 3 years old. As all it's achievements are those of a mere youngster. what may it not do by the time that it has attained ma turity?
 No especial pains have been taken lures wonders.-Los Angeles Ex. press.
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-24
GEORGIA'S @ RIVAL
By STACY E. BAKER
lCOpyIight. l9l0. by AssocIated LIterary Press.l

She's a hussy." declared pretty Georgia Mainon. Tears dimmed the blue of her eyes as she spoke.
 Stilwell-John F. Stilwell. fiance of the girl now fuming before him and skilled in jurisprudence per ceptibly and summoned his crossest frown.
 You don't know what you are say ing" asserted John F., his dark eyes flashing and his form drawn erect.
 'T do," declared the vehement Georgia. Under the stress of her ex- citement two curls broke from the yellow hair mass coiled above her brow. She's a-a f1irtl She knows we are engaged and yet she hangs around you"
 Its false" thundered John F. in a voice that had made juries quail be- fore his young eloquence and won cases from the very jaws of defeat Its false, tell you-she doesn't care for me in that way"
 "Only yesterday" continued Geor- ayia, a disdainful curve to her lips, ''she had the sublime nerve to call me up by 'phone-me, in my own house-and ask if you were here. I-I told her"
 You told her many things" inter- rupted John F., that you wouldn't have told her if you understood. You are like all of your sex. You jump to mad conclusions"
 You can't marry us both," said the girl, tartly, and ignoring the sarcasm of the youth. If you are of Mormon 1stic tendencies you should move to Utah, you know. You have slighted me shamefully since-since that ad- venturess came to town. I don't pro- pose to stand 1t day longer"
 She is no adventures, tell you" growled Stilwell T have a great deal of respect for her. T."
 q suppose you intend to confess to me that you love her."
 ''Well-and what if I do?"
 ''You-you brutei" Georgia Mainon fairly screamed in her rage. How
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-24
Queen Alexandra at Coronation.

The whole of the crown regalia in the Jewel house at the Tower of Lon don is now being overhauled and burnished for the coronation next June, while a new state crown Is be- ing prepared for Queen Mary. This will be very similar to that worn by Queen Alexandra at the previous. cere- mony. Queen Alexandra will, by the way, wear this crown again. and will sit on the left hand of the king during the whole ceremony. It is many years since the mother of British sover- eign last assisted at a coronation.
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-24

But it is the decoration of millinery that fabric flowers, fashioned in the milliner's own workrooms, have forged to the front in popular favor. People who want them should not complain of high prices. Their recourse is to make them at home-since the time of the milliner is money. Almost ev- cry woman owns stems and foliage which may be used with these ribbon flowers, for foliage and stems outlast the millinery flowers as a rule. Leaves are easily smoothed out with a small, slightly warm iron. She who is clev- CT with paints can use them, to advan- tage in freshening foliage.
 The roses and flowers are made in such a variety of ways that it is best to select a certain kind and copy it. Those in which the petals are made of short lengths gathered at both ends and along one edge, take less mate rial than those that are wound about a center. Buds are made of little squares of ribbon mounted in a mil linery calyx. and take very little ma terial.
 illustrations are given here of sev- eral varieties of roses and Ipds; little experimenting will develop the flowers satisfactorily.
 JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-24
STYLES DISPLAY THE SHOES
Prevailing Short Skirts Make Foot. wear a Highly Important
 Consideration.

Footwear is made prominent this season by the styles in vogue, the short, scant walking skirt. being well calculated to display the feet The attention thus focused has brought about some smart results. There is a marked preference for the high but toned boot with it's Cuban heel, which Is shown in calfskin and suede and also in velvet, for the tendency of fashion to make much of rich fabrics has extended even to the world of footwear. Black, brown and nayy blue velvet are greatly favored to carry out the fashionable conceit of a one-tone street costume, and these narmonizing boots are really very fas- c1nating with their long lines of tiny smoked-pearl buttons.
 Slippers also partake of this general use of rich materials Black satin ia always correct for dressy wear. and this season black velvet is also great iy favored The deforming rosette is being displaced by the widespread use or buckles for ornamenting slippers. For formal wear the scintillatine rhinestones are of course the most eHective. Very handsome evening slippers for full dress are sometimes fashioned of cloth of silver or gold and, again, often of brocade. Of course, the hosiery always matches i1ght-colored slippers, and many beau tlful silk stockings are shown having elaborately wrought drawn-work deco rations, or else daintily-embroidered moral designs.-The New Idea Wom- ans Magazine.
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-24

