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On tbu wcsttmi eoast of Central
America is a tribe of liulians who are
•very proud of their a pops try, tracing
it to the Aztecs, who were a semi-civ-
ilitsed people. They trade with other
races, hut marry ouly among them
selves. Nature in tropical climates
supplies food lu such superabundance
that the natives may exchange what
they don’t need for what will provide
other necessaries than food.
The principal food produced among
this tribe of Central America is cocoa-
nuts. The Indians do not need to
climb the trees to gather them, for
when they are ripe they fall to the
ground. All day at the harvest season
there is a constant dropping, and at
night one who Is unaccustomed to the
sound will be kept awake by it.
There .seems to be a natural law that
those who don’t have to work for a
living consider themselves better than
those who do. Whether it was tills Im
munity from labor or the fact of the
blue Aztec blood in their veins, these
Indians would admit of no union
among their people with any other.
Their cocoanuts brought ships to their
shores, ami the sailors necessarily came
ashore to load them. This was always
done by daylight, but when night came
every man on the island must leave.
The Aztecs described by the Spanish
conquerors were a delicately made
race, and some of their women In their
dusky wuj were beautiful. So it was
with these iudiaus of Central Amer
ica. They would go to the shore in
groups while the sailors were loading
their boats with cocoanuts, and doubt
less there were glances between them
and the Jack tars. But the girls knew
that there must be no further courting,
for should there be the life of one or
both would be forfeited.
One day a ship was loading cocoa-
nuts on the shore of these proud
people. Several gills stood on the
bank watching tile yawls come to the
bench, take on a load of cocoanuts and
start back for the ship. This getting
a boat over the breakers is always an
entertaining sight. Several men walk
ing in the shallow water would pull
the boat out to where the oars might
take hold; then the oarsmen, watching
nn opportunity between waves, would
pull lustily in order to pass the uext
wave before it broke. Unless the boat
was skillfully handled it was liable to
be capsized.
The morning when the girls were
watching the sailors the breakers were
quite high. The rudder of a boat com
ing from the sldp was anshipped by
striking a bar a short distance from
the shore, and. the coxswain not being
able to keep ber straight for the shore,
her side was turned to the incoming
waves, and she was capsized. Some
of the men in her got ashore, and
some were drowned. One was washed
ashore some distance below where the
boat was to have landed. There he
lay, rolled hither and thither by each
succeeding line of foam that slid high
up on the beach.
The men who succeeded in getting
ashore alive were helped by the girls,
who waded into the water for the pur
pose. One girl, seeing the body that
had been washed ashore some distance
from tlie others, ran to him.
Lying unconscious on the sands, his
light curly hair stirred by the ever
moving water, he was a picture of
manly beauty. He was Ned Phillips,
considered by his mates the daredevil
of their number. He never went
ashore that he did not get into a scrape
and on several occasions had been
saved by some of them from getting
killed.
The girl kneeled by him and lifted
his head In her arms. Whether it was
their warmth or the change of posi
tion or that he had been revived by
the air, he opened his eyes and looked
Into a dusjty face with sympathetic
eyes, all of which seemed very beau
tiful to him. He had become exhaust
ed shortly before being thrown up on
the beach and was therefore not very
far gone. He returned the look of
sympathy with one of gratitude, admi
ration, love. Then, staggering to his
feet, he pulled himself together, and
the two rejoined the others.
But Ned was not in condition for
anything but rest He lay down on
the sand, and the girl who had raised
him from the water sat by him and
fanned him with a tropical leaf. For
a time the other girls stood about them
looking down ut Ned’s pale face and
limp figure. But young people soon
detest the mating of those about them,
and one by one the girls stole away
and left them together. Presently one
of the other girls came and whispered
something in the ear of Ned’s mate,
and with a frightened look she rejoin
ed the others. Some native men were
coming.
