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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-18
TRAVELS in AFRICA

everything rusts and rots. including
ones clothes.
ION May Is lost my medicine
chest. my boots. knives and forks. and
nearly all l possessed.
This happened on a S60-ton bar
steamer in the mouth OF the Volta
river. The surf was so bad that 1t
smashed the bulwarks, the boats. the
cranes. the galley, and the water rose
In the engine room flush with the
fires. We thought we were going
down. The waves were mountainous.
Il was the only passenger, and a
woman, too. so did not say | was
frightened. l said to the captain:
1T is magnificent, isn't it?'
Magnificent he said. Good
gracious; we can't stand any more Of
1t. We are going DOWN.
"All the blacks, crew and all, ran
up on deck. crying and wailing. The
engineer. German. stuck to his post.
He was cropping about amongst scald-
Ing steam. He said:
81 think 1t finish. but | may as
well go out" this way as another
I'VE came through all right, in the
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-18
Well-known English Authoress
Tells Of Trip.
NeIss Mary oaunt Rode 700 Miles In
Hammock Through Tropical coun-
try Whore White Woman
Never Had Been Before.

London.-After travelling 1900 miles
100 of them was in hammock
through tropical Africa. large por-
ton OF her journey being through
country where no white woman has
ever been before. Miss Mary Gaunt.
the we'll known authoress, has re-
turned to London to write book Of
her experiences.
The other day. she narrated some of
her experiences. She is a pleasant
looking. resolute lady.
II have been all along the gold
coast" she said. from the western to
the eastern borders. also visited
Togoland 1.-THE German territory and
Sunyani. in the northwest province OF
Ashanti, the back OF beyond, where no
other white woman has gone.
Altogether. have been away eight
months. Now want to go to Timbuc-
too, but l must write my book first
In Ashanti created quite sensa-
ton. None of the natives had ever
seen white woman before.
They turned out with guns and
shot them Off, and they beat delicious
lly upon tom-toms. Crowds came to
look at me.
They dashed me (gave mel sheep
and chickens and eggs-some OF
which were hoary with age-and
even onions. That meant. OF course.
that had to dash them, which cost
money.
In all the time l was in tropical
Africa | never felt the heat SO much
as have done since came home.
''Ninety-four degrees in the shade
was the hottest my thermometer regis
tered, but 1t was very humid, and
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-18
Worlds Cotton spIndIes.

The cotton spindles of the
number roundly $4,000, 900, OF \
about 100000 are in the I'll
Kingdom, and a large proportid
these are In Lancashire and sec
Immediately adjacent. The an
export OF manufactures of Cd
valued at approximately $500, 00(
constitute nearly one-fourth of .
entire s2,2sO.O00,OO0 exports of
kingdom In addition to the ex1
the mills supply for home consI
ton cloths to the value OF app
mately s100.0O0.0OO annually. n
are employed In the spinning
weaving mills about $4,000 pere
whose wages aggregate about s
100000 per annum. These mills 7
Der nearly 1000. and 741.107 10
are operated by them. In the pro
ton OF yarn and cloth, their prer
ton for and transportation to mar
number of other industries are
lied with the cotton mills. Male
eratives earn from 40 to so shill
week; women are paid is to 25
lings per week.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-18
Excel in One Thing
MY W0RK-MY BLESSING.

Let me but do my work from day to day,
IN neid or forest. at the desk or LOOM.
IN roaring market-place or tranquil room.
Ne, LEI me but find II In my heart to say,
, wnen vagrant wishes beckon me astray,
rms is my work; my blessing. not my
doom:
~, an VINO live, am the one by whom
This work can best be done in the right
way"
ihen shall see 1t In not too great. nor
To suit my spirit and to prove my pow
ers;
Then shall cheerful greet the laboring
hours,
And cheerful turn, when the long shad-
ows fall
Az eVentide to play and love and rest.
because know for me my work is best.
Henry Van Dyke.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-18
One Is to Be Set Up on the California
Coast and Can Be Heard for
Distance of IL Miles.

