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mental constitution, considering her
hazardous performances in cloud
land
inere was another superstition OF
MISS Quimby's that had a certain
uearins on the catastrophe OF her
career. she wore a number OF ORR
entai decorations that. with her COM
pieHloh, made her resemblance To
lapied queens OF Egypt more than
merely tanciful. She had. in partic-
ular, string of weirdly colored
stones tnat She obtained from Cairo
muleteer Unless these were around
her neck She would not fly. Her own
narrative OF how she got them Is H.
illustrative OF the woman behind ,h,.
girl
Il had noticed most peculiar
combination Of stones which were
around the mules temples as part
OF his head-stall. number OF queer
little Oriental gods and goddesses
were suspended irregularly from this
string OF stones. A close examination
OF them showed that they were all
really the same god or goddess, | do
not know which. and that Ganesha
was the name. / think he Is q Hindu
god Of Luck
Il offered the boy guinea for the
string OF stones. but he wanted
three times that much We finally
compromised for two guineas. And
my luck changed that very day. l.
have never been SO happy as since I
bought those little charms"
But Ganesha was to play a part in
Miss Quimby's life that all unfor-
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seen was tragic almost beyond words
In the office Of n London newspaper
which had financed her flight across
the Channel, she met with a large
replica of Ganesha The strange
laol with Its elephant head, three
iegs' and three arms. all on a human
pody' bad been sent to the news
paper office to be destroyed. The
newspaper had collected from It's
readers number of unIucky tails
mans. and Ganesha was among
them.
Miss QuImby. seeing that he
matched the smaller idols which had
nung on her Cairo mules headstalI.
begged so hard for Ganesha that the
hgure was reluctantly turned over
TO her And here Is Miss Quimby's
version OF what happened.
ANY one would suppose that after
mad rescued Ganesha from such nm
untimel y end as burning he would
he grateful and would behave like
MS little children did But almost
Immediately l began 10 have bad
luck"
When Miss QuImby returned 70 New
York after her trlumphal CROSSING
OF the Channel, Ganesha kept on
misbehaving and she decided finaIIv
that She would guillotine him. So
she had his head cut of and put the
mead In n desk drawer, while She
used the body OF the idol for a
paper weight The day that Miss
Qulmby was killed in Boston a
friend OF hers was near her desk
ana saw Ganesha, with his cut-of
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head resting again on his sD'1
and still grlnning horribly
Quimby had replaced the o.
day she went to Boston
1t was Miss Qulmby's OFT 's
statement that happy peopH
long TO the same generauaS
she did everything she ~
make people happy sns ~
cheerful as could be, ana ID
which she posted on her w@
aerodrome the day she
death she laughingly Quo'.1s ~,
TO show how little she fears w
thing will happen 10 nei i,syi
how she refuses 10 take nes nsrs
iously. The quotation VIZ
IDENTIFY answered some en,IssI DIM 4
careful, told how improoaDS
That Youths sweet'scep'"
script should close" 81,
Miss Quimby's ambltion
earn enough money before ~
thirty-ive so that she rnls| =,
from daily work to Wriler tn
book or one big play. ~
dents OF Hardelot, the ls. ,.S
French resort on the EpsllSS Eps,S
mel, had presented her WIZ Wp
galow and large piece
Tor her channel f'lsss s,
wante1 TO go there in Tue -
when she retired from val vv,,,-t,d
fairs. and to live her W.. M
southern California. WIS.,
owned an orange ranch - n
But the cloud-hand was ~
for her. II lifted the 'an
monoplane once TOO oi'e@
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TT is a heavy human toll that ls
\ exacted by the sport OF aviation.
= but In the long list Of such sac.
rif1ces Of life none so affects the
popular imagination as that OF Har-
riet Quimby-the most daring OF
airwomen, yet go dainty. pretty and
essentially feminine that she came
to he known as the Dresden China
Aviatrice."
In keeping with her outward as
pect of frivolous femininlty. too.
were her odd and peculiarly fem
inine superstitIons. Always when
IN the air, though she handled her
powerful craft with all the cool skill
and courage OF any OF her masculine
rivals, she was obsessed by the notion
OF a mischievously malicious giant
hand stretched forth from the clouds
behind her, swapping its great fin
gers perilously near her outstretched
