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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY. NEBRASKA. DEFENDER OF SAN LUIS POTOSI f SiSft.4 ' X if 4fc n . ' WvJd iJMH iw'tR: .BBBflfcJw vM ?A j f ' v bHBmIk B yMBBfcjjBr jfflBBWt Fr &wfl!BsBBwBwBBBBa Qcn. Miguel Darrlos, commander-in-chief of the federal forces at San Lula Potosl, who haa been blocking, at least temporarily, tho progress of the rebels to Mexico City. MM THOMAS UPIDRl YEAR STRUGGLE FOR, lEnTOS Irish Sportsman Has Spent Several Million Dollars and a Stu pendous Amount of Keen Thinking in His Endeavor to Gain Title to This Much CoVeted Yachting Trophy So Care fully Guarded by United States Yachtsmen. New York. Down in tho vault of a famous Jewelry house on Fifth avenue, New York city, there Is a dingy, bat tered piece of sllvor, neither a mod ern work of boauty nor a valuable an Uque, a thing likely to tempt at first BBBBBBh bbbVbbbvbc 't 'TBPPPJsflsBBBBRr Fundamental Principles of !2fc, she was fixed up and towed across tho tf,,V,'",,,,,,,,, . . . T T T tt 7ft AHnnHn ttinVInu Ihn Irtn In 1fi dnvn. I 3 The challongor was beaten by tho Columbia throe successive times by 1 mlnuto 20 seconds, 3 minutes 30 so onds and 41 seconds, respectively. But tho noxt year back was Sir Thomas with a now challenge Ho had Watson and Ftfo Jointly design tho Shamrock III, which was launched at Dumbarton, Scotland, March 17, 1903, and christened by the samo Lady Shaftesbury, who broko tho bottle over this ycar'e craft. Captains Wrlngo and Boyla sailed her. Tho Re llanco and tho Shamrock III mado nlno starts In 1903, but only completed throo races, all of which wero won by tho American yacht, tho first by 7 min utes 3 seconds and the second by 1 mlnuto and 18 seconds. Shamrock missed tho finish lino In tho fog In the third race and hor time was not taken. Sir Thomas eont over a now chal lenge In 1907, but nothing camo of It savo futllo Jockeying. Tho Americans would not compete against Sir Thomas' 68-foot rating sloop. Tho Now I of today In ovcry branch of Industrial $ v ; V V V 0 V V V w V V V .. -,...--- - , , ifIXIOIOIOIXOXIOIS (CopyrlRht. 1914. by A. & Gray) FRICTION. Tho'llfo and efflclcncy of every ma chine depends on overcoming friction. Friction wears things out, and to ovor corao friction is tho recognized need Dy ALBERTS. GRAY, M.D. j i. ...... . !.. ' York Yacht v club declared that "tho Amorlca'B cup, held by this club as trusteo, under the deed of gift, Is a trophy which stands pro-emlnently for spoed and for tho utmost skill in de signing, construction, managing and handling tho competing vessels and should, therefore, bo sailed for by tho fastest and most powerful vessols that can be produced." Still Sir Thomas did not glvo up. II o sent over moro offers and after much parleying a race was finally agreed upon for this year. Should Sir Thomas como a cropper with his freak boat this autumn, there is no reason for thinking ho will not bo right back again, say In 1910 or 1917. Ho bellovcs In sticking and ho does want that cup. Tho cup Is now moro than sixty years old. It cost less than $500 whon now and would not bo worth ono-thlrd Sir Thomas Upton. glance only tho thlof looking for some thing to feod his molting pot Yet a great London sportsman has npont 16 years, several million dollars, and a stupendous amount ot koon thinking In hia endeavor to gain tttlo to this carefully guardod objoct. Tho Holy Grail waa not moro persistently sought. Tho piece of silver Is tho America's cup, the world's greatest yachting trophy. And the seoker Is tho world's gamost sportsman, Sir Thomas Llpton. It was in tho year of tho Spanish war, '98, that tho New York Yacht club received the first challengo from tho Royal Ulster Yacht club. Tho lot tor received August 0, 1898, gava Sir Thomas J. Llpton as tho owner ot tho yacht to, bo called Shamrock with a length on the load water line ot 98.5 feet i Tho challenge was brought over by a committee consisting of Vlce-Com- tnodore R. O. Bherman Crawford ot tho challenging club, IL M. McGll downey and Hugh O. Kolly, accompa nied by the