AEROPLANE PHOTOGRAPH OF NOTED RESORT
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Tbli photograph of Palm Beach. Fla., waa ^ken from an aeroplane In night over the city.
CHAMPION GUNNERS OF UNITED STATES NAVY
A/. - ?<l -
Ounnera of the U. S. 8 Georgia on top of their eight-Inch gun turret after winning the champlonehlp at the
anhual target practice off the VlrglnU capes. They are entitled to keep the letter E on the turret until aurpasaed
by another gun crew. At the right le CapL R E. Koonts of the Georgia
TOMMY ATKINS AS NURSE
The British soldier Is notoriously
kind to children, snd one 5f~'hls
majesty'* soldiers Is here seen helpV,
Ins a poor Wench peasant womanJ
take care of her baby.
Hla Claim.
John Skelton Williams, controller
of the currency, speaking before the
Southern society at New York, said
that he had put many persona under
obligation to himself?just how many
he had not realized until one man
came to him In Washington to borrow
tan dollars.
"1 didn't recall the fellow," Williams
said, "and at last I asked him: 'See
here, why should I lend you ten dol
Urn?'",
""Well.' the man answered hopeful
ly,. "I thought you'd remember me. I
beard you fnake that speech In Rich
mond last week?I was the fellow who
stayed through to the end.' "
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Cause for Cackling.
natbush? What are the chickens
making such a racket out In your back
yard for?
Bansonhurst? Why, didn't you see In
the paper that congress had decided to
distribute free seeds as usual this
year?
MR. AND MRS. CROKER'S HONEYMOON
lyir. Richard Croker. the ex-Tammany chieftain, and hla vlfe, who waa
formerly Mlaa Beulah Benton Edntbndson, a descendant of Chief Blue Jacket
of the Cherokee Indian nation, are a pending their honeymoon at Palm Beach.
Mr. Croker haa a private eatate several miles from there and the happy
couple have energetically set themselves to cultivating and beautifying the
grounda. \
th^eTr ei^a^ement an^nouncecT
The engagement ot Mlae Cordelia Diddle of Philadelphia to Angler Duke
of New York hoe been announced. The happy pair are seen here on the
sands of Palm Beach. ?Mtss Diddle Is one of the most populsr society buds
of Philadelphia. Mr. DuV? Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin N. Duke.
SHARK'S TOOTH Ijjl A WELL
T&\ f '
Dug Up In California Where Ancient
?aa Monatar Probably Mat
Daath in Landslide.
Santa Ana. CaL?-Prom a depth of
?fit fact welt diggers employed by
Joseph M afford draw np a shark's
tooth In aa excellent state of preserve
Hon. The serrated edges of the tooth
are as sharp as the day the ancient
-MS aalmal mat death, possibly be
Math a great Landslide Attached to
the tooth la a piece of petrified bone.
The relic wee found couth of Santa
Ana In a vicinity where well borera
have frequently dpund ahella and wa
ter-worn roclu at a depth of from 4E0
to (76 feet A few montha ago a
piece of petrified bone, three lnchoo
In diameter, waa brought up aouthweat
of the well In wblcb the ahark'a tooth
waa dleeorered.
Oh. Very Well.
Cleveland, 0 ?Olrla may add "damn"
to their I let of "awful oatba," euch aa
"the Dickens, rati. fudce. and thi
deuce." President Thwlnc of Waatcrn
Reserve university, told the coeds that
It wai perfectly proper to say dims
at times, the (Iris report him as say
lac
Bibles for Soldiers.
New York?Every soldier at the
front la to be supplied with a Bible
la his languase through the Amsrieaa
Bible association, wbleh reports rapid
progress la the work
HfllBNAnONAL
SMrStM
Lesson
9j fU O. 8KI.LFIKH. Actio* Director of
MAltf School Coutm. Moody tilbl* 1?- !
?Ututh. Chlcooo.)
LESSON FOR MARCH 14
?AUL QA'1 N8 Hl? KINGDOM.
