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evidence of which is seen in the overfilled graves.
"The success of the American was not wholly due to his greater knowl¬
edge of engineering nor to his improved machinery; neither was it due to
his ability to get into his hands large amounts of money, but. to the victory
over the humble mosquito. The strength of this tiny enemy the French neg¬
lected to appreciate. This, then, was the cause of their lgnominous defeat
in the work.
“The Panama canal is one of the greatest engineering undertakings in
the history of the world. There can be no question of that.”
BRIGADIER GENERAL SHARPE’S BIG 10B
More armies have been destroyed
by starvation than by battles. The
duko of Wellington once said that he
did not consider himself much of a
general, but that he prided himBelf on
being a first-dnsH commissary officer.
“Many can lead troops," he remarked;
"I can*feed them.”
The big job of feeding Uncle
Sam’s lighting men is in the hands
of Brig. Gen. Henry G. Sharpe, com¬
missary general of the United States
army.
In war there is unavoidable waste
of food supplies, and for this reason
It is necessary to furnish much moro
than is actually eaten. American sol¬
diers in the field waste quite as much
as they eat. The waste of our troops
In the Philippines fed half of Aguin-
aldo's insurrectos in a way that sur¬
passed their wildest dreams of luxury.
The quantity of stores required
for one day’s subsistence of half a
million men, in the field is: Hard
bread, 500,000 pounds; bacon, 262,500 pounds; sugar, 300,000 pounds; desiC'
cated vegetables (potatoes and onions). 37,500 pounds; coffee (roasted and
ground), 40,000 pounds; beans, 75,000 pounds; tomatoes, 50,000; jam, 33,750
pounds; vinegar, 5,000 gallons; salt, 20,000 pounds; pepper, 1,250 pounds.
These supplies have a total net weight of about 1,300,000 pounds, and to
transport them requires 50 freight cars of 40,000 pounds capacity, or 214
army wagons.
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traveler, are you?’
"‘Why do you ask me that?’ laughed the king.
‘“I don’t know,’ said the maid. ’But there’s something about you—per¬
haps you belong to the royal court at Madrid?’
"’Yes, I do,’ he answered.
"’Perhaps you work for his majesty himself?’
‘“Yes, 1 do.’
“‘And what do you do for him?’ asked the pretty chambermaid.
lots of things,’ the king replied. Tm shaving him just now.’ ”
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LOVE WINS KAISER’S SON
German nobility, society and offi¬
cialdom, are astonished at the an¬
nouncement that Prince Oscar of Prus¬
sia, fifth son of Kaiser Wilhelm, is to
marry Countess ina Marie, daughter
of Count Bassewitz of Mecklenburg.
It is the first instance on record
where a man of the reigning branch
of the Hohenzollerns has been mor-
ganatically engaged to wed. While
the young countess is a woman of
rank, she is not of royal blood.
It is assumed that the emperor,
who consented to the engagement,
•will confer a higher rank in the nobil¬
ity on the young countess. The em¬
peror's consent is said to have been
granted owing to the lack of an avail¬
able German princess and to his aver¬
sion to a foreign marriage for his son.
The countess met the prince while
she was a lady in waiting to Einpres^
Augusta Victoria.
By flatly announcing his intention
to marry the girl of his choice, regard¬
less of Hohenzollern precedent and family tradition, Prince Oscar won tha
Instant admiration of the German public.
THE CARNESVILLE ADVANCE, CARNESVILLE, GEORGIA.
"America will get all the credit
perhaps for completing the Panama
canal, but in giving praise where it
is due, the work of the French engi¬
neers and those engaged in the early
digging of the canal ought not to bo
overlooked,” remarked Henri Borgia
of Paris, an engineer, redently. “The
French overlooked the most impor¬
tant requisite In the Panama canal
zone—that of proper sanitation, Had
our engineers been supported in their
work by a Colonel Gorgas, the Amer¬
ican nation might not have had the
opportunity to buy the canal.
"I think it only justice that some
tribute be paid the French for their
share in this great project. It is true
they failed, but not through lack of
funds, as is proved by the beautiful
palace, the magnificent gardens, and
the record of sumptuous living of the
officials. Neither was failure due to
the unwillingness of the French peas¬
antry to contribute of their brawn,
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An undersecretary of the Spanish
legation told at a dinner party a little
story about the king of Spain, accord¬
ing to the Rehobotii Sunday Herald.
"King Alfonso,” he began, “is fond
of taking motor trips incog. He mo¬
tored recently through a wild region
of Castile. Yle put up with his modest
entourage at a more than modest inn.
