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The Red Cloud chief., 1912-01-25

inine in this case. unless II be WON.
ans inherent love of adornmcnt. iiav.
ing determined that elongated lips
are n thing of beauty, these dusky
damsols go the limit. using wooden
discs in the process OF creating and
maintaining this irightful. rcpulsive
condition.
''It was on the Shari river" writes
Landor, that ! found tho custom OF
elongating the lips more exaggerated
than in any other part of Africa. the
women actually inserting small wood.
en- or tin saucers in their upper lip
and sometimes in both lips. II was
most ludicrous TO hear these young
ladies talk. especially when they had
clapped like castanets, and the voice
became nasal and unmusical These
women were otherwise well formed
anatomically and quite statuesque
when young They adorned their
ankles and arms with brass rings and
wore shell ornaments around the
neck. The plates In the lips were oc.
casionally removed. when the upper
lip hung down so low in loop as 70
reach lower than the chin, leaving d
repulsive aperture under the nose
through which one could see the
teeth
Not n very pleasant picture, truly:
but style Is style. and Africa Is Az
rica.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-01-25
Will Soon Be a Reality. Accord
ing to Prophets.
Submarine Link Between England and
France Was American Scientists
invention-Prof. Pupin's In.
spring Work.

Chicago.-Twice within comparative
ly recent times has the feat of tele-
phoning across the Atlantic ocean
been pronounced not only feasible but
within the probability Of almost imme-
date accomplishment. The first
prophecy, was made thirty.fve years
ago by DIR. Alexander Graham Bell.
soon after he had invented the tele-
phone. But In a recent letter to Pop.
say ] am little more skeptical now.
l have no doubt, however. that
1. will be done some day" The sec.
ond prediction was made by former
president of the American Institute of
Electrical Engineers In an article on
the important researches OF Prof. NJ.
!. Pupin Of Columbia university. by
which the problem of long distance
telephony over land lines of hun.
dreds Of miles in extent was made
practical, and many other authorities
also concurred In this view. Now. as
Dr. Bell has said In his case. they are
more skeptical.
but. after all, tha difficulties In the
way are OILY Of q practical nature and
probably will soon be overcome Only
few months ago the telephone en-.
gineers succeeded in adapting Pupin's
invention to Q submarine telephone ca
BILE across the English channel. be-
tween England and France. SO that
telephone conversation can now be
carried on successfully between the
two countries. And this was In the
face Of hostile criticisms by eminent
European and American telephone en-
gineers. that the practical difficulties
In the way OF this accomplishment
could not possibly be overcome. Yet
the thing was done In spite OF the
doubling Thomases Of the telephone
profession. Then why not a transat.
lantic submarine telephone? 1t is. OF
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-01-25
PRAISES WORK IN ENGLAND
Sunday School Worker Closes Tour
and Finds the Movement
Progressing.

London. Marion Lawrance, the
American Sunday school leader.
brought to a close his British tour. II
had lasted since September. when he
left Chicago.
The object OF this tour was Ave
fold: To inspire and strengthen the
interest In Sunday school work, to
consider practical Sunday school prob
lens of the day, to emphasize the Sun.
day school as the churchs best evan.
gelistic force. and to call attention to
Its work as a missionary force and as
n medium for the cultivation OF the
spirit of International brotherhood and
peace
Mr., Lawrance considers the position
OF the English Sunday school move
ment to be satisfactory, When asked
whether he considered the American
child brighter than the English, Mr.
Lawrance replied;
"No. children are children the world
over"
His aphorisms have a directness
that appealed to Sunday school lead
ers throughout the kingdom
1T is all very we'll" he says. TO at.
tract children to Sunday schools: but
you must make 1t worth their while to
remain inside, You can fool chickens
by Offering them sawdust once or
twice. but not for a longer time
III you 60 fishing, and the fish will
nN
them. You just change your bait"
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-01-25
TO TALK UNDER SEA

