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IHIi 1'ASS!\G IK nil' KOUKSY. f
A- ionc "A lli" -i'nMir. -Iiiil liv;v
Lhe stream- sli?i. i cr*\ml, .fill i
singing
Sv.vcet snugs >. !:. v * I'lhrut .?n;l j
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Tlt<? hnght living i !:.*{ giw
? Mil* I (I .141 T V.-|U? I II US' .
*? !5ut the races c>! shall l?? curstM
V(*:i, ' lie hour u" d.1*! riu-'toti shall come
To the.children of men in ili.it day
When the forest. s'tall jiyss away.
When the lou woodland voices are <iuui!>.
Ami death's ds?v (station and dearth
Shail he spread o'er the iace ot the earfh. j
Avenging the deilit <?f :he wood.
Hie turbulent s're.utis .shall mtlpottr
Their vials of wrath, anil tin mure
Nhall their ban!:.-: hoid bach tiie hi^h i!no;l |
Which shall rush i'ei tlfj !iw'> , ai
men;
As swiftly reeling 1
|jt>' after fho flood shall hp dearth.
And the rain no longer shall tall
On the part-hint; fields. md :i pall,
As of ashes, shall cover ?he earth,
And dust-clouds shall darken th? si:y;
And the deep n- iN?r v/ells shall be dry. j
And the rivers sh.ill sink in the ground.
And every man rover lus mout h
I'Vom the th:ci:'Jintig dust, in llu' '
* drouth; (
Fierce famine shall come, and no sound
Shall be borne on the desolate air ?
Hut a murmur of <l<?.ith and despair
?Alexander R!nr Thaw, in tin* v.eiil-;:y
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"BREFFLE" SPOTTY
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J The Price of His Removal ?|
? is Too Great to Bear. ?|
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Victoria, radian' and decorated j
with huge new tissue paper ' hair j
ribbons," met her father at the ele- !
vated station with a hug that threat-,
ened to strangle him
"Well, but. you are a beauty." said
he, admiringly. ! don t think many!
fathers have such stylish little daugh- j
4.*T!
"Ye?, and i'tu good, loo," said Vic- :
toria, seriously. "I only whispered !
y a few times in school to-day and then j
Miss Lucy didu')" see me. [ got |
praised for my alco, too. Miss Lucy J
said she never heard such awful alto
ia her whole life except mine, and
I had two notes right." She looked )
up, waiting for approval.
"So, of course, you're happy,' said [
her father.
' But, papa." Victoria went on, j
"that dreffle little bulldog that Billy
got from Mrs White hasn't been j
doing a thing. Why, he is the worst j
little dog you over saw! He et every '
bit of the sausage that uncle sent us j
and he wasn't full theu. After that j
he et mamma's book that she left on i
tae sora a miuute ana sne doesn't
know which girl the man married.
She was so mad that she hit Spotty
with her slipper, but he didn't care?
he .iust went and et the slipper. It
was all over the parlor floor and
Mrs. Brown came in and mapima
thought she would just drop because
Mrs. Brown is so pertikler and always
says things about the way people's
houses ain't clean.
She looked up to 3ee what effect
her revelations were having on her
father. His look of exaggerated lior-1
ror satisfied her.
"And maybe Jack isn't mad at
him. too!" said Victoria. 'Ho sat
on Jack's best shirt that he was going
to wear to a party to-njght. and there j
wasn't any other one clean. Pulled j
it off the chair when Jack put it
there a minute and sac on it. Jack
said things and chased him under 1
the bed and tried to get him out with 1
the umbrella and bust?burst. [ mean '
?his suspenders; but Spotty didu't !
care. He hopped over the umbrella
as cunning as anything. He thought
Jack was playing with him If Jack
wasn't so big 1 think he would have
' cried."
Her father's inclination to laugh
was nipped in the bud by the next :
revelation.
' And. papa, you kaow those lovely
cigars you hid so the boys wouldn't
get them? Well. Spotty got them.''
Her father looked astonished, j
"H<iw could he gefthem from hehind ; '
<*ii iuc LuiugH ua lae cioset noor ' J ,
he asked. ' Some one must hive
taken them out "
"No, papa, he got them out wirh
his uose and walked all over them '1
and shook th??m up till he swallowed j'
a piece and then he raa away and hid I
I guess he was kind of sick, but Billy j
wouldn't let mamma set him to whip (
him?said he would take the lick-1
ing."