view, John F.. beside the other wum. an. drove Into the country. smile on his lips. and, seemingly, laugh in his heart His breaking up with his f1ancee did not spell ruin for him. John F. was a philosopher.
 Several weeks elapsed. The lawyer was still a faithful satellite of the handsome Mrs. Dorothy, and gossips continued the popular pastime of Marchville, with the youth and the other woman as the subject matter.
 It was an indignant Georgia who re- ceived the card of her successful ri- val. and she descended from her own chamber to the reception room with wrath in her heart.
 Silently she pulled aside the heavy draperies, and took one comprehen- sive look at the woman before she became aware of her presence.
 "She Is old" ruminated the scorn- full Georgia, with a thought of her own charming youth She isn't a woman that I would believe John Still well could care for. She has crows feet" she whispered.
 Mrs. Dorothy Moreland arose as the girl approached, and with frankly ad hiring eyes upon her hostess she held out an impulsive hand with, Miss Mainon, believer"
 Georgia stared coldly at the out stretched member. Quite right" she answered, making no effort to conceal her dislike for the other. Why am I-er-honored by this visit?"
 The other woman laughed, no trace of resentment in her dark, expressive eyes.
 John has told me so much about you," declared Mrs. Dorothy Moreland. that I felt I must come and call upon you. He protested, but-well. you see am here"
 How dared your" gasped the girl.
 "Oh, I dare do anything" said the other, easily. 'I even dare pose as a reasonably young and giddy widow, when I really am-as I note your dis cerning eyes have already surmised- a sere and yellow old woman. But, my dear, I am not here to chatter about myself. You were engaged to John, were you not?"
 The effrontery of this woman was amazing.
 'T-I-" stuttered Georgia
 'T thought you were" continued the woman Tn fact, was sure you were. John told me. He also told me the reason for your breaking up-and how loyal he was to me.
 'I am a foolish old woman, my dear, and I am responsible for all your troubles. I shouldn't have held him to that silly promise. Now I shall ex- plain all and in a very few words ask your forgiveness-and his.
 John Stilwell is my own son by my first marriage, and he Is so large and old looking, and-and I am so wickedly ashamed of my age that l just couldn't bear to have him tell the own little world here in age I-I asked him to keep 1t from all of you that was his mother"
 There was a pathetic twist in the eyes of Dorothy Moreland as she fin Ished her confession. Lost youth" she half whispered. How vain to pursue itl"
 But Georgia Mainon, with her arms around the other woman's neck, didn't hear this. She was crying happily.
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-24
Getting His Moneys Worth.

Yeas" drawled the veneral post master of Bacon Ridge, when SiIas Shanks was up in Chicago he rode about in a taxicab an they charged him $4 an hour. It almost broke his heart"
 That sol" commented the molasses salesman.
 Yeas, but Sile got even. He bought a second-handed, taxicab at an auction sale an now he rides around all cay an every hour he calculates that he's saved $4"
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-24
New Pettieoa+s