course. a much more difficult proposi'
ton. but the obstacle is one only OF
degree. and as the problem is theoreti.
cally possible 1t is quite likely that
eventually a solution will be found.
Mai w. A J. O'Meara. engineer in
chief of the work of connecting Eng.
land and France by telephone, is con.
tident that transatlantic telephony will
come with continued advancement in
the means of increasing the range of
telephone speech, In a letter to Pop
ular Mechanics Magazine he says:
"As TO my views on the possibility
and value of establishing a telephone
across the Atlantic. | may say that
such a service would of course. be OF
considerable value, but such desira.
BILE consummation does not at present
appear to be in immediate sight
Existing means or devices for in.
creasing the range of speech. both In
submarine and subterranean conduc-
tors. may be very considerably i'm
proved in the near future and further
Improvements may be made both In
transmitting and receiving apparatus.
In view OF the enormous strides
made In recent years In the direction
of increasing the range Of telephone
speech. think the prospect OF trans.
atlantic telephony is full of hope.
and | confess that have great faith
l.. the ability of engineers TO provide
eventually the means for closer intor.
course Of peoples separated by oh
/ stacles which may be considered IN
surmountablc nowadays"
At first blush the layman vii, point
out that transatlantic submarine cable
telegraphy has been in successful op
Grafton for many years: SO why not
transatlantic telephony? The answer
is that while telegraphy is pos
sible as long as the receiving station
is able to discern the difference be
tween short and long electrical i'm
pulse. the impulse that constitutes an
electrical telephone message must be
transmitted and received with little
or no alteration In order to be recog
nized as articulate speech at the re
ceiving station
Cable telegraphy differs from land
telegraphy on account of the fact tha,
| submarine cable possesses in a high
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-01-25
HORSE DIES WITH HIS OWNER
innkeeper's viii Directs Death for His
Faithful Friend-Executors
Chioroform Animal.

Boston, Mass.-John Drewsen. tOl
years proprietor OF the Hotel High
land. Washington street. Roxbury. who
died recently. directed his executors
to chloroform and Kill his chestnut
horse on the day OF his own death.
Persuant to the provisions OF the will
the executors of the will promptly had
the animal chloroformed.
The horse had been in the posses,
sion of MIR. Drewsen Tor many years
and there was n strong attachment
between the two.
or recent years the animal was too
old and infirm to be taken out OF the
Quently day and night
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-01-25
ROAST CAMEL PARIS FAD
Diners Have the Usual Eccentric Deli.
eaey This Year-served Elephant
Feet In 1909.

New York.-Roast camel Is the Gull.
nary novelty In the fashionable res.
taurants Of Paris this year, according
to advices received here. Paris chefs
in search of the customary eccentric
delicacy for their annual festival
found the bears which we're served
last year rather tame and missed the
elephants foot, which figured promi'
nently on the menus OF 1909.
The opportunity for presenting the
revelers with real camel this year was
offered by a Hamburg animal trainer,
who turned over to the Paris butchers
three animals whose artistic capacity
had proved a disappointment to him.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-01-25
ONE OF THE AFRICAN STYLES
Ousky Dansels Adorn Themselves BY
RepuIsively Distendins Their Lips
Win Wooden Discs.

London. Africa is the land o.
many strange things and queer pco
pie. aud no, the least odd of the lat
ter are some of the natives living IN
the vicinity of Lake Chad In the cen
trail part of that pu2zliug continent
AS result OF his travels on the dark
continent LandOr has given some fine
descriptions OF tho people and their
grotcsuuc customs
The accompanying illustration gives
an excellent idea Ot one OF these. ono
may be excused for not believing 1t
to hc the picture of woman, for
there Is nothing 10 suggest the fem.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-01-25
FINDS LONG LOST PET TURTLE
Farmer Had Carved Inscription on lts
Shell In 1888 When He Was
Boy.

Harrisburg. PA farmer in south
ern Pennsylvania. went swimming
very frequently last summer in Green
lake. On one occasion one of his toes
was suddenly caught and held with
vise-like grip. He sputtered and tried
to get loose all the way to the shore.
almost fainting with the exertion.
His catch was large swapping tur.
tie which had to be removed from his
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-01-25
Nearly an Inch Of Rain a Minute.

Washington. d. C,-New rainfall
records were established on the 18th
mus OF Panama November 2S and 20,
according to reports just received
here, At Porto Bello approximately
2.46 inches OF rain fell In three min
utes. The total for that shower was
7.60 inches. The highest previous
record was three.quarters OF an inch
Of rain In five minutes In 1908,
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-01-25
Smoker Rudely Disturbed.