planes, or, with the tip Of one Of
those immense digits Tipping up
ward the tail Of her craft as though
for the pleasure OF seeing 1t dive
headlong to the earth below.
At last that giant cloud-fnger sue
ceeded In It's experiment, Miss
Quimby's 100-horsepower Blerlot
machine suddenly stood on It's head,
up a mile in the sky above the city
of Boston. pitching the daring
woman and her male passenger in
to the shallow waters Of Dorchester
Bay. Her odd superstition was
realized; Miss Dresden China" as
she had half-expected to happen,
WAS broken at last.
Harriet Qulmby will be forever
famous as the first airwoman to fly
across the English channel. When
she WAS about to leave New York
last March, bent on accomplishing
that feat-which the most rugged
and experienced Of manfyers at
tackled with trepidation-her friends
sought to dissuade her on the
grounds of her frail physique and
her generally feminine disadvan-
tages.
why" said one. "your appro.
pirate environment Is the blue and
gold walls OF tin-upholstered
boudoir In the Louis XIV. style,
You're not a medieval German ANA
zon by Piloty; you're Vatican
shepherdness Why, everybody IL
calling you the Dresden China
Aviatrice."
"Oh, I don't like that" laughed
Miss Quimby. Dresden China 10
so easily broken! But I'm going.
Just the same"
During that perllous channel pas
sage she could almost feel the pres
ence Of that giant-cloud hand flip
ping It's fingers playfully about her
rudder-like a cat playing with a
mouse. Long before that. soon af-
ter she had secured her pilots license
and was venturing into the skies
alone she said to one OF her In
innate friends:
Frequently when have been
flying II has seemed to be as II
huge cloud-hand were mischievously
rocking my slender little monoplane.
1t seemed. with a playful finger, to
be lifting the tall OF my machine
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five nar ainicult for an imagina-
,se person to conceive how an oh.
SESSION Ike this could, finally "a
Uperdte ,.o on the mind and nerves ~
ts victim as to produce reactions
VI the muscles used In guIdinp tba
uacnlne that would cause catas.
.rophe identical with the one 90
dreaded by Miss Quimby, Believ,ne
that the gigantic cloud finger was
urea OF playing with her machine
and had given it's tail a fnaI fatal
nip, her hands on the guiding Ieyers
nnconsciously reversed their usual
procedure.
Miss Quimby was a story wr,ter
poet, dramatist-ln fact a
dreamer with a mind extraordinarIIv
active on it's imaginative side Her
belief In that cloud hand was M
stranger than the beliefs of the an
clent Greeks in the immortal beings
which controlled all the manifesto.
lions of nature
When 1caTus few high above the
Mediterranean with wings made OF
wax he knew that II was in the DOW
er of Phoebus-Apollo, rolling the sun
across the heavens in his chariot, to
bring disaster upon him by melting
his wax wings. which is exactly what
the sun did. and the ancient Greek
NEUROLOGICAL aeroplanist took his
fatal plunge into the sea.
To personify mysterious forces far
above the earth. picturing In her
mind cloud forces concentrated In
an intelligent, all-powerful hand, was
@ NOT unnatural obsession In ono M
Miss Quimby's temperament and
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higher than It should be.
l actually had to fight
with my levers to keep
the machine from stand
ing on It's nose-partlcu-
larly when coming down
through the lower clouds.
That giant hand grows
more and real the longer
I fly, Whenever get
among the clouds 7 can
feel 1t playing with the
tail OF my machine"
Curiously, nothing so
we'll as her own belief In
this supernatural agency
explains the mystery OF
that fatal plunge into
Dorchester Bay. Her in
structors. NJ, Andre Hau-
pert. whose training en-
abled her to gain her pi-
lots license. has made
this significant statement:
ut was no lack on the
part Of Mise Quimby that
caused the drop of WON.
an. man and machine 70
the earth, There was
nothing the matter with
her machine. 1t was in
perfect working trim. But,
30 FAR as we can tell.
something happened which
DESTROYED its euuipoise,
and instantly she was at
the mercy of the air"
Something happened +"
AS Miss oulmby has said,
that Something" almost
happened whenever she
was among the clouds
IT was hard to keep that
maliciously playful gIant
finger from Tipping the
tali OF her machine too
nigh for her safety-anS
now at last 1t gave a aip
with force enough IN
make resistance uselessr
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-10-05
Rope Horseshoes.