” T am sure,’ he said, laughing. That
they won’t know me here!’
"Well, they did not know him
there. They treated him like an ordi¬
nary traveler. So much so. in fact,
that when he went to shave the next
morning he found there was no mir¬
ror in his room. So he went down
into the inn yard in his shirt sleeves
and there a chambermaid brought him
a broken piece of mirror, which he set
up beside the well and proceeded to
lather cheeks and chin.
“The girl stood chatting with him.
Finally she said in an odd voice;
“ ‘You are not an ordinary
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By ELMER COBB. '
Ten years before John Hayward had
been a poor lad in Staples. Now he
was returning, comparatively rich, to
settle down in the village of his birth.
And when a man does this, if he be
a bachelor, it is safe to assume that
the thought of some old boyhood
sweetheart has crossed his brain.
There were two of them—sisters.
June and Lucille Purvis were twins,
and John had been madly in love with
each alternately. Like most men, he
had two natures. One was the nature
of the average man. He liked jollity,
frivolity and a “good time.” With
pretty,* flaxen-haired Lucille, he had
enjoyed himself to his heart's content.
But for a strain of caution in his
blood, inherited from a maternal
grandfather, who was a Scotchman,
he would have proposed to her at any
of innumerable odd moments.
But John had another side, though
he hid it successfully from the world.
This was a dreamy, sentimental side,
such as the stately June alone could
satisfy. And perhaps this was his sin-
cerest and truest side. But June was
married.
And so, with lingering thoughts of
June, he proposed to ask Lucille to be
his wife. Lucille was as jolly as ever,
unattached, and apparently as young
as ten years earlier. Perhaps she was
twenty-nine. John was thirty-four.*
And, with increasing years, the June
side had developed at the expense of
the other.
"Pshaw!” he muttered. ”A man is
a sentimental fool when he passes
thirty, anyway. Lucille would make
me the jolliest wife imaginable.”
And Lucille had all but told him she
would.
But when he got back home, after
that visit during which he had fully
decided to put the question next time
—then John took out of a secret
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drawer a certain little diary which he
had carried with hin^ for ten years.
June had put that into his hands, that
day he went away—tall, rfad statuesque
June, whom he always thought s0
cold. And in it w'ere certain poignant
passages v'hich he re-read this night,
to test himself, before asking that mo¬
mentous question of Lucille.
John turned the pages.
"He is going away tomorrow',” he
read. “And I love him. And I don’t
know what to do. I must tell him.
He thinks me utterly different from
what I am. I wonder w hat he w'ould
think if he knew' how many tears I
have shed—”
The writing broke off abruptly, and
that was the last paragraph in the
book. John turned back.
“1 don’t know' what to do. I don't
know w'hy a woman is forbidden to
reveal her heart w'hen all her happi¬
ness depends upon his knowing. I
love John Hayw'ard. There! I shall
scratch out the name some day, and
then nobody will know who he is. 1
am playing a part here. I play it
whenever I meet him. He must not
know, cost what it may—and yet he
must!”
There was the dry stain of a tear |
John smiled, but not in mirth. Poor,
silly, sentimental schoolgirl outpour¬
ings! And yet how true they rang. I
He turned toward the end again.
“I shall put this book in his hands
some day—not in his hands, but some¬
where w'here he can come upon it. I
wonder if he will guess! No! I shall
destroy it!”
John set the little book down and
rested his chin upon his hands, star¬
ing at the fire, deep in thought. The
foolish triteness of the words, the
frank and unashamed sentimentality
of it went straight to his heart. It
brought back mind-pictures of happy
days of long-lost youth, when he had
been desperately in love with June—
June, the mother of two children, and
inclining to stoutness. Yet how kind-
ly she had greeted him. And she had
not seemed at all embarrassed at the
knowledge that she had given him
that foolish diary.
John W’ent to bed, and the next
morning his mind was made up. He
had put himself to the test—and he
was going to ask Lucille to be bis
wife. He knew that every man car-
ries memories of an early love hidden
away in his heart. At thirty-four the
recollection has become only a ten¬
der one. Yes, Lucille would make the
jolliest wife in the world!
And yet, somehow, It was June that
he visited that day, before he started
upon his other momentous journey.
And June looked very serious. And
presently she led right up to the
topic.
"John,” she said, "as an old friend,
I am going to say something frank to
you. Why have you come back?”
" To settle down here, ’ he answered
vaguely.