. . "Billy has got to keep Ibat pv.p
tied up until he teaches him to be-]
'have," said Victoria's father. ' I '
think the best thing would be to take .
him back to Mrs White If Billy J
can't take the proper care of him ha j
deserves to lose him "
"1 thought you'd think that," said j
Victoria, her face oue gleam of light. |
"so I gave him 1o Gladys. I put him
in a basket and took him over "
"But what did Billy say to rhar}
[ nign-nanded proceeding""' asked her ;
father.
"He didn't say anything; lie doesn't!
know it. Mamma says she thinks ho I
will go and get Spotty back "
"What did yon give the pup to
Gladys for9"
"Gladys gave Moily her best blue
pencil with the poiut sharpened be- j
cause Molly was going to hit me I
when 'Lizabeth (old her [ said some- 1
thing 1 never said "
"Haven't I told you to keep away !
from that Elizabeth?" demanded Vic-1
toria's father "Hasn't she got you i
into enough trouble .'"
"Yes, papa, I truly try to keep ;
! i nr V " i?Am It a** 1
.1UUJ 11^1 . ryui 1JU WU U.l ' au.
She's always there wherever you ar* '
And. papa, you won't let Billy take i
<he cleg back, will you? Glady.s ;
won't say I was an Indian giver
'Give a thing. tak?- a rhing, never gu
to heaven, then," ' quoted Victoria ir.
shocked tones.
"No," said her father. ' [ think ,
Gladys may have the dog. I'll take!
Billy out to Fox Lake with me next j
week and that will comfort him. f ,
was going to lake you. Vicky, hut j
poor Billy will feel so bad about that!
little pup that he deserves a special j
treat."
Two big tears splashed down Vic- ;
toria's cheek. "I think, papa, I'll go j
over ami tell Gladys' m:\nuua what a
bad little dog Spotty is, and tbeu.
ma"be will make Gladys give j
him hack." I
' \o. no. daughter. we won't do [
fhal; think how terrible i< would 1)? j
to l)i? in Indian giver!'' J |
Bir. liana, it' *he gave him back '
hi?rse!f'?" 1
Her :so!? was strangled by the sight I
of Bill"-' -.owing down *:he street,
hoidma a.s tishc as possible Sporty,,
while that treasured beast alternate- |
lv licked Billy's t'ac? autl struggled
to get down.
Do you kaow what that kid did,
pa*" Billy's voice was shrill with
indignation. "Wen; ami save my
dog away 'tliout asking anybody.
But I wenr and got him. I bet she'd .
give hint ro the clog ketcher: that kid
has mote nerve!" ^
"Oh. Billy. I wouldn't; I'm so glad *
you got him back* [ was going to y
ask Gladys to giv? him back, wasn't x
I. papa? I think lie's the dearest, t
cutest, cunningest little lovey iu the ?
world." ! 1
She hugged boy and dog until j ^
Billy, looking very suspicious, com- i
manded her to quit. J
"What, day are we soiug to Fox j (
i ilStifU vitiuna, an.i|>{/iu& ij j j
her father's si'le ?Chicago News. t
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TRICKS OF ARMORY RUNXKRS. 1
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Little Dt'vjccs ?f I5o;?rd Floor Athletes
to Run With Spikes- 1
"[n 'he armories around ilie city," ,
said 'he athlete. "'before fhe Governor ^
shut down on the continuous use of g
them for athletic games, the runners c
used to compete a great deal. After
a while many Colonels issued orders ^
forbidding spiked shoes.
' Now. some of the tracks oil the j
board floors were very small, and in
the sprint races those who didn't wear j.
the short indoor spikes were very J (
much at a disadvantage. They used r
to try all sorts of devices. | a
"One-favorite trick was to put a
spiked shoe on cne ngac ioo.\ j.aai,
being on the outside away from the
pole, gave something to brace against *
in scrambling around the turns. _
"The clerk of the course was sup- ^
posed to make an examination of the l d
sho?3 of each runner as he stood ou [ d
his mark before the race was run. In 1 r
most cases he went to the runner and 1
said. Let's see your shoes.' iy
"The man put up his left foot,
showing a plain, rubber soled shoe. .