new yacht's designer, Will iam Fife, Jr., and Charloa Russell. Immediately all was bustle In New York Yacht club circles. It Is under stood J. Plerpont Morgan, tho elder, furnished the money to build the de fending yacht, the Columbia, The cup commltteo consisted at Mr. Morgan, Edwin D. Morgan, E. M. Brown, Her man B, Duryea, whose homo won tho English Derby a tew days ago, and Henry F. LJppltt Tho keel ot the Columbia waa laid at tho Horroshoff's place at Bristol, R. I., in tho early win ter of 1898 and she was launchod Juno 10, 1899. Charloy Barr -was her sailing mas tor, and hor crow wero Deer Islanders. Tho Dofendor, which bad defeated tho Valkyrlo II in 1895, was put in commis sion to race against her, On August 2 the Columbia was caught In a bit ot a blow off Point Judith and her groat stool mast went by tho board. Meanwhile tho Thorneycrotts had completed tho Shamrock I at MUlwall on the Thames and In charge ot Capt, Arcblo Hogarth and Robert Wrlngo, aho crossed tho Atlantic that August, towed by the steam yacht Erin, taking 14 days 20 hours for tho trip. In tho first 'race, sailed In Octobor, tho Shamrock was beaten by ten min utes eight seconds, in tho second race Bho did not flnfffh; In the third oho was dofeatod by 6 minutes 34 eoconds. Sir Thomas' nppotlto for that bat tered silver cup was only whetted tho moro. Ho sent his Becond challongo in Octobor of the riext yoar, 1900. This timo tho American commltteo consist ed of Commodero Lewis Cass Lodyard, Vice-Commodord August Belmont Rear Commodoro C, L. E. Robinson, Socrotary J. V. 8. Oddlo. S. Nicholson Kano, C. O. K. Isolln and E. M. Brown. I Mossrs. Robinson, Oddlo, Kano and Brown are now dead. The Horreshoffs again got tho Job of building the dofonder. They construct ed the sloop Constitution, the money being supplied by August Belmont, Jamoa Stlllman, Oliver II. Payno, F. O, Bourno and Henry Walters. Capt Urlas Rhodos eallod her. Poor Thomas W. Lawson of Boston built tho Independence and wanted a chance to pit her against tho Consti tution and Columbia In tho ofllclal trials,, but tho lordly New York Yacht club decided ho was barred because not ono of their mombors. The ConstltuUon was the victim of an accident Uko that which had hap pened to tho Columbia off Point Judith tho year bofore. She lost hor mtiBt at Newport and was badly damaged. Tho G M iSWj i sivf w iff i' J ' i .:j. v'. activity. A large Item In tho cost of operating every machine is that cover ing anti-friction bearings and lubri cants. Neglected friction will quickly wreck and land any machlno on tho scrap pile. Railway systems, steamship lines, manufacturing plants of ovory descrip tion, telegraph and telephone com panies, great and small, all employ highly trained and well paid experts constantly to supervlso and test appa ratus and structure for the purposo of guarding against breakdown from the development of nny Inherent weakness In physical equipment and to test finan cial and executive departments In or der to Insuro against breakdown or any loss of efficiency in theso im portant functions of our great artificial bodies. Experience has evolved a now well established economic theory in tho buslnos world to tho effect that It Is cheaper to spend money to pro vent wrecks than It Is to spend money to clear away and repair wreckage. But for man himself, tho ono funda mental factor upon and for whom tho entire lnduntrlal structure exists, this theory of the business world is re versed. Tho theory upon which tho medical profession has been organized is highly absurd and irrational. Tho physician must stand around and wait until there is a human breakdown, and then he is called In only as a repair man frequently too late to secure worth whllo results. VH '.'. v': , Owtf ' ti( MMB . vfrf-;--. fry' y.