The prettiest thing I have seen re- gently in this line is a charming cbif. Ion cloth skirt in two colors, a pink under white, for instance. with knee deep plaited flounces plainly hemmed. Can you imagine anything softer or more utterly feminine than these? The colors are beautiful, too, all the pale shades in combination, besides such striking combinations as black over brilliant green or crimson for more practical wear.-Smart Set.
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-24
dare you stand there before me and and ask that? release you from your

dare you stand there before me and and ask that? I release you from your engagement at once. r."
 "But, Georgia" interrupted John F., frightened at the havoc he had wrought Listen, dear. if only you understood-"
 'T understand well enough. Oh, to think that I could be so mistaken in a man. shall never believe in womanly intuition any more I am shocked I am hurt. Now, sir. go leave my house at once"
 But"
 You have said you loved her. That -7s enough"
 q didn't say that-I only asked a question"
 Then you do not love herr"
 Why, EI@"
 Answer me! Don't evade! Do you love herr"
 'Yes, dear. but"
 Don't you dare call me dear, and now. if you don't leave the house l will call papa"
 Well, I'll be-darned," gasped Stil- well as the angry little maid fiounced out of the room, slamming the door as she did do. Gee! certainly have put my foot in 1t this time"
 Remorsefully, the young lawyer took his hat and left the house. From there he went to the hotel and sent up his card to the other woman.
 The other woman was Mrs. Dorothy Moreland, a pretty and vivacious widow and a pronounced brunette. She had come to Marchville several months before and hired the most ex- pensive suite of rooms at the Wind sor. Marchville, although the county seat. Is a small town. People talk. Therefore, when John F. Stilwell be- gan promptly to show the visitor marked attention the gossips began to megaphone his amour, or alleged amour, from the housetops, so to speak, and all made 1t point to keep the young attorneys fiancee well in- formed
 Since Stilwell had finished college and come to Marchville to locate he and the daughter of Judge Mainon had become engaged. Long before their engagement was announced friends prognosticated 1t, and now
 Georgia Mainon, in her room, cried bitterly. This was an end to her TO- nance. then. Fate was tricksy jade. She felt that life, from E on, would not be worth the living
 A half hour after the fateruf Inter
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-24
Robe Novelties

Among the novelties in robes are those with the upper part of cashmere de soie.
 The bottom of this. material is fin 1shed with a pine-patterned border in exquisite colorings, while below the border in exquisite colorings, while be- low the border the frock is finished with deep plain band of ratine in mneh darker color than the cashmere.
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-24
lnsures Secrecy In Wireless.

Professor Cerebotani of Rome re- gently exhibited to Parisian officials and engineers pocket instrument for receiving wireless telegrams. It is successful even with messages sent from considerable distances. An in vention which seems to solve the problem of insuring secrecy in wire less messages was also explained by
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-24
Demise Uncertain.

There was new play to be given oy the stock company and the heavy villain was starting of for rehearsal.
 And, by the way. Juius." asked his wife, what time will you be home for supper-8, g or 10 o'clock?"
 "I can't tell you now, Bedelia," re- sponded the Thespian, as he slipped Dn his $1.OO0 overcoat. 'I have forgot ten which act I die in"
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-24
Mlaht Get thN Hook.

why don't you write rhyme about bank embezzlers?" some one asked a busy bard.
 'I would do so," he answered, eff thought 1t were safe to rhyme law. yer with 'paranoia.'
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-24
Not a crItIo.

How is this shot nader" asked the billiard player of man in chair.
 q don't know" replied the stranger. T only play the game-I don't profess to understand 1t"
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-24
Too Close Now.

Subbubs-I don't know anybody that my wife hates more than the Jenkinsons.
 Citiman-Why, she used to think pretty we'll of them.
 Subbubs-Yes, but that was before they moved in next door to us.-Cath, olic Standard and Times.
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-24
IN VELvETEEN AND CASHMERE
Charming Dress That Is Made Effec- tive by a Combination of
 Colors.

This charming dress is a combina tion of velveteen and very fine cash mere in a rich tone of amethyst.
 The trained skirt is plain, and then over it is long tunic of cashmere edged with a narrow border of skunk;
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-24
Related PopuIarltx.

Askitt-Was Skinner what you would call popular man?
 Knoitt-Well, he never had much of a following while alive, but he had big funeral.
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-24
A stnck Phrase

.1 fear he isn't finished political orator."
 "Why not?"
 Because he never refers to the voters inalienable right"
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-24

the kimono bodice opens in front over a vest of velveteen with small lace yoke; the edges of bodice and over sleeves are trimmed with fur; the un- der-sleeves are of lace. A handsome silk girdle is knotted round the waist, the long tasseled ends falling over front of skirt.
 Materials required: !" "n-ds velve- teen. yards cashmere.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
SEVENTEEN YEAR LocUsTs.
With voiceless Wives Appear After
Long Time.