San Francisco.-The time when a
ship will be welcomed twelve miles
out to sea by national airs, popular
tunes and. perhaps, eventually phono-
graphic records beloved from gigan'
tic fog horns. seems not far distant
Pleased with the tuneful footing OF
electric automobile horns. Lieut.-Com.
William A. Moffatt, lighthouse inspec-
tor of the sixteenth district, made In
quiries as to the possibility of making
a similar horn for lighthouse service
to replace the dismal slare of the log
horns now in use. He learned that
one could be made which would be
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-18
indianapolis Business Man, In Love
With French Girl, Carries on
courtshlp by Telegraph
and Wins tho Lass.

New York-The wireless as an aid
TO bashful SWANS who cannot muster
courage to tell their love in their
sweethearts' presence stepped in to
accomplish a marriage solemnized In
New York the other day.
A French girl. Miss Marguerite Cas-
taign, daughter Of Colonel Jean Cas-
taign, was the heroine of the Jules
Vernlike romance that the wedding
disclosed. James Guy Haugh. an In
dianapolis manufacturer, was the
hero. The various scenes are laid in
France and America and on three
liners that crossed the Atlantic at
various times this summer. And
neither the cable. which runs far be-
meath the surface OF the ocean. nor
the ether above the water was with
out its share in conveying the mes
eages OF love which finally brought
the two together.
Haugh met Nile. Castaign on ship
board last June He was attracted
to the charming young woman, and
she in her turn appeared to regard
the American with favor. Arrived in
France Haugh managed to make the
acquaintance of Colonel Castaign. the
young woman's father. He visited the
Castaigns several times. and his ac-
quaintance with the daughter grew.
The time came for his return to
America, but he could not summon
sufficient courage to ask the fatefui
question SO soon after he had first
met her. They parted The time
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-18
Comfort in Old Age

er belongs In the companies I'd
partment. II membership in I'd
partment has been continuous
years, the allowance is increa
five per cent. and a like amou
ed for each additional term Of a
secutive years. The remaininl
pany grants a pension OF such 8
such a length of time as the d
board may determine.
In the majority of these conf
locomotive engineers and fireme|
ductors. fiagmen and brakemen.
ed baggagemen, yardmasteY,, 8
men. bridge foremen, section for
and roadmasters, switchmen,
foremen, section foremen and
masters may retire with a pensi,
Go If they so elect.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-18
Don't Like to Get Wet and Continuous
Rains Force Little Animals to
Make Use Of Wits.

Tarrytown. N. Y.-Automobilists
who drove down the Gorybrooke road
reported that as they passed William
Rockefeller's place they saw two gray
squirrels crossing the road with UNI
brellas over their heads to protect
them from the rain.
The story was laughed at when first
told, but Irving Revere drove into
town, bringing along a dead gray
squirrel. Revere said the squirrel
had been hit by car and near by was
a cabbage leaf. He said 1t explained
why so many gardens had been raw
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-18
Is Wooed by Wireless

when he might return to France was
indefinite.
Mr.. Haugh. after restless period,
decided he could wait no longer. He
approached the wireless operator Of
the vessel, and few moments later
a message for Miss Castaign was
flashing into the ether from the mast
head of the retreating steamship. 1t
said, in the language OF dots and
dashes of the telegraph code:
Il love you. viii you marry me?"
After more restless days the liner
reached New York. There was ca
blegram waiting for Mr.. Haugh.
II certainly will" 1t said.
The cables between America and
France hummed with other rapid-tire
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-18
MUST HAVE !
DISCIPLINE lMPossl
FAvoRITlsM Il
Most Serious Mistake
Make 10 to Allow Peri
Ing to Dominate

Not a few managers
tuted that correct busin,
Is by no means second
them. Other characters
balance that which MAKE
and just management, Al
not only the firm suffers
individually.
The manager with a \
sweet faces or q leaning
kind who will blarney hi
dency to petty spite an
tons is sure to do a thin
quite In accord with what
known as good business
stead of submerging his
uality entirely In that OF }
he allows II to dominate.
manifestation is favoritisn
This is a common CO
large offices, sometimes
sometimes without founda
In one instance. at lea
dence Of fayoritism demd
whole office.l
The two leading stenogrd
were both charming and
nieces Of the superintend|
not be Injured to the har,
nine hours a day propositic
prevailed in that ONCE. tt
treated them with q len
smiling indulgence that %
more comment than was g,
business.
Previously the head st,
had always been looked U
model and pacemaker to
and less able employees, ar
influence of two doll-like
who had things pretty n
own way and fiounced in
the Office at odd hours WI
fetal.
The typists began to foil
far as possible, In fact, too
cape notice. They assume
tives altogether out Of ke'
their positions, and the b.
put on the curb. But a 81
lion remained In the air JUS
In the course of time so
turing and hectoring was
that It. was evident to all
that the management was
of flaws. The most obvio
was to dismiss the two
nieces of the superintende
this was an impractical
from the standpoint of tn,
himself resigned.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-18
Dumb Cured by Lightning.