&Z&i,s The Resolute. of that today. Tho trophy was offered by tho Royal Yacht squadron for a raco between boats of oil nations. Tho America won it on August 22, 1851, in a raco around the Isle of Wight off tho Bouth coast of England. It camo Into tho possession of tho Now York Yacht club In 1887 when It was presented to tho club by George L. Schuylor, tho thon sole surviving owner ot tho cup. composed of matter and arc, therefore, subject to theso same laws. Among tho characteristics of mat tor are thoso covered by Nowton's threo lawa of motion: 1. All bodies continue In a stato of rest or of uniform motion In a straight lino unless acted upon by somo ex ternal forco that compels a change. 2. Eycry moUon or change of mo tion Is proportional to tho acting forco and takes placo In tho direction of tho straight lino along which tho forco acts. 3. To every action thoro is nlways an equal and contrary reacUon. Tho first law ot motion states jthat I a body onco sot In motion will movo ; forever in a straight lino with tho j Bamo velocity unices acted upon by somo other forco which compels a i change. This property Is known as Inortla. Inertia is not a forco. but la tho result of absorbing forco. Tbo hardest thing we have to ovor como In ourselves is mental Inertia. An idoa once formed will persist until I a stronger ono overwhelms It and niters It This is tho foundation of habit and tho reason tho past has bo , strong a hold on us always. Tho post Is tho lino of least resistance and leaning on It is highly characteristic of ono with a slothfiil Intellect, tho tra dition worohlper, the dawdling con servative. Wo are naturally conservative be causo It requires an initial ofTort to up root old notions and habits; It la pain ful and wo resent It Wo want to bo let alono. If because of some Indiscretion wo had a pain yesterday for which by recommendation of authority wo took something out of a bottle, it ie castor to repeat tho act again today than It Is to determine the cauBo or to ignore tho temporary penalty of pain and re solve 'to sin no moro. To repeat an act la usually to foUow the lino of least resistance. It requires less thought and less effort with each repetition until finally an automatic cycle of reaction is established and a habit is born. To roscuo ono permanently from habit we must havo an equivalent In somo mental occupation sufficiently at tractive to submerge tho old Impres sions, else one's vitality will be squan dered In tho struggle. Inability to re sist drink or drugs or bad habits in general is becauee of inertia. Habits may be good or bad; both aro tho natural and inevitable result of training. For tho future must grow out ot and inherit the present, Just as tho present grew out of and Inherited the past Intelligence gives thorough training, good habits, good health and happiness. Ignorance or indifference gives bad training, viciouB habits, dis ease and crime. Bad habits can bo surely and safely broken, not by eub stltutlon, nor by cures, nor by miracles, but only by a frank and courageous recognition of the truo conditions and a sane development out of them. Tho fundamental nocesslty for tho correction of bad habits in Intellectual Fishing for Man Eaters i iiMiMWTBMiPiilliiralTO iiMiBiiMMrff MiiwiriWMiMiwiiiiiiMimrariifrrTirnTinriiii-rB-MiiB ' m " bBjFTV Hi I kf HI H H -.lm I 1 r, 1 MB li7fo'i Ski! IHH r i OjM -tW ft m WMm 9 m 'JHE JH9 BR m J!W iMn n K. Bl 1 JMMI BUjI bi AM Sfa ffik $r 8 IB BS imBvliBBrlB SifsiiiyMI''- BBBBBBMihk? 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A lo ot boya in Blount county recently went fishing on a croek, and after baiting their hooka went off to play. They re turned shortly and found that one ot tbo polos waa gone from iU placo and was on tho opposite sldo of tho creek. Ono ot tho boys strtppod off, waded ovor, caught tho polo and pulled, but nothing would como, and, thinking that the line waa around a log, made tho line taut and placed It between his toes and followed It to tho obstruc tion. On reaching tho bottom something grabbod bis big too and his compan ions had to como to his assistance They pulled the boy out and with him camo a 35-pound turtle swinging on to the boy's toe. A doctor was sum moned and dressed tho wound. V ' , J.VJ HUNTER CLAVjED BY EAGLE I Bird Was Huao Ono and Boldly At tacked Man Who Finally Killed It what should be the period of greatest usefulnosB