I.KHHON TKXT-1 Samuel, chapter a
OOI.DKN TEXT-He that la alow to an
(sr la twlter than the mighty: and ha
that ruleth hla spirit, than ha that takatb
a city.?Paav. MiU. *
In order to repay Israel's victory un
der-Jepthah, Nabaab the Ammonite de
manded the right eye of thoee bealeged
In Jabeah in Ollead. knowing that the
left eye would be bid by their eb|elda
and they would tbua be Incapable of
warfare. For laraal to make any cov
enant with the Ammgnttes waa con
trary to Qod'a commanda (Ex. Skill;
Dent 11:3). i
I. The Cry of Jabeah, w. 1-1- Thle
eveat probably ooourred about a month
after the pravloua lesson. It was a
proud, haughty demand made of these
Israelites. Exhausted and hopeless,
they had offered to become servants In
order to live. Bo today we frequent
ly find men willing to compromise
with the world and the devil, who only
hold them In derision and- contempt
(v. 1). Compromising Christian* are
always blind leader* of thf blind (Matt
It: 14; 6:12). The demand of Nahasb
would also bring reproach upon larael.
yet this same king afterwards showed
kindness to David (II Samuel 10:1).
History records that Emperor Basil
II aothally sent an army of 14,860
sightless men back to the king of Bul
garia, who died of grist and horror at
the sight.
II. The Conqueet of Ammon, vv. 4
11. Nahash granted the request for
a seven days' respite. Here was Saul's
opportunity?wrongs to be righted and
people to be saved. Saul had held hie
peace since being anointed by Samuel,
employing bis time In everyday toll
and duties (v. 6), for the messengers
did not find Saul at boms Idle. Ths
tidings of this Insult were told to the
people who lifted up their voices and
wept. (v. 4). The news of this threat
ened calamity reached Saul's ears and
his conduct effectually put to silence
those "worthless fellows" who de
spised him and had brought no pres
ents at his anointing (10:27). Instead
of tears Saul is moved to deeds. Like
Clnclnnatos and Israel Putnam, he left
the plow to take up the sword. Saul
did not. In his own strength, under
take to relieve Jabesh, for "the Spirit
of God came upon him" (v. ? ; see also
Judges 2:10; 11:20; 13:26; Luke 24:
40; Acts 10:28). This moved Saul to
anger, not alone at such an evidence
of cruelty, but more at the contempt
Nahash had for Qod and his people.
Saul associated himself with Samuel,
the man of God, and summoned the na
tion of Israel to his side. He not only
challenged the people, but threatened
to execute their oxen In like manner
If they .failed to obey (v. 7).
The Holy Spirit gave Saul clear as
surance of a call from God. and be re
sponded with unquestioned faith
(Rom. 8:2i). The people responded
with great rapidity, for the fear of
Ood came upon them also. We have
the good news of a better deliverance
from a more subtle foe to proclaim
In tbe present age. They all resorted
to Bexek, west of the Jordan. The
messengers returned bearing a mes
sage having two meanings' (v. 10), and
that helped to keea Nahash Ignorant
of Saul's actions on the other side of
tbe river. Dividing bis army into com
panies Saul attacked the enemy "In
tbe morning watch," and completely,
overwhelmed them and put tbem to
rout. As the Ammonites had refused
to show any mercy, they In turn were
Judged unworthy of mercy (v. 11, see
also James 2:13; Matt. 7:2).
III. Th# Crowning of 8aul, w. 12-15.
Saul's victory so Impressed the peoplp
that they demanded to know of Sam
uel who It was that had refused him
as king, desiring to put tbem to death'.
Saul showed bis wisdom by not per
mitting such a course of action. Many
today refuse God's divinely appointed
king who will yet be glad to acknowl
edge him (Luke 18:27; Phil. 2:10).
In the next place 8aul did not claim
credit for the victory for, said he.
"The Lord hatb wrought deliverance
In Israel" (v. 12 R. V.). All real vic
tories come from God (Ps. 44:4-2; I
Cor. 15:10). This was the true king
ly spirit Saul reaped the reward of
his hpmlllty, his forbearahce, cour
age and activity In the loyalty and
pride of the people. Samuel gladly
shared In tbe success of Saul and led
the people to Gllgal for the crowning
ceremony. This was the place where
Israel had first encamped under the
leadership of Joshua and where the
twelve atones from the river had been
set up as a testimony to God's real
presence and deliverance. Surely this
wis a suggestive place for Saul to
receive his. crown and be ratified as
king for all' real vloG *ies are by God's
help and Should be acknowledged by
sacrifices and peace offerings upon his
r I tars. In chapter 10 we have 'he
stpry of Saul's election; here we have
the consummation of that previous
election at Mlxpeh. which Is., most
properly accompanied by religious
services, sacrifices and peace offerings
oerore toe i?ra.