New Orleans, La.-After being
speechless two years, as a result of a
long illness. Miss Jessie Fishel in
stantly recovered the other day when
frightened by vivid flash of lightning
and loud peal of thunder. Seven
teen specialists in several cities had
tried to restore her voice Her faith
er declares the recovery is the result
of prayers offered constantly by the
family. A big family celebration has
been planned.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-18
Umbrella for a Squirrel

aged Of their large cabbage the last
two weeks.
When the squirrels found leaf
large enough to cover their body they
would bite small hole in 1t, put their
tail through and travel to and fro, pro-
tected in their cabbage-leaf craven
cites. Squirrels don't like to get wet,
but 1t rained SO long they were forced
to use their wits to keep dry. with
the above successful results.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-18
New Zealand Sheen sh.ar.r,

The shearing of sheep in New z
land lasts from September to Janua
The wages of shearers are regulat
by awards of the New Zealand Ar
tration court The present minimr
wage is EOS ts4.S7) for every 100 she
shorn. with rations supplied. If /
tons are not supplied the rate mu
be at least Ell rs Cd (s5.47) per il
Tht rate for shearing adult rams
double the foregoing rates. shearil
machines are now used in nearly
the large sheds.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-18
Cure for Hay Fever.

st. Louis.-Warren d. Feurst, a
finaEcier, has cured his hay fever by
spending half an hour each day for
two weeks in the beer cooler of a st.
Louis Brewery. When the great an
nual sneeze came he didn't have time
to go to a mountain resort, so he de-
cided on the cold-storage treatment.
There was such rush that the brew
cry has put up sign: This is no san
itarium."
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-18

correspondence between the two. Mr..
Haugh was unable to return to
France to get his fiancee. and so she
agreed to come to him. The other
morning he met the French Line
steamer La Bretagne. and Miss Cas-
taign landed and that afternoon she
became Mrs. Haugh.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-18
Success Frequently Hinges Upon
the Ability to Stand Out From
Fellow Workers.
ALSO MAKE WORK CoNGENIAL
How Advice Given by Doctor to
unstrung Girl Proved Turning
Point In Her life-Never
Look Upon Toll as
Side Issue.

~T hate my work." Is the expression
which comes from the lips of many
girls.
That is what makes life seem
drudgery. Unless we like the thing
we are doing. 1t becomes a deadly
burden.
yet how can like it?" is the in.
sistent demand. 1T is uncongenial.
irksome."
Why is It uncongenial. why is 1t irk-
some? Can you do anything better?
Are you really worth more money
than you are getting? Are your serv.
ices valuable?
Shall tell you how one girl taught
herself to like her work? It was a
dreary enough occupation in all con-
science. She had to I'LL in certain
spaces on printed postcards. Hun
dreds of other clerks were doing the
same thing, and there seemed to be
no opportunity for advance. From
nine In the morning until half-past
four In the afternoon she wrote. In.
terminably, with an intermission OF q
half-hour for lunch.
AT FIRST It seemed as II I should 80
mad" she said II went to my doc
tor and told him the trouble. told
him that my work was killing me.
He shook his head and said grufiy:
You are killing YOURSELF demand
ed, hotly, his reason for such a state,
ment His response I shall never
forget. All life consists in doing the
same work over and over again, but,
thank God, some Of us know that
such work is our salvation. Go back
to your office and make up your mind
that you will do some one thing bet
ter than those who work around you
and then come back to me and re-
port
II went back to my office, but there
seemed no way for me to improve
upon the old routine. One morning
had an inspiration. had heard
some one tell of the penmanehip ex-
acted OF those who do cataloging for
libraries. revolved to learn to write
in the fine, exact manner which APP
pears on carl indexes. l hunted up
a friend in a public libraryeand ques-
toned her. For weeks after that |
practiced and finally each post card
that went from my hands bore the
stamp of finished script You have
no idea how | enjoyed that one small
detail of interest in my daily toll, and
in the end 1t counted. My perfect
postcards could not escape the eyes
of those in authority. l think they
indicated my ability to break away
from set routine My chief recognized
this and promotion ensued ! was
put to work on charts where my ex-
act penmanship was needed"
Our work will mean something to
us only as we resolve to make II
worth while. To look upon 1t as a
side issue, to make the part of our
day in which we toll the least import
ant part in our thoughts and plans is
to put up barrier against success
and happiness.
Every piece Of work which is not
as good as you can make 1t, In which
you have palmed off imperfect
thought. niggardly execution: every
hasty or slovenly or untrue perform
ance should rise up against you in the
court of your own heart and condemn
you for a hief."-Temple Bailey in
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-18
Fog Horns Roar Out Tunes

