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The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-10-01
Palatka Girl Captiyates Tourist.

Secretary Elliott of the board of
trade has many strange requests, but
it is not often that he is called upon
to run down one of PaIatka's charmers
at the behest of a tourist. But he
had one such this week. Here it is:
"On Board IS LenaOe
September %, 1915.
Dear Sir:
81 have a rather strange request to
make Of you. The following is the
story:
Sunday night while the City of
Jacksonville" was unloading freight al
your city, | asked young lady stand
ing on the dock questions concern
ing the place, anl also made arrange
ments to see her the following even
ing. AS she was the only one on
the dock that spoke to anyone on the
boat I believe you will be able to To-
cate her. If you are able to find her,
please have her drop a card or write
a letter to the following address"
(here follows the address of the
young man, which the young lady can
get only of the Secretary.)
Then the letter continues
Gas we had forty-fve minuetes to
spend there Monday night I decided
to visit the place. While up in the
city l understood this young lady
came down to the dock and enquired
for me. l was very sorry that |
missed her, and therefore ask you to
make few INQUIRIES around the docl;
among the young ladies, as she prob
ably comes down there quite often.
She was dressed in a white short
wasted suit with a belt and white
shoes; she has dark hair and is rather
slightly built.
Thanking you in advance for the
trouble | may cause you, l remain.
Very truly yours,
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-10-01

The secretary has as yet made no
determined effort to locate this young
lady; he had it in mind to run down
to the dock, sit down and let his feet
hang off, but the fact is he has been
too busy to undertake it. However.
knowing that The News had a large
circulation among the young ladies of
the city, he has asked us to publish
the letter, which we are glad to do
hoping that we may be the humble
instrument of Providence in helping
out this really soulful young man
who evidently needs some one to love
Its awful funny when you feel that
way.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-10-01

Fortune never disappoints the man
who knows he will fail.
Instead of calling doctor, the self
made chap should send for a repair
man.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-13

said: Don't be ridiculous. l only
wish to protect you, my child. l think
| have proved my friendship. Re-
member, before the world you are
nothing to Charles de Sabron. A
woman's heart, my dear. has delusions
as well as passions"
The girl crimsoned and bowed her
charming head. You are not called
upon to tell Robert de fremont that
you are in love with a man who has
not asked you to marry him, but you
are his guest, and all | ask OF you is
that you make the voyage as agres-
able to him as you can, my dear"
fremont was coming toward them
Julia raised her head and murmured:
i think you for everything. / shall
do what | can" And to herself she
said: THAT is. as far as my honor
will let me-"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-13

lie Comte de Sabron. captain OF French
iavalry, takes to his quarters to raise by
aand motherless Irish terrier pup. and
names II Pitchoune. He dimes with the
harquise d'Esclignac and meets Miss
lula Redmond. American heiress, who
Ings for him English ballad that
hngers In his memory. Sabron is ordered
10 Algiers. but is not allowed to take
servants or dogs. Miss Redmond offers to
lake care OF the dog during his masters
absence, but Pitchoune, homesick for his
master. runs away from her. The Mar
5uise plans to marry Julia to the Due de
Fremont. Unknown - Sabron, Pitchoune
follows him to Algiers. Dog and master
meet and Sabron gets permission from
the war minister to keep his dog with him.
lula writes him that Pitchoune has run
away from her. He writes Julia Of Pit
thoune. The Due de fremont finds the
American heiress capricous. A newspa-
per report that Sabron is among the miss
ing after an engagement with the natives
rauses Julia to confess to her aunt that
The loves him. Sabron. wounded in an en-
Kagement. falls into the dry bed OF a
river, and is watched over by Pitchoune.
After horrible night and day Pitchoune
leaves him. Julia goes in search OF Sa-
sron. reported missing
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-13
The Old and the New

Inventions have a remarkable knack
of repeating themselves. Among the
more interesting patents for 1914 is
a specification for a wheelless motor
car, propulsion being by means of
slids, which are alter -4tely lowered
and raised. In the early days of loco
motive history many inventors did not
believe that sufficient adhesion was
to be attained by a smooth wheel
operating on a smooth rail. and weird
and wonderful were the devices for
overcoming this supposed defect One
ingenious engineer went so far as to
design a contrivance in which jointed
metal bars worked up and down on
the rails after the fashion of a horses
legs. and there seems to be certain
affinity between this device and the
motor car referred to above.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-13
Hospital Barqes.