Then the clerk said. All right,' never ( j
thinking to look at the other shoe, E
and the man got away with it in that j c
mauner. However, the clerks found j r
out about it after a while, and then j c
started to look ai both feet.
' Some men beat that by answering ! j
co their names when they were called ^
for the heats and then stepping off
the track for a moment as if to talk 1
to friends watching the races. When
the .starter said. "Take your marks.' J
they hopped back and ran iu the race t
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all right with their spiked snoes.
"Then after they won the heat or 0
the race they ran right oa to the -y
dressiug rooms and changed their
shoes, reporting to the judges at the t
finish later, still out of breath, in e
regulation shoes, but willing to take S
the calldowu-they got for not report- C
iug to be checked off in time. Finally '
inspectors on the turns who got so j
that they couid tell the sound of the
spikes queered that game, and eventually
before the many sets of games S
were cut off the runners almost universally
obeyed the rules."?New n
York Sun. t
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Burnt Sugar an Antiseptic.
The custom ot' burning sugar in a tf
sickroom is very current among all
classes in France, but up to the present
has been regarded by scientists
as one of those harmless and useless
practices which are rather tolerated
than iusisted upou by the medical
profession.
But M. Trillat of the Pasteur In- j
sticute. now assures us that formic I
aldehyde is giveu off by burning j
sugar and is one of the most, antiseptic
gases known. Five grams of
sugar having beeu burned under a
ten-liter bell glass, the vapor was
allowed to cool. Vials containing
the bacilli of typhoid, tuberculosis,
carbon, ere., werf then introduced. C
Within half an hour every microbe
had succumbed. f
Agaiu. if sugar be burned iu a C
closed vessel containing rotten eggs 11
ar putrid meat the disagreeable smell
disappears. M. Trillat affirms rhat j
the formic aldeiyde combines with
the gases given off by the putrid aui- ^
n:al matter and renders ttiem iuodor- 8
ous.? Practical Druggist. C
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The Boll-Weevil. J"
Dr. L. O. Howard says that the ^
Mexican boll-weevil, witich causes the
!osi of millions of dollars m cotton i
every yt*cU . aim wuiuu in uiuascu
the Rio Grande abou' 1S94, is still /
advancing, having now reached Ar- i
l:ansas aud Oklahoma on the north f
aud the Mississippi Valley ou tho ?
east. It has shown itself *xtraoi- ?
dinarily adaptable to change? of soil,,
temperature and moisture. At pres- .
ect. Di Howard says, it seems that
the further spread of the i^ect can- u
not be .'stopped, but as soon as the H
conservative methods of the cotton a
growers snail be chauged. and the o
advice which entomological experts 1J
have been iiviag for years past fol- I1
lowed out in practice, "the boll-weevil i
will cease to be a pest of the tirst
rank, and rhe cultivation of cotton t
can be carried on almost as success- i
fully in its presence as it was in its 1
ilicnnnn " ("'mil ri'i n !nn t
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Onii.5 ;S5,fH>0 Sheep Dogs. ' J
You caitc ot J. Pierpont: Morgan's j
coilies.' sj;d a Russian, " what. do
you think of i man who owns U5.000 j v
sheep do^s"" j r
Itapo^ibl?'' I
no. Ch'i tr.an I r?f?r to is r
Gustav Jovauoviich. rhe Russian "
mutrou kian iovauovitch's sh.Hip
vhiton rhy Siberian plains for liuu
dreds ot square miles. Tli^y number
L750.0U0. And :J5.')<)') dons look :\t- li
ter tiicfn You talk of your inaui- f;
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inocit American uusiaess enterpriser.,. ,j
but have you anything ro <:oni|?:u*e ,
with one eiupioviug JO.000 .logs""? c
Glasgow Herald. t.
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There were :>0(5 national imiics fin*- i
failed in the United Stafas between *=
January 1. 1S4*J, and fanuury :;i? }
1 OA ii nf rvhifh spv?ntv-tiv < itl
in ihe Uauils of I S
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?OSRl) AS A MAN FOR A YFAR.
