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Gilpin observer., 1912-10-10
IMAGINARY TALKS IN FRANCE
/. Attitude Of Rich Americans Toward
French People Is Said to Be
Thus Revealed.

Gil Bias reports an imaginary con
versation at the Deauville Casino. the
participants being William X. Wander
bilt, Frank Gould. Clarence H. Mac
kay and James Gordon Bennett. says
the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
What attracts me to France" says
one, "is the charm and ease Of life
the traveller finds here. which. how
ever, is not at all real French life.
Do you suppose all French people
pass their time as We do during our
visits, dining amid flowers and black
coats?"
Certainly not" replied the second.
French life, except, at the gay re-
sorts. is most quiet and we'll regulated
even economical. The French know
how to live at home. and very pru-
IDENTIFY when 1t Is necessary, but they
know how to live outside of home
amid elegance and gayety when they
choose"
"Then the real Frenchman is not
here in Deauville?" comments the
third member of the party.
''ff only Frenchmen. such as we see
here existed" said the fourth, there
would be no more France. This same
Frenehman whom you see favored by
fortune will go home in the evening.
quietly put on his slippers and dine
on round steak and a bottle of min
eral water. The Frenchman knows
how to enjoy life without going to
extremes. / remember many restau-
rants in foreign countries where Rus
slams, Englishmen and Germans ig.
more the art Of bearing themselves
with grace and neatness. Not SO with
the French. Amused. gay and frivo-
lous at times in appearance, they nev-
er lose their gracious smile and air OF
distinction. Whether at a luxurious
place like this or on the boulevard
during popular fete the Frenchman
always preserves his good humor. for
he knows how to live"
Gil Bias leaves the quartet, saying,
"Guess which part Of the conversation
belongs to each?" and incidentally re-
marks that the expressions represent
the combined wisdom Of $4,000, ,00O.'
900.
Gilpin observer., 1912-10-10
Sure II Was Wednesday.

The lawyer was determined to dis.
credit the witness.
"You are positive this happened on
Wednesday," he demanded.
Il am"
Sure it was Wednesday,
Eyes"
! Cant be Mistaken"
No"
'Why couldn't it have been Thurs.
day or Tuesday? How IS that you
can fix this day SO positive in your
mind?"
Because" answered the witness
with some spirit, we had chicken that
day. Chicken day is Wednesday
where / board. d.'-Louisville Courier.
Journal.
Gilpin observer., 1912-10-10
Qualities Of a LADY,

One of the first qualities of a lady is
low voice. Not whispering voice.
one must speak loudly enough to be
understood. One reason why some
people have to talk loudly in order to
make themselves understood is that
they do not articulate plainly. Pro-
nounce your words clearly and careful
ly, round out each syllable and even
though you speak in a low voice you
will be understood. Do not talk too
rapidly. A lady never gives the ap-
pearance Of being hurried, and be-
cause she is leisurely the cultured
woman never forgets the little courte-
sizes which she owes to others. The
courtesies are shown in a very quiet.
unassuming manner. for the lady
never cares to attract attention to
her own actions. Neatness of dress
is one of the hall marks of the lady.
The girl who wears fashionable top
clothes and torn. untidy underclothes
need not expect to earn the title OF
lady. The refined girl keeps her per-
SON and her possessions neat, no mat
ter If they are not seen BY another
person beside herself. Sha always
dresses In good taste. Both her dress
and her manner are quiet and re
served in public-Exchange
Gilpin observer., 1912-10-10
Laws Govern Austrian Service.

A new law for lower Austria, con-
tanning various regulations concerning
servants, has gone into force. replac-
ing one over century old. The first
provision Of the new law DEGREES that
servants must no longer be called
Servants" but employees" The en-.
ployer must feed the servant proper
ly, and the servant Is forbidden to
chatter or gossip to other servants
about the private affairs Of the family.
1t Is not stated how this provision
shall be enforced. Girls are legally
entitled to go out for seven hours
once fortnight. The mistress Of the
house is no longer forced to write
character" of truthful, honest and
Industrious" In the book" of a dismiss
sal servant. In the past failure to
do this meant possible proceedings
for libel. The mistress may now
leave Character blank
Gilpin observer., 1912-10-10
Safequardinq Letters.