Northern France is rich in water
ways, and hospital barges are already
running between Paris and the battle
front, under the auspices of the Union
des Femmes de France. The hold is
enameled white and fitted with 40
beds and at the end is the nurses
retiring-room. The barge masters
cabin is converted into a living-room
for two surgeons. There is an ope-at-
ing-room, too. with washing gear. an
electric plant. and a perfect system Of
heating. To convert a Seine barge
into a gondola OF this kind costs a
bare $500, and the results are beyond
praise-especially to fracture cases,
to whom the joting road is agony.
The wounded are hoisted in by
means of small cranes. and the barge
is then towed by steam or motor
yachts lent by wealthy persons. who
are more than glad not only to lend
their boats free Of charge, but to navi-
gate them in person, thus sharing in
the work of mercy
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-13
TWO STORIES OF THE OPAL
One Brought Bad Fortune, and the
other, an Imitation, Was
Readily Parted With.

A husband gave his wife an opal
ring. Trouble began. Their two chill
dred died. Sickness came to the wife.
The husband lost his job. The wife
became an invalid. Just before she
died she gave the opal ring to her
sister. The sister, knowing the his
tory of the ring, pawned it for what
1t would bring and burned the ticket.
A wife presented her husband with
an opal ring. For two years Jones,
who owed him money, had walked on
the other side of the street. Jones
paid him on the first day he wore the
ring. His mining stock went up five
points on the second day. The third
day his salary was raised. Love nor
money could not purchase that opal
ring.
A man dropped into Maiden lane
1ewelry shop the other day and, TAX
ing off an opal ring set with pearls.
said:
n pearl has dropped out of my
ring. I've worn that opal ten years,
and it has brought me nothing but
good luck"
The jeweler picked it up, put his
lens to his eye and said:
do you want the truth?"
The man hesitated at the question.
YES" he drawled slowly.
1T isn't an opal; it's merely a
piece of colored glass. The pearls
are limitations"
us that the TRUTH" he said slowly
1T is" said the jeweler.
The man put the ring into his coat
pocket.
Much obliged" he said. IF / die
not know the reputation of your house
| would not believe you"
AS he passed out of the door sud
den inspiration came to him.
Here he said to the colored at
tendant who held the door open fol
him, wear this. 1t will bring you
good luck" And he gave the opal
ring to the colored attendant and
walked out.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-13
CHAPTER XVI.

The Duke In Doubt.
The short journey to Africa-over
a calm and perfect sea, whose waters
were voices at her port to solace her,
and where the stars alone glowed
down like friends upon her and
seemed to understand-was a torture
to Julia Redmond. To herself she
called her aunt cruel, over and over
again, and felt a prisoner a Gagged
creature.
fremont found her charming, though
in this role of Florence Nightingale,
she puzzled and perplexed him. She
was nevertheless adorab BILE. The
young man had the good sense to
make discreet courtship and under
stood she would not be easily won.
Until they reached Algiers, indeed,
until the night before they disem-
barked, he had not said one word to
her which might not have been shared
by her aunt. In accordance with the
French CUSTOM they never were
alone. The marquise shut her eyes
and mapped considerably and gave
them every opportunity she could, but
she was always present.
The Due de fremont had been often
in love during his short life He was
Latin and thought that women are
made to be loved 1t was part of his
education to think this and to tell
them this, and he also believed it
proof of his good taste to tell them
this as soon as possible.
He was a thoroughly fine fellow
Some of his forefathers had fought
and fallen in Agfncourt. They h ad
been dukes ever since. There was
something distinctly noble in the
cred it. Possibly she had felt 1t
from the first
From the moment that the old duch-
ess had said to Robert de fremont:
Julia Redmond is a great catch,
my dear boy. l should like to have
you marry her." her son answered.:
"Bien, ma mere" with cheerful ac-
quiescence, and Immediately consid-
cred it and went to Tarascon. to the
Chateau d'Esclignac. When his
mother had suggested the visit he
told her that he intended making up
a party for the Mediterranean.
er and the American girl? Miss Red
mond has an income of nearly a mill
lion francs and they say she is we'll
| bred"
Very good ma mere"
When he saw Miss Redmond he
found her lovely; not so lovely as the
Comtesse de la Maine, whose invita-
ton to dinner he had refused on the
day his mother suggested the Chateau
d 'Esclignac. The comtesse was q
widow 1t is not very, very CONNIE
IL faut to marry widow, In the Eau.
bourg St.-Germain. Miss Redmond's
beauty was different. She was self
absorbed and cold. He did not un.
derstand her at ALL but that was the
American of her.
One of his friends had married an
American girl and found out after
ward that she chewed gum before
breakfast. Pauvre Raymond Miss
Redmond did not suggest such posi-
bilities. Still she was very different
from French jeune file.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-13