In due time, the sea having gone
down, the process of loading was re
sumed. Phillips, with two other men
who had suffered by the spill, was left
on shore to recuperate. This was bad
policy so far as he was concerned, for
the girls resumed their position as
watchers, aDd Ned caught a few mo
ments when no native men were
present to endeavor by signs and a
! few Spanish words ho knew some ot
i which tin. girl who had taken him in
; her antis understood that he was
I grateful.
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managed to secure a few moments now
am! again without being scon by any of
the natives or whether they wore seen
by some who did not betray them Is
tt matter which does not appear. The
( sailors would do anything in their pow-
i cr to protect Ned. and it may be that
| the girl had friends of hot 1 own sex
\ who would screen her.
The weather proving at times unpro-
pitious the loading ol’ the ship was de-
I Inyed, and Ned Phillips' love affair
! had time to grow strong. Kit her luck
■ favored him or friends hel| Ji * the pair
I to avoid detection until the ship was
! ready to sail; then the storm broke
over the heads of the white sailor and
the Indian girl,
Ned had become so infatuated that
he resolved to attempt to carry his love
away with him. The girl, though loath
i to leave those who had boon till the
world to her for a new life of which
she knew nothing, was ready to make
the plunge, though site realized that If
J she failed in the attempt her life would
be forfeited. The evening before the
ship was to sail Ned pulled ashore
alone in one of the ship’s boats. The
Indian girl was concealed in a grove
of cocoanut trees some fifty yards from
the verge. She had recently been
; suspected and was watched by one
who saw her enter the grove. When
tills person saw Ned coming he gave
I the alarm, hut too late to prevent the
, girl from getting into the boat.
| There was but little sen rolling, nud
Ned was pulling from the shore when
a short distance up the beach the girl
; saw a pnrtv of Indian men hurrying
a canoe to the water. A race was at
! hand, with two lives at stake. Ned's
muscle was equal to a spirited pull,
and he gave way at once with all his
1 strength. The girl sat in the stern and
1 covered her face with her hands.
A ship’s boat is not usually made for
one pair of ours. Although Ned had
j the smallest one of the lot. It was very
heavy. But so much depended upon
| the effort that lie bad strength far
beyond what was natural to him. Ills
distance from the ship was a trifle
less than that of the natives, but they
could pul! much faster than lie. They
were gaining on Inin, and he saw that
despite the marvelous effort he was
putting forth they would intercept him
when the girl, who faced the ship, took
her hands from her eyes, and a newly
awakened hope shone in her face. Ned
burned to have a look ot what she
saw. but dared not cease rowing long
enough to do so. But by signs she con
trived to tell him that a boat was be
ing lowered from the ship, and in an
other moment it was full of men and
coming toward them.
There were now two points at issue-
first, to save their lives the lovers must
meet the ship's boat before the In
dians could overtake them; second, if
they succeeded in tills n fight must
occur between the rescue party and
the pursuers. On came the sailors, now
and again some one of the oarsmen
,in his haste striking the water and
sending up the spray. On came the
Indians, paddling carefully, but rapid
ly. Ned could see only the latter and
knew that unless his friends were pret
ty near it would be all up with him
and his love.
He saw a man in the bow of one of
the canoes raise a spear and aim it
at the girl. While it was coming from
the canoe Ned turned ttie boat just in
time to save her. The man took up
another spear and was about to hurl
it when there was a report, and the
spearman dropped. lie had been shot
from the ship's boat.
The three boats now came together.
The canoe contained, amoug others,
the father of the girl, who was bent
on killing both his daughter and the
man who was carrying her away from
her people. The sailors, not wishing
to kill the Indians, fought with their
oars. The Indians bad bad time only
to collect a few spears, and they were
soon sinking to the bottom without
buving done any serious damage. Ned
kept his eye on any one who showed
signs of injuring the girl, and no soon
er was a blow aimed at iter than he
parried it with his oar. Finally with
a blow lie sent one of her enemies into
the water and upset the canoe.
This ended the fight While the In
dians were hanging on to their canoe
a man in the ship’s boat threw Ned a
rope. All gave way. and Ned and the
girl were pulled to safety.