and efficiency. Genius is tho typo of mind thnt per ceives and grasps principles where the ordinary mind aces only Isolated facts. Crile, with the flash of genius grasp ing the principle of coll exhaustion, de veloped and demonstrated It to bo tho cause of death from "Bhock," a dis covery acknowledged by no less an au thority than Sir Berkeley Moynlhan at a recent meeting of the British Medi cal association to be "epoch-making.' It is "epoch-making," not only bo cause 'It has reduced death from "surgical shock" to an almost negli gible quantity, but "epoch-making" be cause it gives' a rational explanation to tho serious physical and mental re sults arising from long continued Irri tation of any part of tho body, wheth er tho victim bo conscious or uncon scious of the Irritation. It Is "epoch making" because it establishes a rea sonable cause for and a eano basis from which to combat Intelligently thnt largo group ot vaguo but most distressing troubles covered by the general term neurasthenia, conditions trented with little success but consid erable levity and profit by a largo per centage of tho profession. And fur thor, It la "epoch-making" because It demonstrates man to be subject to the samo laws as tho primary battery It proves we can bo run down and ex hausted even beyond tho point of re cuperation by too frequently repealed nerve cell discharges Incident to the dally routine of life. Wo may short circuit and exhaust our cella by use less worry, work and friction, or wo may guard our tissues and bo conserve our vitality as to live long and happily. It Is largely a matter ot avoiding fric tion irritation. It matters not whether the irritation be In the oyes, the feet or tho abdo men, tho final exhaustion is in tho brain, and tho net result la premature decay. to perform, but one absolutely neces sary If wo would havo good health and be ablo to use tho greatest power within tho reach of man, thought Is to bo square and truthful with ourselves, to seo ourselves as we are. HOSE who live upon the islands of Samoa nover let pass an opportunity to kill a shark. Tho waters which surround that little world aro Infested by them; and sometimes a native will bo caught and killed by one of the terriblo man-eating monsters quite frequently enough, indeed, to give a savage a zest to tho sport. It would bo difficult to say whether even bird catching occupies a higher place. The natives are wonderfully expert and courageous, and as the flesh ot the shark is the principal dainty at their groat feasts, parties of men are for ever going in search of it Tho fnvorlto tlmo is when a storm has Juat blown itself out, for the sharks havo been driven inshore, and may be found sheltering in great numbers under the black rocks that border tho lagoons. The men, -who have rowed out in a frail canoo, throw food overboard, piece by piece, and this serves tho double purpose of at tracting tho Bharks and gorging them bo that they may bo rendered easy of capture. The water around the boat quickly becomes alive with the brutes, and when the bait is devoured they retire to the shadowy waters where rocks overhang stretches of smooth sand, and there they lazily stretch themselves at full length, and sink into a half sjoop. Catch Them Asleep. me nauvos in me canoo paaaie j , , - , . . . slowly along, and presently discover l Period ot hard rowing tJt -,,i, aJ i tor hours, Is it captured ai The Vanltle. Columbia was finally selected to do fend tho cup u second tlmo. Tho Shamrock II. which was de signed by Georgo L. Watson, cariio to grlof la the Solent May 22, 1901, whllo King Edward VII was on board. Liko the Constitution and tho Columbia hor tall mast waa too much for her In a Btrong blow and wont overboard. But Edmonton, Alborta. Tom E. Mason, a fur trapper, has como to Edmonton for medical treatment following a floroo fight with a goldon oaglo, whioh olawod and pocked at his face, neck and loft shoulder and arm. He killed tho bird, which had a spread ot wings ot eight cot two tnchoa from tip to tip. "I was attracted to a trap," Mason said, "by a strnngo noise, and