The most important lighthouse al
the present time, so far as actual op-
erations are concerned, is the light of
Helgoland, from the fact that it is
centered in the very heart of the
naval war zone. Helgoland was ceded
by Great Britain to Germany in 1890,
in return for concessions made to Brit
ain in East Africa.
The Helgoland light is an electric
one, and the most powerful in Ger
many, and is claimed by the Germans
to be the most powerful light in ex-
istence. The light consists of a clus-
ter of three revolving lights. having
a lighting power of 100000 candles,
a magnitude of light which from fig
ures alone is hard and difficult to
realize. The lights are on the search.
light principle, and the cluster is sur
mounted by single light of the same
kind and size, that can be revolved
independently and three times as fast
as the three lights. The single light
is put into use in case of accident to
the cluster of three. The electric
power is generated by two steam en-
gines and boilers, running belt-driven
electric generators.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-13

that we are en- route to Algiers, is 1t
not?"
The girl extended her hand CRATE
fully.
And thank youl Tell me, what did
you say to him?"
The marquise hummed little tune,
and softly pulled Minis ears.
Remember, my child that II we find
Monsieur de Sabron, the circumspec-
ton will have to be even greater still
Leave that to me, ma tante.''
You don't know said the de-
termined lady quite sweetly, that he
Julia"
Miss Redmond sat up in her chair,
and famed.
DO you want to make me miser-
able?"
Il intend to let my worldly wisdom
equal this emergency, Julia. l want
Robert to have no suspicion of the
facts"
How can we prevent it, ma tante?'
I'VE can do so if you will obey me"
The girl started, and her aunt, look
ing up at the Due de fremont where
he stood in the bow, saw that he
showed signs of finishing his smoke
and Of joining them
Ma tante," said the girl quickly,
have you brought me here under
false colors? Have you let him
think e"
Hush. Julia, you are indebted to
him for accomplishing your own de-
sire"
But / would never, never :"
Petite sotte," cried the marquise,
then you would never have on
this yacht"
Intensely troubled and annoyed.
Julia asked in low tone:
For heavens sake, ma tante, tell
me what the Due de fremont thinks!"
Her aunt laughed softly. THE in
trigue and romance of 1t all enter
tanned her. She had the sense of hav-
ing made very pretty concession to
her niece, of having accomplished a
very agreeable pleasure trip for her
self AS for young Sabron, he would
be sure to - discovered at the right
moment, to be lionized, decorated and
advanced. The reason that she had
no wrinkles on her handsome cheek
was because she went lightly through
life.
He thinks, my dearest girl. that
you are like all your countrywomen
little eccentric and that you have q
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-13
WORSHIP A SPURIOUS RELIC
"Tooth" of Buddha, Venerated by MIL
lions, Not the Sacred Object
II Is Believed to Be.

At Handy, in Ceylon, is kept
Buddha's tooth. which is the object
of the unbounded reverence of more
than four hundred million people.
When this holy molar was brought
to Ceylon in the sixteenth century,
Randy was only a mountain village.
Now thousands of pilgrims go every
year to the gorgeous temple where
the tooth reposes, bringing gifts of
every kind, gold and silver ornaments,
coins, jewels and even fruit and flow
ers. The kings of Burma and Siam
send annual contributions toward the
support of this temple that holds the
sacred relic. which has rather
strange history.
1t is said to have been the left eye
tooth of Buddha and to have been
taken from his ashes $500 years ago
For centuries it was the marriage
dover going with certain favored
princes.
In the fourth century after Christ
it was taken from India then the
Malabars secured it. 1t was after
ward captured by the Portuguese. who
took il to Goa. where it was burned
in 1900 by the archbishop in the pres
ence of the viceroy OF India
But a spurious tooth had to be pro-
vided to effect an international mar
riage. and the molar of a wild boar
or ape was used. Its dimensions show
that it could not be a mans. for it is
two inches long and an inch in diam
eter.
On important occasions it is dis
played. but only at a distance. It is
sometimes carried in professions on
the back of an elephant
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-13
The Zeiuler Turtle.