There was an embarrassing pause.
rp^en June raised her head and looked
at him directly.
“Are you going to ask Lucille to
marry you?” she asked.
« Vou know, John,” she continued,
..j don - t thjnk you are treating my
Bl8ter exactly right. Of course, Ifyou
nev er cared for her—all that Is the
f ortim e of war—I mean the chances of
a woman's life. But you have come
back and called on her. You know
she a i wa ys cared for you, John, and
n0 ne other. And she has had so many
chances.”
“Yes,” answered John slowly, "I
am going to ask her today.”
Suddenly June began crying. "God
bless you, John,” she sobbed. "You
have made me so happy. You know
I have a right to take you to task—
after giving you the diary! O, John,
what it cost us both in pride—for we
were always intimates! And it was
only because you were going away!
Poor Lucille!”
John looked at her in bewilderment.
“That was the real outpouring of a
woman's heart. John,” continued June,
“ and j don’t think we women change
much . Lucille always felt things
deeply. And when she was with you
8 jjg fgjt that she had to mask her
feelings under the guise of jollity—”
“June!” cried John, catching her by
the arm, "do you mean that that was
Lucille’s diary?”
"What?” she cried. “John! Did you
think it was I?” And suddenly tears
gave place to mirth, and she laughed
helplessly. "O, John, forgive me!”
s h e sobbed hysterically,
But John Hayward was not thinking
of forgiveness. All his thoughts were
turned upon a very different subject.
How blind he had been—how incred¬
ibly blind! Lucille the writer of those
impassioned sentences! Lucille—the
frivolous little woman whose nature
had rushed to meet his own on both
sides! He seized his hat.
•Tune clung to his arm. “John!
What are you going to do?” she cried.
"Let me go,” bellowed John. "I’m
going to rush round to Lucille before
any other chap has a chance to get
there first!”
(Copyright, 1914. by W. G. Chapman.)
DOCTORS NO LUXURY THERE
Cokts Only 60 Cents to Have Pbysi-
► cian of Prague, Austria, Make '
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The doctor’s bill is not such a thing
to dread in Austria as in some parts
of the world, as a report from United
States Consul Frank Deedmeyer, sta¬
tioned at Prague, shows.
The City of Prague with a popula¬
tion in city and suburbs of about 600,-
000, has only about 800 physicians, or
one for every 7,500 persons. A doctor
charges for a daytime call in a middle-
class family only 60 cents, or 10 cents
more than if the patient calls on him
in his office. For a night call the doc¬
tor receives $1.20 to $2, according to
the distance. Only professors attached
to the clinics of the two local univer¬
sities charge more, receiving $2 to $4
for a house call and $2 for an office
visit. As in this country, the physi¬
cians, except those of the homeopath-
ic school, do not supply medical rem¬
edies..
“At most of the hospitals under the
control of the Roman Catholic associ¬
ation,” continues Mr. Deedmeyer,
“treatment and care are entirely free.
Nurses at hospitals are paid 80 cents
a day for the first year, with an an¬
nual increase of 20 cents per month;
at sanitariums, from $6 to $8 per week;
at private houses, from 80 cents to $1
per day, board being always included
for all nurses.
“About 100 dentists practise in this
city. The average charges are; Draw¬
ing one tooth, 40 cents; cement filling,
60 cents to $1; amalgam filling, 80
cents to $2: gold filling, $2 to $4;
bridgework, $10 to $20.
“The annual Incomes of these pro¬
fessional men are estimated as fol-
lows: Head professor in charge of
clinics, salary paid by the govern¬
ment, $1,440 to $1,600, and $5,000 to
$11,000 from privajte practise; other
professors at clinics, salary paid by
the government, $1,000, and from pri¬
vate practise, $4,000 to $10,000; gen¬
eral medical practitioner, not attached
to any clinic. $3,000 to $3,500; the av¬
erage income of a dentist is $5,000.
Centenary of Famous Man.
Charles Anderson, governor of Ohio,
was born one hundred years ago near
Louisville, K.v. After being admitted
to the bar in 1S43 he began the prac-
t ise of law in Dayton. Ohio. A year
later he was elected to the legisla-
ture. In 1859 he moved to Texas,
where he remained until the outbreak
of the Civil war. Returning to Ohio
he volunteered in the federal army
and was appointed colonel of a regi-
ment of volunteers. He was severely
wounded in- the battle of Stone river,
and resigned his commission, return-
ing to Ohio, where in 1863 he was
elected lieutenant governor, with John
Brough as governor. The death of
the latter in 1865 gave the guberna-
torial chair to Mr. Anderson. He died
in Paducah, Ky., in 1S95.