Say] had natural and phyatcal char
acterlatlea calculated to make him a
great and uaetul king?eelf-reatralnt,
modeety, military Invention and a Ca
pacity for leadernhlp.
He waa ahrewd, patient and geeer
?v
our
He thua atood on the threabolC of
hte kingdom with the poealbllltlea of
untold ukefulnaaa and blaaalng.
We are "kinga and prleau unto
Ood." He haa uahered ua Into hie
kingdom. Power, uaefulneaa, nflu
ence, helpfulneaa, victory ore- alt. are
before ua. "Napoleon aald that hla
nobility dated from Areola and Maren
go. May oar* date from the vtctortea
of love over the evil within ua and In
the world." "Thl* I* the victory that
overcometh the world, even onr
faith" It John 1:41
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GENERAL VON HEERINGEN AT THE FRONT
uenerml too Heertnfen (with helmet). on* at Oermanjr's ablest strata
t'sts, at the front In the western war area.
SNAPS FOES' TRENCH
French Officer With Kodak Is
Welcomed.
'Tall* Remarkable Story of Hla Expo
rt anca In Oattlng Picture of tha
Oarmana?Man Saamad
Quito' rlappy.
Part*.?[/Illustration, France'* lead
ing pictorial weakly, recently con
tained a remarkable atory and a re
markable photograph of an Incident
which occurred In the famoui foreat
of th* Argonna. Both picture and
narratlYe are the work of al French
Junior officer, who wrltea:
Th* general on* morning eald to
ma: "I want you to make your way
to our flrat Una, and If poaalbl* pho
tograph th* German tranche* 20 yard*
away. Mind you. keep your wita about
you, for the enemy aboota the Brat
kepi he *ed* and th* moment be hear*
a aound!"
Amid k fbaa* of branch**'" 1
perceived our lad*. A lieutenant,
warned by telephone, waa expecting
me. In a penetrating whlaper he
aaid: "Hint! they're only fifteen me
ter* off." I aooo reached a faggot
hedge, and peeping through, with th*
aid of a fleld-glaaa, I could dlatlngulah
a heap of freah aoll ahead. It waa
the Oerman trencbea
"Don't look too long," *ald the lieu
tanant. "or a bullet will whip that
perlacope from your hand. What we'd
Ilka to know 1a whether they're 'bad
boy*' or 'good boya'"
By "bad boya" he meant the Prua
?Ian*, who fling grenade*, bomb*, or
mlnenwerfer ahella morning, noon.,
and night; and by "good boya." th*
Saxon*, who are lazier, and leave u*
In peace for hour* at a atretch.
W* kept a* atlll aa mice all the
while, watching Intently. Suddenly
the lieutenant began to whistle a pop
ular German aong: ?
Drunlen Im Unterland.
El! da let'* eo wundarachoen.
In the valley below
How glorious th* lit*!
He (topped. We never moved a
muscle. Then from the trench oppo
site came the concluding couplet, whis
tled in the same key:
El da let's so wunderschorn.
Da moecht' Ich Jaeger selnl
How glorious tlis life
I With the huntsmen you knowl
I could hardly believe my ears. At
my side a soldier exclaimed: "Look,
I there's a German. That's the first
we've seen alive since the war be
gan."
"Hold your tongue! Do you want
to be bombarded?" This from the lieu
tenant.
"Heavens!" pursued the soldier,
whom artillery had made deaf, "there's
a couple, one with a green cap and
something shining on It."
With my glass I could easily see
two German heads Just appearing
above their parapet of earth?a sharp
shooter and a Bavarian infantryman.
They saw the blue kepi of our im
pudent "ptou-plou." In genial tones
tbey called out. " 'n Morgen Kama
rade." (Good morning, comrade.) Then
other heads appeared. 1 counted five;'
one belonged to an officer. This seemed
to be the psychological moment to get
a useful and curious record. So I
handed the lieutenant the camera and
he held It above the trench and
cried out "Photographlren?"