From the days of antiquity 1t has
always been problem unsolved how
to insure the secrecy of letters. A
Frenchman named Phion claims. how
ever, to have discovered the real
method, which is as simple as the egg
of Columbus. The invention Is thus
described: The envelope looks very
like an ordinary one, but the tongue
is in kind of loop. prolonged SO as to
fit the gummed end of the upper right
hand corner which is slit. The tongue
is inserted. and further fixed by the
stamp struck over it. The system is
simplicity itself, and. except for rip
ping open the envelope or tearing off
the stamp. It. is impossible to get at
the letter inside
Gilpin observer., 1912-10-10
The Suffering Child,

For many years the school authori-
ties of certain European countries
have conducted special schools for the
benefit Of Sufferers. says Harper's
Weekly. These are of several types,
some conducted during the summer,
others utilizing an after-school hour.
and still others taking complete
charge of the pupil until he is cured.
All OF these are wonderfully success
full. AS rule recovery is complete
within four or five months. and only
rarely does n case prove entirely in
tractable. When relapse occurs, as
sometimes happens, the child is given
n second course of treatment. or even
a third IL necessary.
Gilpin observer., 1912-10-10

Twin Oaks. She had not been home
SINGER her marriage, twenty-four years
ago. The place had gone to her step
mother after the majors death, and
later to her son. Stanley Tisdale. 1t
vas at his invitation she was able
now TO visit Twin Oaks, and while it
carried it's own wound with it, the
invitation had been welcome one
She wanted the girls to see the old
place. Fifty miles up from SavaGnah
it lay one of the few old plantations
left along the river. Her mother had
named it Loves Landing" when she
had come there herself q bride from
the north.
She wondered who Phil Walling
was. Stanley had never mentioned
him in his letters. She had liked the
letters. They seemed frank. manly.
full of the old-time spirit she loved.
Almost. as she had read them, half
formed hope had grown up In her
mind that one Of the girls. either
quiet Bee or Winona. would find a
permanent bone at Twin Oaks before
the visit was ended.
aS bNN' oihti
Wlnona went down through the ram
bling OIL gardens to the river, her
cheeks still pale. her lips pressed
togethev In quick hot anger, and after
her. protesting. explaining. went Phil
WallIng.
Why didn't you write to mother
yourself. and tell the whole disgrace
fui story, and save us this-this trou-
.ble?"
She faced him at last, leaning back
against one of the old oaks. In her
hair was a flower He could not
help thinking how its creamy petals
matched her own skin. and intensi-
fled the copper OF her hair.
What was the use? Poor Stan
won't live long anyway. We have
always been friends. ! only bought
Twin Oaks from him to save It from
going under the hammer. He knows
it is his home MS long as he lives.
and to tell the truth. we've been
happy here. love the place. His
mother was mighty good to me when
was poor little kiddle around here.
So was the major"
But why did you let US come here
as his guests?"
Gilpin observer., 1912-10-10
SAW SHOWERS OF SPIDERS
Distinguished Scientists on Record
as Having Noted tine Remark
able Phenomenon.

Gilbert White gives an account of
spider shower that continued for
nearly whole day. Darwin saw one
at sea. Each spider was supported,
it appears, by tiny parachute COM
posed of a few threads of almost in.
visible gossamer.
Spider showers have from time to
time been made the subject of scien-
tific reports in this country. One of
them gives this description of the phe-
nomenon:
On the morning of this shower
there had been some electrical dis
turbance. There had been one loud
peal of thunder but no rain. At ten
o'clock there was observed a number
of spiders that ran over the coat
sleeves of the observer. He brushed
off several trails of gossamer web.
Upon looking about he discovered
that the houses, walls and trees
showed these webs dangling from
them; and that other gossamer webs
were continually falling from above
and adding to the accumulation.
BY midday fence was festooned
iiohi POAht " punt VI 40 Triangular
rail tops with a ribbon-like ladder Of
gossamer. and this continued to be-
come broader and broader as the tiny
creatures continued to run along this
ladder, each spider increasing the
breadth by adding its own contrlbu-
tion of another silken thread.
All along this ladder the spiders
were running in an excited and hur-
ried manner, as If they had lost their
way in strange country. Some. in
proceeding over their improvised road.
made mistakes and got into the bor-
dering webs of the garden spiders. by
whom they were speedily devoured.
At one o'clock the clouds vanished.
the sun came out. and the observer no.
tlced that some Of the spiders had be-
gun to reascend into the atmosphere.
Fixing his gaze upon one of them. he
observed that. as 1t left the gossamer
pathway 1t selected clean spot on an
iron railing and. gathering It's legs
closely together, projected Its spinna-
rets. several threads that extended
outward and stretched upward from
nine to twelve inches. Then this par
achute seemed to show buoyant ten.
dency, and suddenly the tiny creature
let go Of the iron rail. or was lifted
of It, and quickly vanished into the
air.
Gilpin observer., 1912-10-10
Her Dislike Too Vigorous.