Horseshoes of rope are largely
made use of in Germany and some
other foreign countries, and 1t is said
that there should be some demand in
this country, on account of the char
acter of the paving which largely
prevails in this country and which
is hard on the feet of the animals.
The rope is sometimes reinforced
with wire and sometimes it is tarred
and after being cut and shaped is Sc
cured to an iron shoe which is Sc
cured to the animals hoof. While its
appearance is not as neat and elegant
as a shoe of metal. the soft cushion
of rope is very grateful on the ami
mails feet, and from a humane stand.
point 1t should be more generously
made use of.
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i WoNpERFul DISCOVERY.

IN tuiS nKe OF feBe3rch md menf all n0tuE0
ls nnsacked bythe comfort and hap
piness0f man. Science Is indeed made giant strides
IN tn past century, ~ among the-by no means
least mportant-d cries in medicine Is that VI
yhen.pon. which has used with great success In
french Hospita4 and tlat IL is worthy the attention
81 those who suner from kidney, bladder, nervous
piles, &C, there is no doubt In fact tsecme evident
Irom me big stir created Amongst specialists. that
I0GSAPtO0 Is destined 70 east into oblivion al,
those questionable remedies thai formerly the
Sole reance OF medical men 1t is of course impos-
nnd TINS short arscls but those who would like %
many-we might almost say, miracuious cures.
should send addressed envelope for FREE book to
". Le Clerc Med Co. 1layerstock Road, Hampstead
London, Eng and decide for themselves whether the
New French hetedy "THeHAp1Oh" No. l. No
N vain during life of misery suffering III health
ana u g ppness y sold BY druggists 9f
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Where He Get Them.

Mickey and Pat had been at scho0
together, but had drifted apart in after
life They met one day. end the con-
versation turned on athletics. did you
ever meet my brother Dennis?" asked
Pat. "Hc has just won a gold medal
in a Marathon race" That's fine :"
said Mike But did ever tell you
about my uncle at Ballythomas?" Pat
agreed that he could not call him to
mind. WELL" continued Mike, hes
got a gold medal for five miles and
one for ten miles, silver medal for
swimming, two cups for wrestling. and
lot of badges for boxing and cy-
cling" "He must he a great athlete,
indade," said Pat. You're wrong"
cried Mike "He keeps pawnshop!"
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tor told me to go to hospital. / did
not like that idea very well, so, when /
saw your advertisement in a paper,
wrote to you for advice, and have done as
you tod me. l have taken Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
Liver Pills, and now have my health.
If sick and ailing women would only
know enough to take your medicine, they
would get relief. Mrs BENZ. H. STAINS
Berry, Route 6, Box Is, Upper Sandusky,
Ohio.
If you have mysterious pains, irregu-
larity, backache, extreme nervousness,
inflammation, liberation or displace-
ment, don't wait too long, but try Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound now.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, has been the standard remedy
for female ills, and such unquestionaSA
testimony as the above proves the value
of this famous remedy and should give
every one confidence,
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sano for Sultan.

Mulai Hafid, the ex-Sultan of Moroc.
co. while staying at Vichy. in France,
made an excursion to Les Ardoisieres,
says the "Matin," where Napoleon III.
used often to go for rest. Three young
girls. sisters. timidly approached the
Sultan and asked him to sign post
cards. Mulai Hafid consented on con-
dition that they would each sing a
song to him. Two of the girls at
once complied, and the delighted Mu-
lai Hafid wrote ON their cards words
which. translated. mean: Like Ma
poleon ILL.,, | have visited Les Ardoi-
sieres, where l have enjoyed, together
with the calm and freshness of ma
ture, the grace and charm of the
voices of Niles. Pauline and Clo-
tide The third girl did not know
how to sing, but one of her sisters
having sung for her the Sultan added
the name of Gabrielle.
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FOREIGN BELIEFS ARE QUEER
Spanish Wedding is Ruined IL One
Person Appears Entirely in Black
Some Other Signs.