"Ja, Ja," called back the Germans,
whose round faces broke into a broad
smile.
I quickly scaled our trench, and get
ting possession of the kodak I
stretched myself flat on the loose soil
and focuaaed the German trench.
"Click," and with a salute to the en
emy I dropped back into .the trench,
lust as a cheery "Dagk" came across
the intervening space.
They seemed quite happy. One of
them went ao far aa to throw ua 4
packet of clgarettea. A bough a topped
It. and Inatantljr a Oerman came out
of hie trench, apparently with the ob
ject of picking It up and handing It to
ua. But the lieutenant, with a grim
emlle, pointed g revolver at him; the
Teuton returned, and the clgarettea
atayed where they were.
PEN PICTURE OF EMPEROR
Qllmpae of William II aa Ha Appeared
Recently at Kaetern Bat
tle Front
Amaterdam ? An tntereatlag pen
picture of Emperor William appeared
In the Kreua Zeltung. an army organ
publlehed In Berlin, from Ita corre
apondent on the eaatorn front It
aaya;
"The emperor appeared with Gen
eral von Mackanoen, paaalng along a
line of troope. For the moment I had
an lmpreaalon that be had grown ter
ribly gray, but that waa an error arte
Ing from the fact that the head pro
tector.he waa wearing to keep off the
terrible cold waa gray.
"Aa a matter of fact the emperor
appeared extraordinarily froah and
elaatlc. thoug' there waa aa added
aertoueneae noted In bla feature* and
a certain bltterneaa In hla voice which
formerly waa not there."
FIRST GIRL IN 120 YEARS
Helre of Cunningham Family Have
All Been Beya Until Thla
Baby Arrlvad.
San Antonio, Tex.?The flrat girl to
be born In a family for about four
generattona. or about ooe hundred and
twenty yearn, waa born to Mr. and
Mm. W. A. Cunningham. <27 Weal
Ruaaell place, recently. They have
chrlatehed the baby Mary Elizabeth.
Mr Cunningham and hla brother,
John H. Cunningham, belong to an old
Tenneaaeee family and bara made
their home In San Antonio for about
nine yeara. In each generation for
the laat century and more aona have
been born Into the family and have
carried the name of Cunningham Into
many atatea. The birth of the flrat
daughter waa an event of no little tm 1
portance In the. fadnly of Cunning
ham.
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MAN, 75, TO HUNT LOST MINE
Plan* to Lead an Expedition Into W
North In Search of Old
Claim.
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Princeton. B. O.?Col. Robert Ste
venson. veteran mining man and ex
plorer, la at work on the Oladstone
mine, near Allison, and has some fine
ore. Although seventy-five years old.
he Is planning to load an expedition
to the far North In search of a Jest
mine, which was trorked In tho Carl
boo placer daya by two men. Rose and
Johnson, both of whom wars killed
In a quarrel ^bout their discovery. ,
Colonel Stevenson waa acquainted
with the men and has Information
which leads him to believe he can re-'
cover the ground, which Is on a tribu
tary of Antler creek.
TOWN ENTIRELY TOO GOOD
Heoslsr Marshal Qulta In Disgust
Whsn Only Ons Arrest Is Mads
In Two Years.
Hammond, Ind.?Two years ago
Oddy Crouch waa Inducted Into the
offlc* of town marshal of Nashville
with great acclaim. His salary was to
be )1 a week and 15 for every arrest
he made. Oddy thought he was going
to make a fortune. Recently he re
signed In disgust. In the two years
he had been marshal ?f Nashville he
had made one arrest, netting him fit
"They are too danged good In Nash
ville," said Oddy. "I'm going to Chi
cago to be a detective. Them's the
boys that get the money."
HAS HIS OWN WAR
Gunner With Traction Engine
Plays Lone Hand
British Officer TcNs of "Funny Old
Covo" Who Trevolt About With
Flold Ploco and PI rot Whon
Ho la Ready.