A woman in an English country
town took an unusual way of express
ing her diclike OF the pastor. While
the congregation was standing, during
the singing Of an anthem, she rushed
up the chancel steps and began throw
ing hymn books at the minister, and
finally exclaimed: Take him from
the church," The minister was great
ly astonished, knowing nothing Of the
disorder until he was struck in the
back. He thought a stone had fallen
from the roof In court the woman
expressed regret.
Gilpin observer., 1912-10-10
AT RISK Of HIS LIFE
REV. DR.. PALMoRE VISITED THE
TOMB OF AARON.
Mosque 10 Nothing Much to See, but
Religious FanatIelsm Of tho Ma.
tlves Makes the Journey Ono
Of Great Danger.

Rev. Dr. William B. Palmore Of st.
Louis, who has just completed tour
of Europe and the Orient, said that
his most remarkable exploit was a
recent nocturnal expedition at the
risk Of his life to the tomb on Mount
Hor. in Arabia Petrea, which is re-
vered by three religions as the burial
place of Aaron, brother Of Moses, and
first high priest Of the Hebrew theoc.
racy.
Late on the last night of his stay in
Petrea DR.. Palmore silently stole out
Of the city, attended by his guide and
soldiers.
When the little party at last stood
alone on the mountain top and saw
the desert sleeping far below they
found the mosque to be a ramshackle
building of white stones rudely piled
together and surmounted by q round
ed dome. The guide without scruple
applied his stolen key to the lock and
the door swung open.
II found myself in a chapel about
40x40 feet, says DR.. Palmore. "Ac-
cording to the Moslem custom, 1t con.
tanned neither seats nor altars. II
was completely bare save that in the
center stood cenotaph, or empty sar.
cophagus, covered by a green cloth.
Carved In stone was an inscription In
Hebrew so nearly obliterated by time
that could not decipher it. I calcu.
lated that the Inscription was more
than 1000 years old. There was also
MI, u,
modern Arabic.
Il had little time to waste, for
was confident that If the Arabs in the
valley discovered my departure and
traced me to the mosque they would
kill me. In one corner l discovered a
hole in the floor, revealing a flight of
stairs cut in the rock and leading
downward.
Holding my candle aloft, descend
in an unlighted cave of no great size.
Like the mosque, it was bare and
rude. But across one end were
stretched two chains like sentinels
against .ntruders and behind them
hung tattered curtain.
II stepped over the chains and
swept the curtain aside. The sealed
entrance to a natural vault was re-
vealed and this vault was the tomb OF
Aaron"
There was little time for sacred rev.
erie. for. If day broke before he de-
scended the mountain, his errand
might be detected and avenged by the
Arabs Of the valley. So DR.. Pal.
more, after touching the sealed vault
reverently with his hand, ascended
the stairs. passed through the
MOSQUE and stood again in the open
air
His guide gravely locked the door
and concealed the key once more in
his garments. The party made its
way safely back to Petra without dis
covery. and within few hours was
miles away on the return trip north.
Gilpin observer., 1912-10-10
AT LOVES LANDING
Artificial Lights Unnecessary
at This Dock.
BY lzoLA FORESTER.

"But I don't see any landing at all,
mother" called Winona, peering into
the darkness as the boat nosed up
shore "How do they know where to
stop?'
Did you expect a full-sized dock
with waiting band to welcome us?
Be careful, Bee. The plank is mar
dow"
Plank" giggled Winona, edging
along it, after her mother and sis
Ger. 'I think it's a straw. Oh, dear!'
Her foot turned sharply, and before
she could regain her balance, she had
slipped off the narrow gangplank the
men had thrown ashore. Beatrice and
her mother were on the bank. A car
riage waited farther up on the level
ground, with two faint lamps glowing
In the might AS Winonas quick
stifled cry sounded. some one sprang
past the others, and went in after
her; some one tall. and obviously
young, who never stopped to explain
or argue.
Beatrice never forgot that scene.
The old river steamboat, with swing
Ing oil lamps on her lower decks, the
blurred faces of the boatmen as they
held lanterns over the water trying to
help the two in the narrow strip be-
tween the boat and the shore. and fin
ally Winona's face, with the light
flashing on it. as she was lifted out of
the water.
What can 1 say?" exclaimed Mrs.
Vaughan, when she held out her
hands to the man who had saved
wiliful, careless Win. you are STAN
ley. aren't you? There is nc need to
ask that"
Only Beatrice caught the flush on
his face at the name. He tried to
speak. but they were lifting Winona
into the carriage. Her mother turned
again to speak to him and he had
gone. Only the silent old darky
coachman remained, and he could
only shake his head over questioning.
''Marse Stanley done gone ter bed.
OATS Marse Phil Walling. He come
along ter be sure got here safe, and
de boats was on time"
Mrs. Vaughan was silent. The car.
riage rolled on up the old road to
Gilpin observer., 1912-10-10
New Potato Disease.

