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1 These are the ladles of the Chinese legation In Washington. In the cen
ter is Mrs. Chang, wife of Minister Chang Yin Tang; at the left is Miss Lily
Chang and at the right Miss Alice Chang. These ladies have speedily adopt
ed American styles and ways.
THRUST IN THE DARK
Servian Soldier Tells Story of
Experiences in War.
Encounter Between Sentry and Alban
ian In Blackness of Night and Storm
—Walting In Pitchy Darkness
for Unseen Enemy.
Salonlki, Macedonia. —A Servian sol
dier just returned from Albania re
lated the following episode as hia
worst ‘experience In the war:
“I was on night duty as a sentry on
the Albanian hills, where rain and
dark overtook us. Aif th A region was
unknown to us, but the tribes were
Moslem, and supposed to be hostile.
I knew that thousands of lives de
pended on me; I stood motionless,
weary, stone cold, and unable to see
anything, glad to rest my back some
times behind me. I got to thinking of
home in spite of myself, till I was
startled by a rustle some paces off.
We were warned not to make any
noise, so I did not touch my gun, but
got my sword ready.
"There was no other sound for a
long time, except the pouring of the
rain. Ido not know how many hours
it was till a stone from above rattled
past me and fell to the precipice be
low. I tried to persuade myself the
rain had dislodged it, but the rustle
began again, and I knew something
living was near. I made the sign of
the cross and held my sword straight
in front of me. I strained my eyes,
but could not see a move or a gleam
in, the black night.
“The muffled sound continued, ever
s slightly, but distinguishable, and
I had the horrid sensation of being
seen by what I could not see. I made
no move, but suddenly my sword en
countered something, and I pressed
hard, just taking one step forward.
There was a strange gurgle. I was
shivering and drenched, but some hot
drops now fell on my hand. I pulled
back my sword, and heard some heavy
object tumble down the slope, won
dering whether it was a dog or a wolf
or a strayed mule —or a man. I felt
the blade and found it wet with some
thing thicker than rain. I held it near
my eyes, in vain. I wiped it on the
damp earth at my feet, and waited for
another encounter, but there was no
PRINCE GETS OLD CASTLE
As Duke of Cornwall, He Comes Into
Possession of Famous Maidun
Encampment.
London.—One of the most interest
ing relics of prehistoric times has just
come into the possession of the Prince
of Wales as Duke of Cornwall in the
shape of Maidun castle, the famous
prehistoric encampment near Dorches
ter.
The encampment was offered for
sale by auction, and has been bought
by the Duchy of Cornwall at the insti
gation of the king. It first came into
the market in July last, when it was
offered by auction in Dorchester. The
bidding started at $5,000 and the prop
erty was withdrawn at $7,125.
Maidun castle, according to Sydney
Heath, the great authority on the
South Devon and Dorset coast, is "a
memorial that has remained In almost
perfect condition to our own day,
whereas its only rivals in interest
and importance, Stonehenge and Old
Sarom, have but few figments to
show for their greatness.
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further sound till dawn approached
and the cocks began to crow in some
village far away.
“I watched in agony for the coming
of the round ball in the heavens that
would bring relief, and I longed to lie
down and sleep. With the first rays,
however, our commander gave orders
to march, as he had information we
were surrounded by danger. We went
down the same rugged path we had
climbed the night before, and at the
bottom of a ravine right beneath my
post at the rock lay the body of an
Albanian, fully armed, Jn a pool of
blood, with a hole in his, breast and a
long two-edged knife in Ml closed fist.
Four heurs later w* defeated his tribe
and burned their village.”
HE KISSESi GIRL ON POSTER
California Man Makes Ardent Love to
Picture of Lass on Bill
Board.
Oakland. —A monomania for pretty
poster girls caused the arrest of Frank
Castells by Patrolman Bernard Curran
at Sixteenth and Cypress streets.
Castells was observed by Curran
making ardent love to a bright-eyed
young woman pasted on a board. The
man stooped and kissed the litho
graph on the lips and as Curran ap
proached kissed It again.
Curran grasped Castells by the
shoulder. He broke away and began
tearing the poster from the board.
“What are you doing?” the police
man asked. “Come along with me.”
“But let me take her along,” Cas
tells pleaded. “I love her and I want
her.”
Castells Is said to have appropriat
ed many posters of beautiful women
in the past. The billboard companies
had been complaining to the police
that their advertisements were being
torn down and a watch was set for
the vandal.
Doctor Makes New Chin for Girl.