?London.?While It la sold that mod
ern warfare doee not live to the Indi
vidual many cbancae to distinguish
himself, a British cavalry officer In a
letter to the London Timet telle of
a gunner who carries on a little war
of hla own. doing about on a traction
angina, towing hla gun behind him,
be unllmbors, Ores a few ehoU and
goes on hla ova way. That hla work,
no matter bow amusing, Is effective la
told by the officer, who aaya:
"There la one Incident 1 muat cits:
It amuaea ua mightily. Some time ago,
when cloaer to the lines, we were out
exercising one ffne morning wbaa the
funniest old outfit came along?noma
old guy gunner with a big gun towed
by a sort of traction engine. He was
a funny looking old chap He stopped
hla caravar consulted some notes, and
swung around into position and let off
a couple of shots. The Brat one over,
second short, and It appears ha was
quite satisfied with the next tour, for
he started packing up again.
"He had a kind of aeroplane with
htm, too, on a lorry, also la tow. Ho -
was the funniest looking old cove you
ever saw; seemed to,he running a lit
tle show of bis own. Last we saw of
him was around the corner with bis
traction engine half mired la the
ditch. But It appears be knew what
he was about, for he put one of the
enemy's guns out of action with the
four shots. , ..Vjt. \
"Thoee little motorcycle#?we call
them wupcfor they It la that sting us
Into action. You're snugly between
blankets aiftl yon boar the snorting
and bussing of one coming up the
road. You hope he goes on?but so.
he stops outside headquarters. You
hold your breath. If be proceeds at
once It's an 111 omen, as he wants no
reply but his receipted envelope, end
It's 'turn out.' full parade marching
order, first line transports and all.
"He waits, and after five minutes
wriggles on his road, coughing and
snorting and sparking, and It's all
right and you can go to sleep again.
The waspe?the beggars always get
you on the hop?tboee are the dis
patch riders, through which all our or
ders come.
"There was a park of flying men
near our last billet They brought ??
down a taube with rifle fire from two
of our planes that went up after him.
They have one very fast biplane there.
I beard one very great yarn of-m big
observer. While be was flying over
the German llnea and returning
against a strong head wind the ma
chine gave a heavy Jerk and dip and
sent bis gun. map case, etc., over
board. Some seconds after the pilot
felt a great bump. It was his pal 00m
Ing back Into his seat from which he
had been absent much too long tor
his own comfort
"The wings of the machine were rid
dled with shrapnel and the pilot end
observer had to sit tight over tlelr
sheets of armor plate. I think thsy
are worthy of the greatest praise. The
only thing we envy them Is the Impos
sibility of J|bpli;..halBg turned out at
night They can work only by day."
COLONIALS IN EGYPT
The men of the Colonial division
which I* encamped near the pyramids
In readtneea to defend the country
against threatened Turkish Invasion
nave quickly settled down to make the
most of life In the desert. The picture
shows an ofllcer of the Colonial troops
riding an unaccustomed steed.
Small Girl Fast Typesetter.
Nashville, Ind.?Margaret Allison,
aged eight, Is one of the youngest
printers In the, state. Each evening,
on her way home from school, she
stops at the Democrat offloe, where
she makes from firty to seventy-live
-cents setting, type at 10 cents a thou
sand. One galley of the type she set
hy hand In three hours. Mr. Allison,
father of Margaret, Is one of the fast
est compositors hi this part of the
state.
HUB DWELLERS SAVE WORDS
Hotel Men Bay hostonlans Are Some
what Chary ef Speech When
Traveling. '
New Tork.?"Bver hear of Boston
brevity T" asked the room clerk at
the Belmont holding up a telegram.
It elmply read: "Tonight"
"That Beans," explained the clerk,
"that the signer will arrive on a car
taw train, that a porter la to meet
him. that a room with bath on the
eighth floor, with southern exposure, I
with a bath a 1 read7 drawn, la to be In
readiness."
"That's nothing tor brevity," re
minded an assistant manager who
stood near. "We have a man from
Boston here who doesn't hare to say
a word when he gives an order. When
he Is about to go away, be catches
the eye of the head porter and holds
up one Anger, and the head porter
knows that the Bostonian wants a
ticket on the Ave o'clock train, a seat
la the second Pullman and ? seat
' :? - v
midway on the right side ot the din
ing oar."
Proxy Marriages for Soldlara.
Paris, Prance? Minister Brtand of
the department of Justice and M. Mll
lerand, minister of war, hare given
approval to the proposed bUl which
wonld allow soldiers who are unable
to leave the fron* to contract mar
riages by proxy
"South American imports la lflt
were valued at |?4iaM.7U.