When the lovers were taken aboard
the ship the crew, who had been
watching the flight and the fight,
greeted them with a lusty cheer. Even
the captain, whose duty it was to keep
his men from interfering with the na
tives. with whom he traded, could not
refrain from a hearty welcome.
Contrary to whnt might have been
expected, the match turned out a hap
py one. Ned concluded to leave a sea
faring life and settled down on the
const of New England, where he en
gaged in fishing. He has accumulated
some means and owns the house in
which he lives. He has several sutl-
wnrt sons and comely daughters of a
darker hue than himself, but lighter
than their mother, to whom he has of
ten told the story of how she was cap
tured with a death penalty hanging
over ber.
ANIMAL TOILETS.
Cleanlinass Rules mid Sonio Crcaturos
Wash Each Othor.
Most atiinrlIn love cleanliness. Wo
have nil seen sparrows ilil their tenth
era with dust and then shake them
selves Until they are clean Tills Is
inn* of their ways of wunhitig. And
we have all watched the cat lick her
self till she Is spotless and shining
For-her toilet the cat makes use of her
tongue, mil and her paws. A cat's
tongue is rough, having nil over it tiny
hot’n.v papillae that are directed In
ward. Fussy brushes herself all over
with her tongue, using the hard rough
pads under her paws upon those purls
that are beyond the reach of her
tongue, tier claws sin* uses as a comb
to take tangles and matted foreign
substances out of her for. She also
picks her teeth with her elaws.
The cat uses the pads of her feet like
a sponge, moistening them with sa
liva and passing them repeatedly over
her head and face. Finally, to com
plete her toilet, slur gives herself a few
whisks with her tail.
Sone animals wash each other. Con
dors, vultures and eagles alter a feast
of carrion lly to the nearest water and
splash about in it until their feathers
are clean. The care that animals
which live together in communities
take to keep their homes clean is as
tonishing and Is well seen in the nests
of moles and especially among the bees
and ants —New York World.
SAFETY FROM FIRE.
A Method For Insuring Escape From
a Crowded Building.
lu discussing tlie best means of emp
tying a loft or factory building of lls
occupants in time of fire or panic, 11.
F. .1. Porter, expert on safety from fire
and known as the father of the tire
drill, points out a method for solving
the escape from a crowded building.
This method Is a fire wall so arrang
ed on a building as practically to bisect
it. Tills wall must lie continuous from
collar to roof and be provided with
doorways on each floor, closed liy iiuto-
lnatie fire doors. The building must be
designed with two sets of egress facili
ties of ample proportions, one set locat
ed on each side of the wall accessible
from each floor.
No lire Is at till likely to occur on
both sides of this lire wall simultane
ously*. unless it is of Incendiary origin.
Should a lire occur the alarm sounds,
and the occupants of the building on
tlie side where the fire is merely have
to pass through them and be perfectly
safe.
A fire drill will empty either side of
a building so equipped, no matter bow
many stories high, in a minute. The
refugees remain in the safe side of the
building until the fire lias been put out,
or they may at any time without haste
use the egress facilities provided there,
which would be free from smoke or
tire.—St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Just Why We Sneeze.
Sneezing may be due to one of a
number of causes. A bright light will
cause many people to sneeze, as also
the pollen of certain plants, while there
are few people but will sneeze lu the
presence of dust. When you have a
cold the sneezing Is due to an attempt
by nature to cure you. She is trying
to make you sneeze for the same pur
pose that she wants you to shiver—to
genernte heat for warming the blood
and preventing you from taking more
cold—to help relieve the cold you have.
For one does not sneeze with ills nose,
but with the entire body. During the
act every muscle of the body gives a
jump, us it were. It goes into a Bortof
spasm that warms the entire system.—
New York American.
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STOPS ROOT Kill
State Bo.nrd
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Atluniu.
O Entomology Tells Of
That Attacks Many
Plants.
Forgot Her Sister.
A woman from a small town, In tlie
city to do some shopping, stepped up
to a clerk at the hosiery counter in
one of the department stores.