aa I got closer I saw a huge goldon eaglo hold by ono foot. "My first thought was to release tho bird, not thinking that it would ven ture an attack; but thnt In where I was foolod. I was quickly mado aware ot tho fact when I was sprawled upon my back with tho eaglo and trap on top ot mo." INERTIA. Matter Is anything that occupies epaco and all matter is subject to uni versal, Immutable law. Our brains are Thought la the ono and only domain wherein man rcan reign supreme, for whllo we may not determine what we shall think, we can govern what we shall think about and wo havo the power to analyze, to measure, weigh, Judge and accept or reject any thought on any subject Thought Is a canni bal because thought lives upon thought and unless constantly given fresh and substantial food it must starve and become inert But to think is to change; nothing can prevent that and wo havo noted 1 fihark fnjm JtfJ tnat wo aro consuuuiouuuy uppouuu to change. Henco most of us solve tho matter by refusing to think; we Just drop Into lino and do the conven tional lockstep and "go where we're taken." It is simple and pleasant to sit In tho easy chair of the old order and let tho unlverso wag along; ono travels much moro smoothly If tho head contains only tho Ideas others havo developed. But there la another sldo to It It is a physiological truth that any organ, denied the right to function, will atrophy, and an atrophied organ sooner or later must become the scarce of ill health. Experts In any department of human architecture will verify that fact Tho brain is the organ of thought constructed undor pressure of neces sity by a long lino of ancestors who used it in tho struggle tor existence; it is the dominant and fundamental factor In the creation of all human wealth and power and the general manager and regulator of our bodies today. Unused brain capacity causes troublo and danger to both tho indi vidual and the community. Wo wtll como Into a better state of health not bo much by Improving physical conditions outside as by im proving tbo physical apparatus and working ot our own mind and bodies from tho Inside. one of theuo sharks in drowsy Blum ber. The leader of the fishers raises his hand in signal to .tho paddlers to stay the course of the boat and one man generally a young and active fellow climbs over the side Into tho water, and, with tho noose of a strong rope of bark fiber in his hand, dives beneath tbo surface. Swimming quietly along under the water, he comes to a sleeping fish, and with a quick, deft movement slips the noose over its tall. Then, as gently as ho came, he re turns to the canoe, and when he has clambered safely back into it the na tives take hold of tho rope and rouso Bleep with a mighty .pull together. Tho shark Is dragged through tho water before it has time to reflect and In spite of ita sudden panio and frenzied struggles, It is gradually hauled toward the boat. By keeping Its tail cloar of the water tho natives have mado it practically holpless; and at last by a peculiar movemont they Jerk It Into the canoe, and a tremendous blow with a olub finishes Its career. Sometimes tho shark has backed In to a crovlce or hole In the rocks be fore It has settled down to sleep, so that its head alono Is accessible. In such a case the diver will swim up to it, and with the utmost coolness tap it gently but firmly on the head. Sleepy and gorged with food as it is, and annoyed by tho Interruption, with out knowing exactly the cause ot it tho shark turns round with a swish In a space barely largo enough for it to lie in. Aa it does bo it exposes its tail, and the diver cleverly dropa the noose over Itand returns to the boat in the customary manner. For the aake of variety, a baited hook la car ried out by theso natives and dropped In about 12 feet of water, tho lino being then brought back to land. When a shark boIzcs tho bait and la safely hooked, tho natives shoulder the rope at the edge of tho water, and, singing a rude, measured chant danco Inland, dragging the flsh Into tho shal lows, whore It is Bpoedlly killed. Sport Is