Baltimore, Md. —A new chin, com
posed of different parts of the patient’s
body, was grafted upon a little girl by
physiclane at a local hospital. The
child had fallen upon a stove and the
skin upon her chin was seared to the
bone. When the wound healed she had
no mouth.
“All our leading authorities now
agree that this stupendous stronghold,
earthwork or oppidum is not only of
pre-Roman date, but that it was occu
pied and probably strengthened by the
Durotriges, the race of immigrant
Belgae who wrested it from older
Celts, who named it Mal Dun. It was
certainly used by the Romans, who
strengthened it with Purbeck stone,
and for whom it provided something
in the nature of a summer camp.”
Lightning Disrobes Farmer.
Mount Vernon, 11l. —J. A. Van Win
kle, farmer, living south of Mount
Vernon, was struck by lightning and
made unconscious. His body was
stripped of all clothing and all the hair
burned from his head. He crawled
quite a distance, when consciousness
returned.
Tripped 293 Dances.
Beaver Falls, Pa. —Mrs. John Kux
lux may die as the result of attempt
ing to dance 300 dances at her own
wedding. She collapsed when seven
dances from her goal. She has $293,
anyway.
IRWINTON, WILKINSON OOUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1913.
RIPLEY SEES CRISIS AHEAD
President of Santa Fe Railroad De
clares That Congress Is Danger
ously Radical.
Chicago.—E. P. Ripley, president of
the Santa Fe railroad, is distrustful of
the country’s political future. He has
no downright fear that the United
States is heading for disaster; the
tendency may be checked in time to
prevent a catastrophe. There are cer
tain signs which make him hopeful
that the headlong course will be
stopped, but he is far from sure.
The house and the senate, in his
view, are dangerously radical. The
one compensating factor in Washing
ton is that which is relative to the
railroads. He believes that the Inter
state Railroad Commission is less per
ilous than it was, say, a year ago.
Mr. Ripley returned from California
yesterday and went direct to his home
in Riverside. The president of the
Santa Fe is gradually recovering from
an acute attack of indigestion, which
occurred seven weeks ago in Cali
fornia.
“I suppose I have unwittingly ac
quired the reputation of being a pess
imist,” said Mr. Ripley. “I am per
fectly conscious of not agreeing with
the majority of people who elect leg
islators, but long experience as a rail
road man and as an observer of poli
tical tendencies impels me to say that
the United States of today, in its gen
political aspect, that is to say, in its
political trend, is not at all what the
founders of this country intended.”
0. K. SHIPS ‘RIGHT AND ‘LEFT
Admiral Winslow’s "Port" and "Star
board” Protest Turqed Down by
General Board.
Washington, D. C. —Although Rear-
Admiral Cameron McR. Winslow pro
tested against the use of ‘right” and
“left” instead of "port” and "star
board” in giving orders to the helms
men in the navy. Secretary Daniels
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Rear-AdmiralWlnslow.
has announced that the change which
he recently ordered would stand.
Admiral Winslow based his protest
upon the simplicity of sounds of the
words “right” and “left" when given
as orders In a strong breeze. The gen
eral board, to which Secretary Daniels
referred the protest, did not agree
with the admiral, however, and recom
mended that the change stand.
End Long Hunger Strike.
Denver, Colo. —Assemblyman Bacon,
charged with the murder of his wife
gnd step-daughter, ended his hunger
strike of over 124 hours when he drank
two gallons of buttermilk and ate two
dozen doughnuts.
Fearing Death, Man Cuts Off Foot.
Penn Yan, N. Y. —Fearing that he
would die from gangrene, which devel
oped in his big toe, Isaac Bassett,
aged seventy-five, amputated his foot
with a pocket knife.
"Human Pin Cushion."
Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y. —An elder
ly woman patient at Matteawan asy
lum is called the “human pin cushion,”
having swallowed a four-inch hat pin
and six safety pins, all safely removed
by an operation.
Then She Fainted.
New York.—Miss Helen Maloney
hung to the window sill of her West
One Hundred and Ninety-sixth street
home while in a somnambulistic spell.
She was taken down with the aid of a
ladder and then fainted.
Against Tight Skirts.
Saranac Lake, N. Y.—Because ‘ sau
sage skin skirts ain’t more natural
in the Adirondacks than a hair on a
piece of cheese," guides here have
adopted the resolutions decrying them.
Diplomas for "Coppers."
Chicago. —Beautifully engraved dip
lomas are being handed out to first
graduates of the new school of in
struction for Chicago, “coppers."
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