“Say,” she said, “1 want to get two
pairs of stockings like my sister from
Kentucky bought here last August.”
“I don’t know your sister, and I
probably would not remember wbnt
she bought, even if I were acquainted
with her," explained the clerk.
“You must remember my sister,” in
sisted the customer. “She is n little,
heavy set woman.”—Indianapolis News
The Duke's Walk.
“To meet one in the duke's walk.”
This is au invitation to fight a duel.
In the vicinity of Holyrood house,
Scotland, there is a place called the
duke’s walk, so called from its being
the favorite promenade of the Duke
of York, afterward King James II.
This walk is said to have been tbo
common rendezvous for settling affairs
of honor, as the site of the British
piuseum was in England.
Revenge!
“Why are you so crazy to take mud
baths? There’s nothing the matter
with you.”
“It’s this way, doctor. I was brought
up in u lace collar and a Fauritleroy
suit. And I always vowed tiiat I
would get my share of playing in the
mud some day.”—Louisville Courier-
Journal.
It Made a Difference.
"Buffers is always talking about his
love for the plain people.”
“Yes?"
“Well, the other day somebody called
his daughter plain, and he was hotter
than a red headed hornet.”—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
(In (Special.) -Georgia
cotton planters, especially where tho I
soil is sandy, have had eonsldertihlo
trouble with the disease known as
root knot, caused by minute eel worms
or nematodes, which bore Into tin* ,
roots and live there. The ll'ritutlon of
their presence results in the formation
of irregular swellings or galls, varying
in bIvic from liny enlargements on
the smaller roots to knots an Inch or
more in diameter on the large ones.
Unlike wilt, or black root, root knot
attacks a very large number of plants,
many of which are important farm
crops, says State Entomologist E. Leo
Worsham. The crops most severely at
tacked by root knot Include soy beaus,
boots, cantaloupe, carrots, celery, bur
clover, crimson clover, cow pea (all
varieties except iron and Brabham
and other Iron hybrids), cucumber,
eggplant, tigs, lettuce, okra, peaches, i
pecans, pomegranate, potato, salsify, !
squash, tobacco, tomato, watermelon. I
Platjts less severely injured by root. I
knot include the following: Alfalfa, j
asparagus, lima bean, snap bean, cab
bage, sweet clover, collat'd, cotton, !
mulberry, onion, garden pea, sweet po
tato, radish, spinach, strawberry, su- |
gnr cane, common vetch, hairy vetch, j
Tlie male worms are too small to
be seen by the naked eye, but tho
female when full of eggs assumes a
spherical shape and may be often dis
tinguished in freshly broken roots as
glistening bodies half the size of a
pin head. Each female lays sevornl
hundred eggs. Boot knot is essentially
a disease of light or sandy soils. It
may be transferred from one field to
another by any agency which will car
ry the nematode or their eggs. It
may be spread by drainage water or
introduced by nursery stock.
Controlled By Rotation
It has been repeatedly demonstrated
by many farmers that root, knot can
be controlled by tho use of proper
crop rotations. Tho principles on
which such rotations are based are
the use of crops immune to nematode
attacks until the nematodes are suf
ficiently reduced so that crops sus
ceptible to them may be profitably
grown; and in the second place, tho
removal of all weeds subject to root
knot. The use of crops that will re
turn a profit and the building up of the
fertility of the soil are also import
ant considerations, if the land is
very badly Infested with nematodes
as well ns wilt, a two or three year
rotation with immune crops is rec
ommended before susceptible crops in
cluding cotton ure grown, in one or
two years thereafter the rotation with
immune crops should lie repeated. Im
mune crops, alternated with suscepti
ble ones, will reduce the nematode in
jury to u minimum.
Tlu* following crops are largely or
entirely immune to root knot: Bnrley,
velvet bean, beggar weed, cliufas,
corn, Brabham cow pea, Iron cow pea,
Iron hybrid cow pea, bermuda grass,
crab grass, grasses (nearly all), kaf
fir, millets (nearly all), milo, winter
oats, peanut, rye, sorghum, wheat.