In Spain the wedding is spoiled II
one of the guests appears entirely in
black, or if the bride looks into a
mirror after orange blossoms and veil
are fast in her headdress.
When q persons hair ends split, it's
taken by the superstitious for sign
that she is either a witch or has been
bewitched. AS blond hair splits more
readily than dark hair, all witches,
spirits and sorceresses have blond or
red hair, according to the standard of
art.
On the marriage eve there is often
much good-natured rivalry between
the groom and the bride in the Slav
countries as to who shall blow out
the candle. for the person who does
will be first to die" 1t is impossible
to trace the origin of this superstition,
yet it prevails in aristocratc society
as well as in the peasants hut, even
as like this, that ito insure the life
and health of the children" the wom-
an must occupy the right side of the
bed. In addition. she must not smoke
before her forty-fifth year
There is superstition in this coun-
try and many Others against burning
broom. The bud of birch broom is
used in Southern Germany as pre-
ventive against erysipelas. These
buds, a piece of yellow wax and some
other articles are enclosed in pink
silk bag. secured with red silk and
worn on the back of the neck. The
person must change his shirt every
Friday.
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Device to Protect Sheep.

A device to protect sheep from the
iuroads of wolves, coyotes and other
animals has been invented by e. C..
Winchester of Thermopolis. Wyo.
The machine consists of an automatic
,un which will shoot blank cartridge
every thirty. forty or sixty minutes,
as arranged, while bulls eye lantern
is SO adjusted as to revolve and fash
Is light in every direction. 1t makes
more than one revolution a minute,
operating by means of a coiled spring
and cog wheels, sort of clockwork,
fact. The mechanism is enclosed
IA a storm and dust proof metal case
and mounted on four adjustable legs.
1t has weight of twenty-five pounds,
SO that it can be carried with the
sheepman's outfit with no dificulty.
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PANAMA HAT OF COMMERCE
Priced Headeear Made From Palm
Leaves Grown in Central and
South America.

Panama hats are made from palm
of the "chandelicr-tree" family. watch
grows wild in enormous quantities in
the northern parts of South America
and in Central America. The greater
number of highest grade Panamas are
made in Ecuador, with Peru good
second The best of these sell for
$3.50 each.
The young, tender leaves of the
plant are gathered before they un-
fold; all the. ribs and coarse veins
are removed. and the rest is reduced
to shreds without being separated
from the stem. The shredded leaves
are placed in large eart'yonware jars
filed with water and the Juice of
lemons and left to soak for from six
to ten days. After this they are
spread out to dry and bleach in tho
sun.
The fibers are woven upon block
held upon the knees. The coarse hats
are finished in two or three days; the
finest take as many months. The best
times for weaving are in the early
morning and in the rainy season.
when the air is moist. In the midd.a
of the day and in the dry season the
fiber is apt to break.
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TEXT TAKEN TOO LITERALLY
Ten-Year-oId Julia Gets Into Cad
Graces of Mother by Giving
Tramp a Haif-Dollar.

BE not forgetful to entertain
strangers; for thereby some have en-
tertained angels unawares.'
The foregoing quotation is from
chapter xiii, verse 2, Book of Hebrews.
and it Is introduced solely because it
constitutes vital part of this story.
Julia is ten years old and she goes to
Sunday school. 1t appears that on a
recent occasion the Sunday school
teacher had considerable to say about
this matter of entertaining angels
unawares." Anyway, it made a deep
impression with Julia.
A few days after the lesson Julia's
mother left her in charge of the house
fos a few hours. When the mother re-
turned she went to a particular cup
in the cupboard to extract therefrom
one-half dollar. In this cup is kept
the family pin money, and Julia's
mother knew that sie had put sc
cents there before she had gone out.
But the half dollar was gone. There
was an expression of anxiety on
Julia's face and mother scented mis-
chief.
did you take that money!" asked
the mother, somewhat severely.
Julia broke into tears: Il gave it to
a man that came to the back door,"
sobeed the little girl.
Gave it to a mani" exclaimed the
mother. What for?"
Il thought he might be Cod" tear
fully replied Julia.-Kansas City Star
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Old Roman Wall Unearthed.

part OF the wall which once en-
closed old st. Paurs, London, has been
discovered in excavations at the cor
ner of Paternoster Row and ST. Paul's
alley in London. The wall. which is
about GO feet long, is made of chalk
and rubble, and was built in the
twelfth century. On the same site
pieces of Roman amphora, Roman
vases and some. Samian ware have
also been found. Other finds" include
a camers skull unearthed in High Hol-
born and large quantity of pipes of
the eighteenth century. Under some
old stables in Bartholomew Close
one of the oldest parts of London
threesNorman arches have been found.
They are close to one another, and
are believed to have formed part of
the cloisters of the priory which once
stood on this site.
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GOING BACK INTO THE PAST
Men Of Science Seeking to Discover
Facts of Life Of Five Million
Years Back.