Dangerous. The sport 1b exceedingly dangerous, as can bo imagined, but the Samoans aro taught to bo as much at home in the water as are the sharks, bo that an astonishing indifference is dis played toward them. In some porta of the Islands shark-Ashing is re garded as being as much a tiade as a Bport, and tho operations aro car ried out by a dlfforent method from those described above. The fishers tie a rope 15 or 20 feet long around a small barrel that has been well plugged up and made water-tight To the end of the barrel Is fastened a largo Bteel hook, baited with driod flsh. Several of theso barrels, with rope and hook attached, aro put on board a yacht and a start is made for tho noted shark grounds Just outside tho harbor. On their arrival at the shark ground tho casks and lines aro thrown overboard about 100 yards apart, and tho yacht crulseB round, awaiting developments. Presently ono of the1 barrels com mences to rock up and down and dance at a great rate, sometimes dis appearing under tho water and re appearing at a distance. Then a boat is lowered and its occupants row aa rapidly as possible toward tho float ing barrel. Backward and forward, in circles and winding lines, the elusive cask is Dursued. and only after a sometimes captured and towed to the yact, the hooked flsh dragging after it as a matter of course. Tho tactics pursued at ulght are dif ferent A lino of great strength, 300 feet long, is employed with the UBUal hook and chain attached and baited as described above. One end of the rope Is tied to the wharf and tho well baited hook is thrown a few yards away into a shallow pool in tlje mid dle of a patch of moonlit sand. Very soon a dark object is seen gliding like a shadow from the deep water across the sand toward the pool and halting a few feet from the bolt, tho fishermen, of course, all sitting as Btlll as statues a little distance away. When, tho fish has mado a meal it starts off back to tho deep water again, and tho rasping of the rope signifies that tho hook 1b In its mouth. Then and not until thon tho men jump for tho rope and run with it in tbo opposlto direction. Tho shallow wator is now cut into foam as tho taut line Is pulled through it, and tho shark splashes with great fierceness and fights strongly for Its life. Tho tugging men swoy rapidly to and fro until their efforts are at last trium phant and the shark is hauled up on the sand. WOMAN BECOMES AIR PILOT I of training In preparation for hor could not resist Sho was living in 'Mrs. Mary Buller or London Will Enter Derby Aeroplane Race In '. English Metropolis. Lofldon, England. Mrs. Mary Bu, Jr, who has taken up flying as a pro fek)nt I planning to drop in lit erally on her friends for afternoon teas fro tho flying ground whiro bo U stationed as a racing pilot Mrs. Bullej' has returned from Frcnsc where she took a long course lutu aa uying roproaontauvo ot an aoroplano manufacturing concern. Sho has ontorod for tho uorlal Dqrby around London and will bo tho first woman who has competed In this raco. Mrs, Buller saya sho nover losos hor head, but frequently loses her temper when sho gota Into a tight placo. Sho has been, flying for throo years and novor had a serious accident. Mrs, Duller saya sho was forced Into tho flying game by clreumat&ncea rho tho country near Shoroham on a farm, part of which waa acquired for an aerodromo and lator a waterplano waa, erected near her homo. This prox imity provod too much, and Mrs. Bull er soon took up flying, frst aa a fad, but as sho Increased In proficiency she adoptod It as u profession. From the Other Point of View. But a boy novor realizes that flgkt Ing la wicked until he gota the ehofl ead. FLYING SOMEWHAT TOO HIGH 8IUr Feared Her Ambitious Relative Had Committed a Serious Social Blunder. . Mrs. Rlveraldo and Mrs. Morning ido wero Bisters. Both had mar ried well, but when It camo to tho supremo niBtlo In Now York, Mr. Riv orsldo had outstripped his brother-in-law. Social llnoa diverged a trifle with tho tncreaso of the Riversldo fortune. When Mrs. Rlvoreldo de cided to aa&all the social barriers that