Williamsburg, Ky.--Blain Stinson,
Albert Smith and ANDY" Smith were
seriously injured when a keg OF pow
der exploded In coal mine here.
Albert Smith was sitting on the
keg smoking when the explosion oc'
CURED. The mines are owned by Dr.
g. F. Moss and supply the local mar
,ket
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-01-25
Finds His Pet Turtle.

toe with a chisel and hammer. The
following inscription was found carved
on the shell: III. T. 1888" why"
gasped the astonlshod farmer. II carv-
ed that on a pet turtle when ! was fif-
teen years old. and I've been looking
for him ever since. lie found me first.
however"
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-01-25

degree what is known as capacity"
that is. before 1t will transmit cleo
trical impulses IN measurable amounts
It must be electrically charged in a
manner similar to q IRyden jar
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-01-25

A whales skin. which In places Is
two feet thick, Is the thickest hide OF
any living creature.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-01-25

The cost OF fire prevention in this
country is $3.50. 0.00t. 900 per year,
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-05-24
WILSON Is DOING VERY WELL

Everybody naturally supposed that
Harmon would carry his own state. so
the fact that Wilson has captured
eight delegates and may capture four
teen. Is encouraging to his friends.
Wilson ran ahead Of all other candi-
dates In the primaries and conventions
held In AZ of the So counties in North
Carolina Saturday last. A telegram
from National Committeeman Daniels
states that the New Jersey governor
was given instructions in nine coun-
ties. while he divided with Underwood
In three counties. Mr.. Underwood also
obtained instructions in three counties
Speaker Clark split even with Governor
Wilson in Dare-the smallest county
in the state. Gov. Wilson won victor
les in many townships where the coun
ties failed to express a preference be
tween the presidential candidates. Th'
larger number of candidates took M
action one way or another, but amons
those that expressed a preference Gov
Wilson Is way in the lead.
While he was carrying the day ii
North Carolina Wilson triumphed owe
Clark in a primary contest in tn
home county Of William l. Wilson
who was one of the greatest leader
that the democratic party has produced
in Congress. The following Telegram
from Hon. William Campbell at Char
1estown. w. Va, received today, tell
of the result:
AT today's primaries Woodrow VII
son swept Jefferson. the banner demo
cratic county of West Virginia and tn
home of that great democratic leader
William l. Wilson. West Virgini;
democrats believe that the mantle o
the great tariff reformer has fallen oil
his namesake"
Mercer, another large West Virgins
county In the heart CT the coal minin.
region, also instructed for Wilson II
Saturdays primary contest. This coun
ty Instructed In favor of fhe nomina
ton of Lawrence Tierney, stron.
Wilson man, for delegate-at-
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-05-24
SEDITION is SPREADING

Havana, May 24.-In spite of reite-
rated protestations by the government
that military conditions in the province
of Oriente are most satisfactory, and it
is only question of a few hours be-
fore the negro insurgents under Gen
erals Estenoz and Ironet, are scatter
ed, additional troops were rushed to
the front last night. In addition, Pres
ident Gomez issued a decree, authoriz-
ing enlistment of volunteers for active
service. The new cruiser Patria sail
ed for Guantanamo yesterday with 400
Infantry and machine gunnerS under
command of Major Pujol. SO far there
has been only one small skirmish be
tween the regulars and insurgents in
the vicinity of Santiago. the latter be-
ing dispersed with a loss of one man
dead and one wounded. Feeling
throughout Oriente shows grave fears
of the ability of the government to
control the situation. The number of
armed bands, according to the general
report, is rapidly increasing.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-05-24
APPLIED TO UNDERTAKEN
FOR LIST OF EIJGIRI ~