heard at the Farrallone islands. 23
miles out at sea. AS a sample, how.
ever, he decided to order one with a
12-mile range. 1t will be installed i'm
mediately on Blunt's point. Angel
island.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-18
Hungary's Maize Crop.

Budapest.-Hungary's maize crop
for 1911, according to the estimate of
county Adalbert Serenyi, Hungarian
minister of agriculture, will be 80 per
cent below that of 1910.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-15
synopsis of Chapters ALREADY Published

Theodore Racksole, American multimil-
nonaire, travelling abroad with his daugh-
ter Nella, stops at the Grand Babylon in
London. Because he cannot get just what
he wants for dinner one night he buys
the hotel from the proprietor, Felix Baby
lon, who wishes to retire to his native
switzerland. M. Babylon assures him that
ne has an elephant on his hands, adding
that he was never certain what sort OF
people he had about him. The hotel is
greatly affected by royalties from the
continent In fact, Racksole meets the
forerunner Of one of them on this very
night when he buys the house 1t is
reginald Dimmock a young man whom
Neila had run across the year before
IN Russia, and who turns out TO be in the
service OF Prince Aribert, uncle and next
IN line OF succession TO Grand Duke
Eugen OF Posen. one of the numerous
small duchies of Germany.
Mr.. Racksole dismisses Jules. the head
waiter, of whom he has suspicious.
clerk. leaves abruptly, and Nella, from a
within, takes her place. To cap ALL Reg
inald Dimmock is found dead, and before
the case can be investigated the body
mysteriously disappears
Nella' interest in Prince Aribert grows
daily, and he. reciprocating confides in
her before leaving that Prince Eugen, who
should have Joined him four days ago at
the Babylon; has disappeared and no trace
can be found. Nella next becomes inter-
ested in a baroness who turns out to be
Miss Spencer disguised, and the impuI-
sive girl follows her to Ostend, where she
confronts her. By producing a tiny re-
volver Nella forces Miss Spencer to con-
Tess that Jules-or Tom Jackson-is her
husband, and that he has very strong
reasons for keeping Prince Engen out Of
London. The prince is kept out of Lon
don until IL is too late for him to Dor
row from Sampson Levi the large sum
Of money which was 10 make possible his
marriage 10 certain princess.
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road. and after riding a long distance
the stranger found himself in front OF
a castle, and out of the tower came a
voice, asking, Have you brought an
other?'
The stranger looked up and saw a
large head looking at him with fiery
eyes. Run with him, white horse" "
commanded the voice, put the stranger
held the reins tight, and the white horse
did not move.
The castle door opened, and out came
a giant so tall that he reached the top
Of the castle.
who are you that holds my white
horse in check?" he asked.
Where are the seven youths that you
and your white horse carried away?'
asked the stranger.
The giant laughed and the horse trenl-
bled. but his rider patted him. and he
grew quiet.
Il will put you with them" said the
giant, away, away he said to the
horse, and struck him with his big
hand
But the stranger raised his sword and
struck at the giants arm and 1t fell
limp at his side. The giant raised his
other arm and the stranger struck at
that.
Now show me where the seven
youths are kept" he said to white
horse. The horse walked back Of
the castle and there the stranger
saw seven rocks in row and a dragon
them.
The stranger drew his sword and af-
ter a hard battle he slew the dragon
The rocks began to move, and from q
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-15
Color Combinations
Fad for Necklaces