The Zeigler turtle, known to be at
least fifty-three years old, has been
reported seen again on the zeigler
the Express, this was captured in
1861 by Harrison zeigler, who carved
his name and the date on its she'll
Forty-eight years later it was found
again by Perry zeigler, son of Harri-
son Zeigler. Perry Zeigler added his
own name and the date to the carving
on the turtles shell and released 1t.
1t was again seen three years ago by
a member of the family, and now
Perry Zeigler saw It few days ago.
Kansas City Times.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-13

strong mind He thinks you one of
the most tender-hearted and benevo-
lent of girls"
Ma tante, ma tantel"
HE thinks you are making a little
mission into Algiers among the sick
and the wounded He thinks you are
going to sing in the hospitals
But exclaimed the girl, he must
think me mad"
Young men don't care how mildly
mad beautiful young woman is. my
dear Julia"
But, he will find out he
will know"
mo" said the marquise, that he
will not. have attended to that He
will not leave his boat during the ex-
cursion, Julia. He remains, and we
go on shore with our people"
How splendid" sighed Julia Red
mond, relieved.
I'm glad you think So" said her
aunt rather shortly. Now l have
favor to ask of you, my child"
Julia trembled.
MA tantei"
While we are on board the yacht
you will treat Robert charmingly."
Il am always polite to him, am l
not?"
you are like an irritated sphinx
to him. my dear. You must be diff
ferent"
Il thought" said the girl in a sub
dued voice, that it would be like this
oh. wish / had sailed on any vessel.
even cargo vessel"
Looking at her gently, her aunt
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-13
Queer ReIaIan VILLAGE.

Surrounded as it is by Dutch terri
tory, Barbecue, a little undefended
Belgian village in the north of the
province of Antwerp, has unique geo.
graphical position, for the Germans
cannot reach it without violating the
neutrality of Holland. 1t possesses
its post and telegraph Office, in direct
communication with French and Dutch
post offices, and people in Britain can
easily correspond with Barbecue via
Flushing and Tilbourg (Holland). For
that reason Barbecue post office has
become important, and good use
is being made of that fact in obtain
ing help for the Red Cross society.
Special postage stamps of the value
of five, ten and twenty centimes, are
being sold at ten, twenty and forty
confines, of which sums half is set
aside for the Red Cross society. The
post Office of Belgian Monaco has OBJ
tanned such celebrity that there is a
great demand for these Red Cross
stamps as souvenirs.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-13

auspicious day for interment. The
if by that name may be designated the
little rooms, each 10 by is feet, with
whitewashed brick walls and paved
with pale-red tiles. Before the coffin
hung a curtain. and in front of this
stood an empty chair, table spread
tall dolls standing on either side to
represent girl attendants.
Eggs Eighty Years Old.
Near the Flowery Pagoda in the old
deer park, formerly part of the Tar
tar Generals palace grounds, visited
the British Yamen, where English ca
diets studying Chinese used to be quar-
tered before it became customary for
them to go to Picking. Very different
from the quaint charm of these build
ings was the somewhat squalid aspect
of the courts of the famous temple of
Su Mong Mu.
One evening | was shown a number
of the fantan gambling houses, in
which the banker puts on the table a
double handful of the common coins
called cash" and then withdraws
them in tours with a small stick, the
game being to bet on the last remain
ing being either one. two, three or
none. At restaurant my friends en-
tertained me to a typical Chinese
feast. Nearly all the dishes we're pala-
table, and several extremely good, es-
pecially some eggs which were re-
puted to be eighty years old and tasted
like a glorified almond paste.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-13
schooI Of Forestrv In china.

1t is notorious that afforestation is
one of the most urgent of Chinas
needs, and it is, therefore. of interest
to learn that a school of forestry is
about to be established in the Univer
sity of Marking. The cooperation of
the director of forestry at Manila has
been secured, and it is proposed to
send two experts from Manila to aid
in establishing the school.-Scientific
American.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-13
pemoIItIon Of EIrst skx scraper.

Demolition of First Sky scraper.
There has recently been demolished.
to make way for larger structure, a
ten-story tower building, at 60 Broad
way, New York city. The building was
erected in 1889 and has been in serv-
ice for quarter of a century. Natural
ly the condition of its framework was
a matter Of interest for architects and
engineers. The frame consisted of cast
iron columns and wrought iron floor
beams. The floors were OF fat-arch,
terra Gotta construction. The frame
work was found to be In excellent con-
dition, the wrought iron beams show
ing a practical absence of rust, and
the cast iron columns, with three
inch cast iron shell around them for
fire protection. showing only a few
localized patches of rust and heavy
rusting only at few special points,
Scientific American.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-13
cold Erom the PhIIIpplnes.

The 1914 output of gold in the Phil
ippine islands shows a gain OF 80 per
cent over the year 1913. The value
OF the years yield was s1,203, 433,
little over one-half of which is from
lode mining. the remainder being the
output of dredges.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-13
Woes of Women.
hats the matter. girlie?"

Whats the matter, girlie?"
Il have lost my ideal He has mar
ried another"
81 lost mine in a slightly different
way" said the older woman reflect
lively.
How was that?'
He married ne"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-13
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strong mind. He thinks you one of
the most tender-hearted and benevo-
Liant of 0frlo
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White China Cups
and Saucers.