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/a chic mid-summer hat are more
effective than a scarf and bag that
are selected without much reference
to the hat. Hat and bag and parasol
to match, made a combination that,
early in the present season, marked
one of its successes. A set of this
kind for the promenade, or for the
short journey, is in the outfit of many
a smart dresser whose discriminating
taste is a matter of intuition and edu¬
cation combined.
For threse three-piece sets for the
promenade taffeta silk has been
chosen, but in a three-piece set like
that shown in the picture the scarf
requires a softer fabric. Pink silk
crepe in which poppies and their foli¬
age are woven in shades of pink and
green and white is the material used.
The flowers are as wonderfully pic¬
tured as if done by the cunning brush
of a flower painter instead of the
equally wonderful weaving of the silk
looms. The scarf is two yards long
and three-quarters w'ide, lined with
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»J»RIUMPHANT in the realm of foot-
wear are the Colonial pumps, and
they deserve all the admiration they
have received at the hands of appre-
ciative women. This appreciation is
of a very substantial kind, since well-
made pumps bring from $6 to $11
a pair. They are marvels of fit and
shapeliness and comfort, and have oth-
er features to recommend them to all
those who are growing more and more
exacting as to their footwear.
First is their splendid style, and
then their adaptability to occasions,
The same pair of pumps, finished with
a plain, dull black buckle, which does
duty for the morning walk, the shop-
ping tour and utility wear in gen¬
eral, by a change of buckles, shines
otherwhere as well. Several sets of
buckles to one pair of pumps help out
wonderfully. Small, cut steel ones,
mounted on a tiny flat bow, become
the visiting gown, and for the tango
tea large and somewhat showier steel
buckles are appropriately adopted.
In the illustration given here one of
the number (with small straps and
body of the shoe in patent leather with
vamp in a dull finish) shows how
well two different leathers look when
combined. This vamp is more com¬
fortable and cooler than an all-patent-
leather shoe. The management of the
straps allows the proper adjustment
of the shoe without too much incurv¬
ing at the back.
There is among the wonderful vari¬
ety of patterns in which Colonial
pumps are made a shoe suited to
every foot. And there is nothing else,
in which the foot looks quite so at¬
tractively dressed.
white silk crepe, Its edges are fin-
ished with hemstitching and the ends
are gathered into double tassels with
double square medallions of silk braid
into w'hich the raw ends of the scarf
are thrust and sewed.
The bag is made with a circular
piece of stiff canvas or buckram two
inches in diameter, covered with the
crepe, used for the bottom. The fig¬
ured crepe is hued with the same ma¬
terial as the scarf and fastened into
frames which are bought for the pur¬
pose. A big butterfly of embroidery
and chiffon adorns one side of it, with
a poppy and foliage appearing on the
opposite side. The bottom has two
silk tassels sewed to it.
The hat has a puffed crow'n of the
silk crepe, a turned-up brim of hemp
and a coronet of jetted horsehair lace.
It is decorated with a collar of pink,
double-faced moire ribbon and a pair
of smajl wings on a stem made of
feathers, spangled with jet sequins.
A set of this kind is very useful
with the light gowns of summertime.
The good-looking and substantial
boot also shown in the picture Is for
those who undertake all sorts of ex-
cursions in walking, mountain climb-
ing. and traveling, or those who like
a plain and substantial and altogether
comfortable shoe for daily wear. It is
made with kid vam$> and cloth uppers,
and may be had in combinations of
leather. The sole is fairly heavy and
has a small extension; the heel is low.
In keeping with its general character
the stitching of the parts together
makes its only decoration.
This particular shoe was designed
for the miss, but it is so similar in
character to the shoe for grown-ups
which answers the purposes described,
that there is no apparent difference
in them. JULIA BOTTOM LEY.
Flower Hint.
Sprays of flowers, with woody
stems, such as roses, lilacs, etc.,
should have half an inch of the bark
stripped off before putting them in
water. Sappy stems, such as tulips,
hyacinths, etc., should have their
stems cut crosswise about half an
inch. By such means the water
reaches the stems more quickly and
the flowers will keep fresh longer.
Saves the Hands.
Dutch women have a clever scheme
for saving the hands when blackening
the stove.
Before touching the stove they lath¬
er their hands with soap and allow the
lather to dry before they begin the
blackening process.
The soap prevents the blackening
from adhering to the fingers.