An attractive assortment Of hsh pearl
necklaces is now being offered by the
shops, composed Of the pearls in FASH
ionable colors.
The idea Is that women can obtain in
the necklaces a color to harmonic with
their gowns, millinery, or other apparel.
Some Of the colors shown are chantecler
red, sky blue, Helen pink. pumpkin yell
low. anthracite gray, and black.
From a standpoint of carrying out
color harmony, the necklaces are prac-
teal, while at the same time they can
be had at popular prices.
One Of the newest ideas In plaque
pendants is the combination of coral
with rhinestones. In some of these
plaques a rhinestone face Is trimmed
with coral, while others have merely
touches Of coral surrounded by rhine
stones.
The combination is unusual, but at the
same time is thoroughly up to date,
coinciding, as It does. with the present
coral fashion.
Fancy drop earrings show the same
combination, and some Of the hoop
shapes are made alternately Of coraI
and rhinestones.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-15
FOR LITTLE FOLK JUST BEFORE BEDTIME
The Sandman's Stories
THE WHITE HORSE.

I'm a town across the seas, which bor-
dered on a forest, the people were
frightened one night by seeing
very large white horse, with flying
tail and name, dash through the streets
and across the fields and gardens, tram
ping the vegetables or whatever grew
in his path.
He only appeared on moonlight nights,
and while many people thought he did
not want to wet his beautiful white
tail and name, that was not true, Tor
If they had watched they would have
seen him swimming across the river
and making beautiful picture In the
moonlight, with his tail and name float
ing on the water.
Then he would dash up the hill on
pie were afraid, and at the first appear
ance Of the white horse they would all
close their doors and keep out of sight.
After while some OF the young men
IN town decided to put an end to his
visits by catching him, but he was no
sooner caught and mounted than he
dashed away with his rider into the
forest, until seven young men had been
carried into the forest and never re-
turned.
At last the people were filled with
terror and the burgomaster Of the town
onered a large bag of gold to the one
mat should capture the white horse
and hold him.
they had no wish to share the fate of
the other seven. and the white horse
kept up his nightly visits until all the
gardens were ruined and there was dan
ger of a famine
One day a hcrseman rode through ON
a beautiful black horse, and, hearing
the story of the white horse, he volun-
teered his services.
The people warned him Of the fate of
the seven young men, but when night
came he rode to the edge of the forest
and waited
The white horse came out, and he let
him go on his wild dash and waited for
his return, and when ne entered the
forest he caught at the flowing name
and mounted him. The white horse
plunged and pranced, but the stranger
held him. and, taking the bride from
his black horse, he threw 1t over the
head of the white horse and rode into
the forest.
The white horse knew that a master
hand held him now, and he walked along
quietly until he came 10 a very. large
tree, and there he stopped and knocked
three times with his hoof
From the top of the tree came a voice,
saying, Enter" and the tree opened
and the horse and rider entered. White
horse carried his rider along a dark
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-15
Long Distance Wedding.

At Schweidnitz, in Silesia, a marriage
has lust been celebrated in the absence
of the bridegroom, or as the latter
might we'll argue, in the absence Of the
bride. 1t was a case of marriage by
proxy, the bride being Fraulein Antonio
Adamitzer, and the bridegroom Herr
Fritz Norman, director Of sugar fac
tory in Java. At the precise moment
that the woman was answering the
familiar questions in Europe the man
stood before the. local mayor in Asia.
Directly after the ceremony, which was
not gone through with in Difference to
any romantic sentiment but purely as a
wise precaution, the young bride sailed
for the East On arrival at Java she
will be welded religiously.
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horse. 1t was as you thought. II you
had thrown bride over his head you
could have tanned him as I have"
1t was several days before they
reached the town, for the seven youths
were so fat they had to travel slowly.
Everyone in the town had given up
the stranger, and thought he had Jared
as the others, but when they saw him
and with him the seven youths, they
could not say enough in his praise.
The burgomaster gave him the bag Of
gold, but he gave II to the poor, and
told the people that he was the son Of O
king and did not need money.
"All I ask is the white horse" he
said. 'I have been looking for one to
drive with my black horse"
When the horses were side by side
they were Of the same height, and the
town people were glad to have him take
the horse that had caused so much
trouble.
Tomorrow's Story: Mister Fox
Teaches a Lesson"