A serious canker disease is reported
to have developed In the potato crop
Of Great Britain and Continental Eu-
rope. which is not only affecting the
farmlands on which potatoes are
grown. but is also decidedly Injurious
to the health of the consumers OF af-
fected potatoes. The disease is char
acterized by nobular excrescences,
which are often larger than the po-
tato itself. Boiling does not destroy
the injurious properties. It is known
that potato canker has found it's
way into Newfoundland with potatoes
imported from Europe, but no such
disease has yet appeared in Canada.
nor, 30 far as known, In the United
States.
Gilpin observer., 1912-10-10
Not a Strong Argument.

Said an advocate of woman suffrage
during the recent campaign in Cali
fornia: "A point upon which great
deal Of weight has been placed is that
women do not want the suffrage and
that 1t would be cruel to impose 1t up
on them. The cry about cruelty to
women reminds me Of dialogue that
passed between Johnnie and his moth,
er. Johnnie. your little sister has
been hauling you on her sled for half
an hour. Why don't you get off and
haul herr" Mamma, said little John
ME, I am afraid she will take cold.'"
Gilpin observer., 1912-10-10
EooshelIs In Suroery.

In number Of skin-grafting opera
tions he has recently carried out. a
Philadelphia physician has used the
lining of egg shells instead of hui
man skin. One Of the patients he is
reported to have successfully treated
n this way was woman, who had the
skin burned of her back. The physi-
clan declares that the suffering which
1as been imposed on human donors
II skin for such operations is unneces-
vary. Only fresh eggs may be used.
Gilpin observer., 1912-10-10

Our guests" he corrected gently.
see you all again."
Must he die?" All at once her
dark eyes grew pitiful.
Not If he let's up in time. He's
gone the pace fairly fast"
Perhaps it is right, after all, our
coming. Mother Is wonderful as a
nurse, and SO is Bee. I'm not, one
bit"
I'm so glad" murmured Phil, fer
vently.
The next month found a new
regime at Twin Oaks. Mrs. Vaughan
took the reins from Phil, firmly and
gently, and began to sway things her
own way.
Stanley, weak of will and rebellious.
found himself powerless between her
laws and Bees tender nursing. After
the first two or three battles had
been fought out and won, and he
found he could sleep without trying
the majors favorite remedy, found
that the days could be made sweet,
rational, clear of horrible day dreams
an6 haunting pain, he began to watch
Bee. 49,.
I've made mess of everything,
haven't II" he growled one day, when
he was allowed to sit up and be
! wheeled out on the upper gallery.
Not quite" said Bee, softly, smil-
| ing sideways at him from her en-
broidery.
Txx,s,H na1y md
thing I owned. I'm a beggar depend
ent on Phil Walling's friendship.
He's bully, isn't he, Bee?"
Weren't you good to him when he
had nothing?"
But that doesn't matter. I let the
place run down until there wasn't a
cent coming in from it, and it used
| to be worth thousands a year to the
major. 1t went at less than fifteen
thousand, Bee, and I'll never get it
back"
''Yes you will" Bee laid aside her
work. and crossed to him. Mother
and Phil have agreed on a splendid
plan. She's going to buy out half
partnership for you, and start you all
over again. Isn't that a chance?"
"But why? The whole place should
have been hers by right, Bee. The
major knew it. too. but he never
would give up after she had married
against his wishes. and she's not the
sort to ask forgiveness. is she? It's
heaping up the obligation this way,
and I'm not worth it."
you've got to be worth it," said
Bee with sudden courage. "If we all
work to help you, and stand you upon
your feet, you've just got to run now
and win the race"
Stanley bent forward, his hands
reaching for hers. do you tell me
to win, Bee, do you? You know what
! it means to me now. Do you?"
"Oh. look" whispered Bee, parting
the thick vines and looking down into
| the garden. Phil and Win are tell
! ing mother something. and-and
! they're holding hands, Stan!"
so are we, sweetheart" said Stan.
\ ley. Its loves landing"
| Copyright, 1912. by Associated Literary
Press.)
Gilpin observer., 1912-10-10
SPEAKS OF OLD SOUTH
RELIC OF OLD DAYS LOOMS IN
DEPARTED GRANDEUR.
Finest Hotel "Before tho War" Now a
Pile Of crumbIIng Ruins, With
Only Memories to People Its
Desertion.