Chicago?Miss Mary Phelan.
worked for a year as a clerk in a t
sation by announcing her identity,
cording to Harry F. Michael, owne
been fruitless. Miss Phelan, who :
the name of Jess Fay. She adopt?
cause she could thus command be!
sual success of salesmanship," said
services. Although she had a high
od her secret." She revealed it. fii
she had "kept company" and then
Tanked For Murder in Norfolk.
Norfolk. Va.?Leo C. Thurman, V?f
iVest Point. Ky.. was hanged here for
he murder on February 1, 1906, of
Walter P. Dolsen, of Michigan, his
oommate, whose body he placed in a
,runk and then fled, being captured
iighteen months later at. Vancouver,
3. C.
Ichwah on Strel Prices.
New York City.?Chas. M. Schwab,
resident of the Bethlehem Steel
Company, said that he believed the
iresent price of steel would be mainained
for an indefinite time. He de:lared
that all important interests in
he steel industry were united in faror
of maintaining- prices, and that
here was no indication of weakening.
to Prison For Going Unclothed.
Fort William. Ont.?Nineteen Dou[liobors?nine
women and ten men?
vere sentenced to six months in prion
for parading the streets un:lothed.
["o Stop Betting at Bcnnings.
Washington, D. C.?A sub-commitee
of the Senate Committee on the
district of Columbia made a favorable
report on the House bill to proilbit
betting at the Bennings race
rack Chairman Carter, of the comnittee,
will report the bill to the Senit?.
Shx:t Young Widow to Office.
Montgomery. Mo.?In spite of the
act that women are not legal voters
n Missouri, Mrs. Gertrude Barney; a
roung widow, was elected to the office
?f collector here. All the other canlidates
on the temperance ticket were
lefeated. It is claimed that she canlot
hold the office under the statutes
n this State.
lore Interest in Flying.
Washington, D. C.?That interest
n aeronautics is becoming universal
s shown by the large increase in the
lumber of applications for patents revived
at the Patent Office. In the
>ast year there has been an Increase
f 100 per cent, in the number of apil^cations.
including many from foriign
countries. The problem has enisted
the efforts of the foremost inentors
of the country.
Irmy Officer Commits Snicide.
San Francisco.?Lieutenant David
Lindsay, U. S. A., connected with
he Signal Corps and until a few
veeks ago stationed at Benicia, blew
iut his brains at the Presidio.
Vomen Elected to Office in Texas.
Dallas. Texas.?In the city elecions
held in Texas three women were
sleeted to important offices. Miss
lallie Wood was elected Assessor and
Collector of Taxes tor Palestine and i
itrs. E. P. Turner and Mrs. P. P.
?ucker were elected as two of the I
even members of the Dallas Board '
if Education
lunday Actors Free.
Kansas City, Mo.?The 2000 or
aore actors indicted in this city in
he la?t six months,, for playing on
luuday catfnot be 'convicted on acount
of lack of evidence.
NE-WS fV
jOTTERV TICKETS IN" COTTON BAX.
Hougkong.?The Hongkong Cha
culars to the Chambers of Commer
p.rpool, Shanghai, Tientsin and else
action be taken against the propos
ners' Association to insert lottery t
:in inducement to buyers, thus aid
ment of the Indian trade. Britis
competition, but protest, against th
irade. The Japanese scheme, the
calculated to appeal to the gambli
appeal to the British Government. I
>ffer London $500,000,000.
London.?It is announced that the
irst day's applications for the City
/Ouncil's three and one-half per cent,
oan of $13,750,000 issued .it par
mounted to $500,000,000.
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u-iu.si-.s io r ()>;lib I'ut i.
St Petersburg.?After a dispute in
he Duma. Count Vladimir A. Bobrinky,
president or the Constitutional
Conservative party and Marshal of
Mobility, challenged Professor. Paul
I Miiukoff. leader of the> Constituional
Democrats, to a duel. Milulcoff
leclined to accept the challenge.
'our Years For Miss Robinson,
London.?Miss Mary Robinson, an
American girl, one of the witnesses
n the Druce case, was sentenced to
our years in prison for perjury. She
onfessed that her testimony that T.