What is understood to be the IL
year locust has appeared in Crisp
county in large numbers on the farm
of MI. A. c.. Fraseur, near Cordeie,
Ca. The insects are deyouring the
leaves of the cotton plants ana va,
rious trees and there are also large
quantities of them on the shade trees
and shrubbery in Sunny Side ceme-
terry.
These curious pests emerged from
little holes in the ground on schedule
time, climed the trees and fllled
the air with deafening songs. 1t is
doubtless known that when they
have arrived they will lay their eggs
and the larvae will burrow into the.
earth foF-another long dark vigil un-
derground until 1928, just as they
have now waited since their last ap-
pearance in the year 1894.
Our records Of the appearance Of
the locusts run back to the year 1884
when they were first observed by the
pilgrims Of Plymouth. Their ap-
pearence at periodical intervals of
IT years was observed by the Amer
lean Indians long before the COM
ing of the white man and made
known to the early settlers Of this
country. They were also known to
the ancient Greeks.
The male sings his song Of love
and dies first. The female deposits
her eggs and also dies. 1t is all over
in less than six weeks after II years
of preparation.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
ATTACK YOUNG WOMEN.
One Dragged to Railroad Yard and
Let in Bid Condition.

At Marion, Ohio, as Miss Flora
spicer, aged 20, and her guest Miss
Mary Rogers, aged %, Of West Mans
field were returning home from
church at 10 o'clock Sunday night
they were accosted on the street by
man who struck both girls over the
head and, picking up Miss Spicer,
who was unconscious, carried her
away. Miss Rogers quickly summon
ed the help of a number of men, who
searched the railroad yards, a block
distant, where they found Miss Spi-
Ger, with face bruised and clothing
torn, crawling along the tracks and
unable to speak. Her assailant es-
capped. Miss Spicer when she regain
ed her speech said the man threat
ened her with death if she screamed.
She is in a serious condition. The
entire police force is looking for her
assailant.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
FIVE MEN ARE KILLED.
In Accident That, Seriously Hurts a
Man From Belton.

Five men were killed and two SER
iously injured when a travelling
crane bearing a 14-ton girder col
lapsed Monday at a new viaduct be-
ing constructed by the Western Mary
land railroad at Salisbury Junction,
Pa. The dead: John Scott, McKees-
port, Pa; Joseph Smith Grove City,
Pa; J. R. White, Richmond, Va; c.
H. Kennedy, New River, Va E. L.
Sanders, Dullochville, Ga.
The injured are: A. E. Kluttz, OF
Salisbury, N. c., and L. e.. Garner
of Belton, S. c., both Of whom may
die. The men were all structural
iron workers and were killed or in
jured in the fall. They were in the
employ of the McClintic-Marshall
Construction Company of Pittsburg,
Pa. The heavy girder was being con-
veyed to the west bank of the Cas-
selman river when the crane toppled
and crashed to the ground.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-19
WONDERFUL OPERATION.
The Shin Bone Of Man Grated on
to Woman.

to a Woman.
BY grating the shin bone of man
onto a woman suffering from necrosis
thus practically giving her a whole
new lower leg, the surgeons of New
York hospital for the deformed have
completed an operation unique IN
surgery. Up to now oeratlons OF
this sort have been confined to eX-
detrimental work done on dogs.
The first essential was to get a
good healthy bone to take the place
of the one eaten by the disease. At
.er a time one Of the hospitals which
handled emergency cases relorted
that a man had been killed in an ac-
cident. AS the body was unclaimed
and would have gone either to Pot
ters field or the dissectiDg room of
some medical college, reQuisition was
made for one of the legs, from which
the tibia was taken. It was kept in
an ice box, immersed in a strong salt
solution until the surgeon was ready
to use it.