The Orlando Reporter-Star is resnon-
sible for the following:
Below we print a letter recently re-
ceived by Mr.. f. Hand, from a gentle
man in search of a wife Mr.. Hand is
in despair. He feels that it is dis
coura ging to write Mr.. Megotti that
there is no lady in Orlando who wishes
to be courted by mail. He feels tina,
the writer is sincere, and would make
the best of husbands Mr.. Hand feels
certain that ignorance of the English
language is no assurance of poverty
of heart The unusual letter was ad-
dressed to 1.-The Hundertaker. at Or
lando, Fla" and reads:
Grand Island. Fla, May Is. 1912.
The Hundertaker at Orlando. Fla.
Dear Sir: / wish you will please ex-
quse me for the liberty 1 take to ad-
dress It's letter TO you. here is wat
write TO you for,
II am a Bachelor, and like to get
married but here it is no girls. and no
widows,
so wish you will please let me
know if ii is any widows about IS or
40 wears of age at the Orlando vicin-
ity preferred country Lady. 1 know if
you look at your List you soon find
out. So il it is some one wish you
will please let me know. and come
there as soone | can, need wife bad
been look at Leesburg, and Eustis'
but IL Is no widow for that age. II Is
any young Widows and got some chill
dren one, or two, am willing to take
all So i hope to heard from you. and
IL you help me. will Pay you for. Very
Truly Yours. Eugene Megotti.
Address. Grand Island, Fla"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-05-24

| tended for hard work all the time,
! for a continual daily grind, that its
stern realities should always and for
ever be in evidence
| We must have some pleasure and
some play.
We are told that Ralph Wal
do Emerson, our counry's great
philosopher and scholar, lost the pow
ers Of his mind when he was six
years younger than | am now because
he labored in one rut so long and so
persistentIy
In his autobiography, Mr.. Charles
Darwin, author of the Descent Of
Man." and other ponderous scientific
works, says:
If | had my life 10 live over again
would have made a rule to read
some poetry and listen TO some mu-
sic al least once a week, for perhaps
the parts of my brain now atrophied
would thus have been kept active
through use The loss Of these
tastes is a loss OF happiness. and may
possibly be injurious 10 the intellect,
and more probably 10 moral char
acter, by enfeebling the emotional
part OF our nature
Ella Wheeler Wilcox. who writes -
breezily and delightfully."- on so many
subjects. says that the skilled chez
garnishes his meats with sprays o.
green So our everyday life should
be garnished with music and flowers
One among the first things that
can remember when a boy was aboat
a great church fight in our little com
munity.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-05-24
VIRGTNIA'S VOTE

Norfolk, Va, May 24.-Democrats of
Virginia in state conference here yes
terday named thirty-two delegates to
the democratic national convention in
June to cast the Old Dominions TWEEN
ty-four votes in that convention. With
the exception of two instructed for
Woodrow Wilson, the delegation is
without instru ctions or preference The
first district instructed for Wilson. of
the states twenty-four delegates. the
lineup is believed to be eleven pro-
nounced votes for Woodrow Wilson
and thirteen unpronounced in choice
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-05-24

State department advices regarding
the situation in Cuba are very pessi-
mistic. Cuban military authorities ad
init the situation is worrisome, but
think they can control it. 1t is relia
bly, reported TO the state department
at Washington that many people con-
slider the movement on the part of the
negroes against the constituted gov
eminent as designed to provoke inter
ventiOn
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-05-24

At Frankfort-on-M Main, Germay. yes
terday United States Consu1-General
Frank d. Hill was killed by falling
over the railing of hotel staircase 10
the corridor two stories below. His
body was found on the floor of the
corridor, his skull crushed. It is sup
posed that Mr.. Hill was taken with an
attack Of vertigo while ascending the
stairway, fell against the railing and
toppled over, falling to the marble
doored corridor.
Mr.. Hill was from Minnesota. Ar
rangements will be made TO have the
body shipped TO the United States for
fnterment
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-05-24
IN 4 DISHONORED GRAVE

Lynchburg Va. May 24-The burial
of Clarence V T. Richeson took place
just before sunset yesterday on the old
Richeson farm. eighteen miles from
here The interment was beside Rich
eson's paternal grandmother. and five
miles distant from his mothers grave.
Only the family was present. brothers
and near-relatives acting as pail bear
ers and assisting in filing the grave
The casket was brought from Am
herst by wide detour. over the rough
est roads in the county, and secrecy
maintained as 10 all burial arrange
ments.
Douglass Richeson, of Chicago, 4
brother. accompanied the body here
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-05-24

Savannah, Ga, May 24.-RiSing from
his seat in the church where his
brothers funeral was being held, kiss
ing his aunt and sister tenderly. Sam
uel Brannon, a we'll known young far
mer, living near AGREE, Ga, walked out
doors and blew out his brains in the
churchyard- Since the death of his
brother, John Brannon, on Tuesday,
Samuel Brannon has been overcome
with grief. Funeral preparations were
hastily made and the two brothers
We're buried side by side
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-05-24