rose between her and tho Blue Book. tho Rivlora was decided on as tho spot from which to mako the nusaulL Before sailing she seat out card a for her final recoptlon, aud In tho comor waa engraved the cuatomary "P. P. C" (pour prendre congo). Ono wns sent to tho less prosper ous sister, Mrs. Mornlugetdo. It was In tho morning mall, and wua opened,! at the Mornlngsldos' breakfast tuble. "What do you think of this, Joslahr asked tho valumlnoua partnqr of his Joys, his sorrows, and his breakfasts. "SecmB to mo Almlra is making a so cial blunder. Here she has printed on hor cards, 'P. P. O,' and that It seema to mo, is carrying her family preten tions a Uttlo too far." "Ahem," grunted Joslah, glancing up from his paper. "What's this P. P. C. bualnees mean? Too much for mo." "Why, Prosldont Polk's cousin, of courso. It's all well onough to talk about our relationship to that groat man, but it'a a social blunder for Al mlra to havo tho fact blazoned on hor recoptlon cards. She's flying too high, and this will bo ber fall, I'm afraid, poor girl." London Slum Cradle. In tho poorer districts of London a cradle mado out ot a banana crate is ' 'often used, and the demand exceeds the supply, for it Is too often Inn possible to get this humble but com fortable box. In tho Stepnoy neigh borhoods and tho district around Mile End road banana cratos cost 32 cents each, and they are usually nil bo Bpoke from tho dealers who get their wares in them. Tho mother who can afford to do so makes the straw into a little mattress or cushion, but in many cases It Is merely laid In the bottom of tho crate. Authorities de clare that tho banana crate- Is admir able, since it is easily kept clean, and It Is quite comfortable. To Relieve In wet Bites. When insect biteB occur tho Imme diate application ot a little ammonia often prevents swelling and Inflam mation. It is a good plan to keep a bottlo of oil ot eucalyptus, because mosquitoes have a decided aversion to the Binell, and will promptly leave for other fields It a Uttlo of the oil Is epxtnklod nbout where thoy congre gate, or a few drops bo put on tho pil low case at bedtime. American "Royalty." The American Bonapartcs, ono of whom was married a short time ago in Now York, are descendants of tho Emperor's youngest and most trouble some brother, Jerome, from whom Prtnco Victor Napoleon, tho present head of tho house, also traces his descent. Jerome married Miss Elizabeth Pat terson In Baltimore in 1803, but his brother refuBod to recognlzo tho mar riage and In 1806 annulled It, married him to Princess Catherine of Wurtem- borg. and mado him King ot West phalia. Tho American Bonapartes dorlve from tho Patterson marriage and the European family from that with the Gorman princess. Tno American lam lly have been generally undistin guished, but ono ot Us members, Charles Joseph, was secretary of tho Amorlcan navy from 1905 to 1906. anthom, was started recently at tho Smithsonian Institution, says Balti more Sun. Tbo work will bo In cbargo of Mrs. Fowler of'Boston, who is tho most widely known expert In this lino, having had charge of tho restoration of tho seventytflve trophy flags of tho war of 1812, now at tho naval academy, for which work congress appropriated $30,000. Tho matter of a souvenir program for the national Star Spangled Banner contennlal colebratlon in September was finally decided upon at a meeting of tho managing directors. It was agreed to issue an artistic publication entirely free from advertising. Preserving a Famous Flag. Work on the restoration of the orig inal Star Spangled Banner which floated from the flagstaff at Fort Mc- r ry hen Key wrote tho national Boon for Jealous Wives. A small crowd had gathered out Bide tho store window where an auto matic typewriter waa on exhibition. Two women stoppod and peered in, interestedly watching tho keys bob up and down apparently of themselves. Presently one of tho women turning to her companion remarked: "Jenny, that's tho kind ot a typewriter your husband should have In bis office ta stead ot that blonde-haired thing." V- 4 ') v A mZ K -ff -4t .,