Out in the Nevada desert the pro-
fessors have been prying into the Sc
crets of 100000 years ago.
The discoveries are said to be most
important by those who are interested
in prehistoric relics. The learned
men put the discoveries at the milo
Gene period, which is some 100000
years ago.
Among the discoveries is an ante
diluvian fish that is eighteen feet
long. What a whopper of fish liar
the prehistoric man must have been
when he went back to the cave and
told the family about the big one that
got away!
And the horse race of that day
must have been q peculiar spectacle.
for the equine specimen unearthed
has three toes on its feet and is about
the size of large dog.
Five million years is too big a fight
OF time to ask even our fancy to
cover. Trips to Mars and visits to
the man in the moon are within our
range, but when one is asked to go
back to the real back-actionary period
of the world, we have to draw the
line. especially when we learn that we
have to deal with three toed horses
and eighteen feet long ninnows.
And yet we have to wonder at what
manner of a world it was then; we
have perforce to try to people it with
human beings and with animals of the
earth, the sea and the air; we have
to wonder whether they. too. we're
bothered with presidential candidates.
whether the women demanded the
right to vote and whether peek-a-boo
stockings were just coming into style.
And, by the way. the professors
found dinosaur there, too. We new
er saw dinosaur and never hope to
see one, but one was found. so let 1t
be recorded.
Well. after all. 5.ooo,opo years ago
is some time!
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Wild Ones.

Charles Crafty, the noted sculptor.
was talking at his summer home at
Folly Grove. near Gloucester, about the
qaint humor of the Gloucester fish
ermen.
In Gloucester one day." he said, ''as
l idled among the shipping. an old salt
began to narrate bis experiences to
me.
Wnnst. he said, L was ship
WRECKED in the South sea, and thar l
come across tribe of wild women
without tongues
wild women without conquest
said 1. Goodness. How could they
TALK"
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Don't Take Caiomel
Bonds Pills Are Better
hey do not sicken or grippe.

They do not sicken or grippe.
They do not tear you to pieces"
They do not leave you constipated.
They are small, mild, effective. Why
waste time and money on unknown
anG expensive purgatives?
Just take one Bonds Pill at bed
time for that headache, biliousness,
torpid liver, etc.. and wake up well!
All Druggists. Csc. or send to Bonds
Pharmacy Co., Little Rock, Ark. :.
A free sample on request. Adv.
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RIGHT HOME
Doctor Recommends Postum from Per.
sonal Test.

No cvle is better ALE to realize the
injurious action of caffeine-the drug
in coffee-on the heart, than the doc
tor. Tea is jest as harmful as coffee
because it. too, contains the drug CAT
feline.
When .he doctor himself has been
relieved by simply leaving off coffee
and using Postum, he can refer with
full conviction to his own case.
A Mo. physician prescribes Postum
for msny of his patients because he
was benefited by it. He says:
Il wish 10 add my testimony in re-
gard to that excellent preparation
Postum. / have had functional or
nervous heart trouble for over Is
years. and part OF the time was I'M
able to attend to my business.
Il was a moderate user of coffee and
did not think drinking 1t hurt me- But
on stopping IL and using Pos. UNI in
stead, my heart has got all right, and
j ascrfbe It to the change from coffee
to Postum.
Il am prescribing II now in cases Of
sickness, especially when coffee does
not agree, or affects the heart, nerves
or stomach.
when made right IL has a much bet
ter flavor than coffee. and is vital
sustainer Of the system. ! shall con
tinue to recommend it to our people
and have my own case to refer to-
Name given by Postum Co.. Battl,
Greek, Mich. Read the little book
'The Road to Wcllville," in pigs
There's reason
Ever read Inc above letter. nes
one nsrcrrs from time 20 time. The.
are Ecnu,i :. s-ue, and full cs human
interest,". Adv.
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A Pen and Ink Shakespeare.

Woodrow Wilson, on a recent visit
to Atlantic City, referred good numor-
eddy to his rather illegible handwrit-
ing.
but my hand is nothing" he said.
ito that of Horace Greeley.
Poor Greeley once quoted from
Shakespeare in leading article. It's
IRe, tbs pity, and pity it's. tbs true
This appeared the next day:
TITS two. tbs fifty, It's fifty. tbs
fifty-two.'