The farmer generally will have to
work out Ills own problem as to rota
tions, depending on location, but the
State Board of Entomology will ho
glad at. ul, times to furnish any pos
sible assistance or information.
Curious Old Custom.
In Peru it was once the custom for
iomestie servants to have two of their
upper front teeth extracted. Their ab
sence indicated servitude.
Loyal to Aunt May.
Aunt May was the favorite aunt of
little Ellen. One day the former said
to her, naming three other aunts,
“Which do you like best, Aunt Anna,
Aunt Emily or Aunt Palmer?” Little
Ellen looked thought fill a moment and
then said, "Why, 1 like Aunt Anna
better than Aunt Palmer, but 1 don’t
like anybody best what isn’t vott.”
Horse Chestnut Tree In Bottle.
Horse chestnuts can he grown in a
bottle of water. Use a bottle with a
neck wide enough to hold the chest
nut, adding water to just touch the nut
and stand it In a window. Boots will
form, followed by a stem and leaves.
If the water is constantly supplied the
tree can grow for years in the bottle.
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11:13-15-17 Whitehall Street,
Tho South’s greatest outfit tors’ entire stock
of the highest class Men’s unci Young Men’s
suits, Furnishing Goods, Hats and Shoes, etc.
Boys’ and Children’s wearables including aii
the new Spring and Summer EVierchanciise
now on sale, at the most astonishing reductions
ever offered in the clothing history of the entire
South.
In order to complete our future plans of a Modern
Department Store, this high grade stock of Men’s and
Young Men’s outfitting.*?, must be converted into
CASH AT ONCE.
The new corporation who recently took over Eiseman
Bros., Inc,, purchased the stock of merchandise out
right tit practically one-half the original whole
sale cost and it is now being sold at correspond
ing reductions.
It is not necessary to go into detail relative to the
hiyrh class merchandise carried by this great institution.
Practically every standard line of men’s wearables
made in the United States, is now being sold at re
markably low prices, including
Fruhauf, Naumburgand Hirsh-Wickwire’s, world renowned
clothes.
Manhattan and Artistic Shirts.
Hess and Eiseman Bros. Low Shoes.
John B. Stetson and Crofut-Knapp and Eiseman Bros,
special hats.
“ Piccadilly” American Hosiery and Scriven Underwear
and other famous brands.
The reputation for high class merchandise, courteous
treatment, and honorable dealings that Eiseman Bros.,
Inc., have enjoyed for the past fifty years, which has
made them the LEADING CLOTHING INSTITUTION
OF THE ENTIRE SOUTH will be strictly adhered to
during this gigantic sale.
A Few of the Many Bargains
Men’s $18 Suits $12.45 Men’s $25 Suits $16.45
Men’s $20 Suits 14.45 Men’s $50 Suits 19.45
Men’s 50c Work Shirts . . . 29c
Men’s 50cHo.se 29c
Men’s 75c Silk Hose .... 39c
Men’s $1.50 Silk Front Shirts . . 95c
Men’s $3 Hats $1.95
Men’s $'4 Low Shoes . . . 2.95
Boys’ 50c Knee Pants 33c
Boys’ 50c Waists 35c
Boys’ $6.50 Suits $3.95
Boys’ $7.50 Blue Serge Suits with 2 pair Pants 4.95
Men’s $5 Pants $2.45
Men’s $5 Silk Shirts 3.45
Thousands of other values we cannot quote here. Ail
to be sold at greatly reduced prices. Every transaction
is bonafide. Every article is guaranteed as advertised—
or money refunded.
EISEMAN BROS., Inc.,
11-13-15-17 Whitehall Street,
Atlanta,. Ga.
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Buy round trip tickets and present the return stub.
Railroad fares paid BOTH WAYS to purchasers of $25
or over for a radius of fifty miles.
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It may be a good one, and it may not. That
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buying the wrong house. Most likely we can
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