On the crumbling black and white
marble fioorings the water, indeed,
was trickling into pools. And down
ing-strangest thing that ever stray
ed through deserted GRANDEUR
brown, broken horse, lean, with a
sore flank and head of tremendous
age. 1t stopped and gazed at us as
though we might be going to give it
things to eat, then passed on, stumb-
ling over the ruined marbles, writes
John Gainsworth in Scribner's.
For a moment we had thought him
a ghost-one of the many. But he
was not, since his hoofs sounded. That
scrambling clatter had died out into
silence before we came to the dark
cryptlike chamber whose marble col
umns were ringed in iron. veritable
pillars of foundation. And then we
saw that our old guides hands were
full of newspaper. She struck a
match; they caught fire and blazed.
Holding high that torch, she said.
See. Up there's his name, above
where he stood. The auctioneer. Oh,
yes, indeed! Here's where they sold
them!"
Below that name, decaying on the
WALL We had the slow, uncanny feel
ing that some one was standing there
in the CLEAN and flicker of that paper
torch. For moment the whole
shadowy room seemed full of forms
and faces. Then the torch died out
and our old guide, pointing through
an archway with the blackened
stump of it said:
"'Twas here they kept them-in-
deed, yes!"
We saw before US sort of vault
stone built, and low and long. The
light there was too dim for us to
make out anything but balls, and
heaps of rusting scrap iron cast out
there and moldering down. But try.
ing to pierce that darkness we be.
came conscious Of innumerable eyes
archway where we stood; innumer
able white eyeballs cleaning out OF
blackness. From behind us came a
little laugh. 1t floated past through
the archway toward those eyes. Who
was it laughed in there? The old
south itself-that incredible, fine, lost
soul! That "old time" thing of old
ideals, blindfolded by it's own his
tory! That queer, proud blend oi
simple chivalry and tyranny. of piety
and the abhorrent thing! Who was
it laughed out of that old slave mar
ket, at these white eyeballs glarins
| from out of the blackness of this darf
cattle pen? What poor departed
soul in this house of melancholy
But there was no ghost when we
turned to look-only our old guide
with her sweet smile.
Yes. sub. Here they all came
twas the finest hotel-before the wal
time; old southern families-bought
their property. Yes, ma'am, very in
teresting! This way! And here were
the bells to all the rooms. Broken
you see-all broken!"
And rather quickly we passed away
out Of that "old time place." where
something had laughed. and the drip
drip. drip of water down the wall:
was as the sound of spirit grieving
Gilpin observer., 1912-10-10
Dog Valuable Flremen,, Assistant

The New York fire brigade is Justly
proud of Happy. the Dalmatian dog
belonging to one Of it's members. Hap
py possesses the rare accomplishment
of being able to climb ladders, and
this feat and the dogs great sagacity
were instrumental in saving three
lives. During a serious fire. in Third
avenue the dogs master and two Of
his comrades were overcome by
smoke and in peril of suffocation,
when Happy ran up the fire ladder
and called attention to the danger
by barking furiously at the window Of
the room In which the three men
we're.
Gilpin observer., 1912-10-10
Woman's MlsdIrected Talents.

Ex-Chief OF Police Byrnes. the IA
nous New York detective. says that
he never knew a better man" than
Miss Ellen e. r. Peck, which. trans
lated from the police vernacular, sig.
nifies that In all his varied experience
he never had to do with a more skill
full swindler than the woman, now in
her eighty-second year. whose latest
sentence OF ten years Imprisonment
was been commuted by Governor Dix.
She would probably have made a first.
class captain Of industry" II her tai.
ents ~.
Gilpin observer., 1912-10-10
GettInu Married.

Getting married is like gathering
mushrooms" The speaker was N. G..
Goodwin, the well-known comedian.
He smiled and added: "The only way
to find out whether you have got the
real thing or poison is to swallow IT.
and wait"
Gilpin observer., 1912-10-10
Tho Idea.

$50 you have let the new Nurse go,
eh?"
II positively had to do It,"
''Didn't she understand children?"
"Oh, she understood the children
we'll enough, but she knew absolutely
nothing about bathing the poodle
New-York tribune., 1912-06-10
HOBOKEN BOWS TO TWIRLERS

Under the guidance of Doe CrandhI. q
section OF the New York Giants. which in
cIuded five pitchers in it's lineup, defeated
the semi-profes sioual Hoboken team on tn
st. George cricket grounds, llpbokcn. yes
terdav by q score OF = 70 q. Tcsrcau aud
Ions" Shore. the Girard College pitcher.
were on the firing line for the Giantlets.
Thompson tho Western collegan. at first
base. covered himself with glory. He had a
perfect fielding percentage. vhil" h' helped
long With pair Of double
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