A dispatch from Washington says:
DR.. Harvey w Wiley former govern
ment pure food expert, has announced
the engagement of his week old son
10 the two-year-old daughter of Food
Commissioner r. NJ. Allen, of Ken
lucky. subject to Ratification of the
respective parties to the agreement
later Wiley said Allen and his wife
had made a formal plea for the hand
OF young Wiley for their daughter
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-05-24
MARINES SENT TO CUBA

Because of reports of danger to Am
erican lives and property in Cuba, the
navl department, at the state depart
ments request, has ordered the. navaI
transport Prairie to embark 500 ma
rines at Philadelphia and proceed i'm
mediately to the United States nava
station at Guantanamo to join the
gunboats Paducah and Nashville
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-05-24

The political leaders can always get
together. Why can't the people?-
Gainesville Sun.
You have that on kinds before.
The people are slowly trying to get to-
gether and the political leaders are
trying to keep them apart
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-05-24
At THE POINT OF DEATH

Hope has been practically abandoned
for the recovery of Wilbur Wright, the
aviator and inventor. who was stricken
with typhoid fever recently, at his
home In DAYTON Ohio
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-05-24
CANAL WILL BE FREE
TO AMERICAN COASTERS

The House today adopted the Dore-
mus amendment to the Panama canal
bill. providing that American owned
vessels engaged In coastwise trade
shall have free use Of the Panama
canal The vote was 147 to 126.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-05-24

Now is the time TO get rid of vour
rheumatism. You will find Chamber
iain's Liniment wonderfully effective.
One application will convince you of
its merits. Try it. For sale by all
dealers
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-05-24

CONCLUDED on Fourth Page)
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-10-03

body the sores would get inhamed and they
distigured my face. 1t was worse where my
clothes irritated them. The eruption was a
yellowish watery kind, sometimes bloody
In warm weather it was so bad 1 was not
able to work on account Of the raw irritating
sores on my head and body. Sometimes
the sores would spread until two or three OF
them would get together and form one large
sore.
" After trying various medicines without
relief l tried Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
After using four cakes of Cuticura Soap and
four boxes of Cuticura Ointment and one
bottle Of the Resolvent was entirely sound
and well and have been for eleven years.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured me when
all Others failed to do b8ean5 good (signed
". H. Williams, Mar. 10, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment are
sold throughout the world. A single set is
often sufficient. Liberal sample of each
mailed free. with 32-p. Skin Book. address
pes--card ''Cuticura. Dept. T, Boston
end er-faced men should use C,tticr,ra
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-10-03

The plan for bond issue N Brunswick is rapidly as
Stunning serious proportions The people OF the city are
fully aroused to the Importance of the movement and
the best thought in the community is back of it The
News wishes distinctly understood that it is heartily
in favor of the issuance of bonds in large enough
to enable the city TO its option on the water
plant OF the Mutual Light Water company which be-
comes operative next year sufficient sun will be left
to make the urgent and badly needed internal
ments, such the extension of the seys
the broadening of TIE ps~ed street ma
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-10-03

my body and continued to
grow worse for four years.
1t began with a dry rash
formingscales. After FORM
ing thick scales or scabs the
irritation forced me to
scratch the scabs of and the
hair would come out with
them. Upon my face and
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-10-03

The News wishes to commend Postmaster Elliot on
behalf of the citizens Brunswick his progressive
spirit in securing for this city Sunday mail delivery to
lock boxes 1t certainly shows postmaster to be
live wire this is concession accorded only three
other cities in the state
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-10-03

Mr. Hearst says that Mr., Roosevelt is an honorable
man and it is impossible to imagine him involved ii
any sQualid scandal Quite generous rejoinder or re-
Spouse from Hearst for the made by Roose-
Welt TO the effect that he believed that he Hearst was
responsible for the assassination of President Mckinley
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-10-03

David Bruce Brown twice the winner Of the Wander
bilt auto races in Savannah, all-round good fellow
clean sport has finally the route of the speed
maniac. Too bad and yet It is bur natural We can
not combat the laws of human as the aviator and
the chauffeur finding out day by day.