5. Druce told her in 1871 tbat he was
he Duke of Portland was false.
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:(>(> Executions For Robbery.
Kwei,lin, Sputh China.?Armed ronery
.is still rife in this district depite
the efforts of the authorities to
uppress it Over 400 executions of
>ffftnders for this crime have takeu
ilace in this district alone during the
ast twelve months
)rop in Shipbuilding.
London.?Lloyd's Register reports
hat.the shipping under construction
n the United Kingdom amounts lo
59.000 tons less than in the previous
welve months. This is the biggest
lecrease since 1884.
tvj/iHK imuaiiuuij
rtongkoug.?The Chinese money
hangers of Hongkong are supportrig
the boycott against the Japanese,
vhich has come into existence as a
esult of the Tatsu Maru incident.
?y refusing to accept Japanese bauklotes
even at a discount.
le.vican Outlaws Hold Up
Soletfad, Texas, a::d Loot Stores.
HLladgo, Texas.?The first outireak
of brigandage in several years
?n the iower Rio Graude is reported
rom Soledad. a town situated on the
\jxas side some distance above here.
V. band of eight Mexican outlaws
-'?"' 'I >;??r .jt.h murlc a raid on
i i/anru tuc ? i vgi r?u<a
he town They sacked the store of
'alo (Jarcia. getting away with $2000
n mouey and a large amount of
;oods. The robbery was committed
u open daylight The people of the
own wer* held off at the point of
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~ WIRE. I
MBBHnMBHPKaaMrTHBnBHMDHMHV
who. disguised as a young man
laberdaahery store, caused a senThen
she disappeared and, ac>r
of the store, search for her has
is twenty-ona years old, went by
sd her disguise, she explained, better
wages. "She made an unu[
Mr. Michael, "and we valued her
i pitched voice we never suspect st
to a young woman with whom
told her employer.
Martial Law in Pensacola.
Pensacola, Fla.?Pensacola is under
martial law. Strike breakers
were brought here by the street car
company, whose employes went on
strike some time ago. The attempt
to run cars caused a series of riots, in
which twelve persons were hurt. Then,
it was decided to call out the militia.
Harvard to Have Business School.
Cambridge, Mass. ? A graduate
school of business administration, in
connection with Harvard University,
is to.be established, and will be ready
for opening at the beginning of the
next college year.
Annapolis Graduation June 5.
Washington, D. C.?June G has
been fl*ed as graduation day for the
midshipmen at the Naval Academy.
Hoggsette Printer For Philippines.
Washington, D. C.?Jas. A. Hoggsette
has been selected to succeed
John S. Leech as Public Printer of
the Philippine Islands. He Is a native
of Nebraska and thirty-two years
old.
Exempts Union and Grange.
Washington, D. C.?A bill to exempt
labor unions and granges from
the operation of the Sherman antitrust
law, as interpreted recently by
the United states Supreme Court in
the Connecticut hatters''case, was introduced
in the House by Mr. Wilson,
the labor representative from Penn
sylvania. .
Proposes a Department of Labor.
Washington, D. C.?A department
of labor, with representation in the
President's Cabinet, is provided for
in a bill introduced by Mr. Sulzer, of
New York.
Mills to Close For Two Months.
Charlotte, N. C. ? The Executive
Committee of the North Carolina Cotton
Manufacturers' Association adopted
a formal recommendation that all
mills in the association shut down at
once for two months. .
Share of Street Railway Earnings.
Chicago.?A checkfor*$863,349.75,
representing the city's share of the
earnings of the Chicago Railways
Company, was handed to Mayor
Busse by John M. Roach, general
manager of the company. The total
value of the plant was fixed at $32,589,047.02.
To Deport Fifty Anarchists.
Washington, D. C. ? The list of
alien anarchists in New York City
who may be deported under the im
migration mwo ua? uun 5i?nu ^
fifty.
Want Exposition Site Hold.
Norfolk, Va.?Holders of the first
mortgage bonds of the, Jamestown
Exposition Company have petitioned
the United States Court for the sale
of the exposition site so that their
bonds and interest may be paid.
Town Has 230 Typhoid Cases.
Boston.?An epidemic of typhoid
fey^r, whlfch' began in Jamaica Blain
about ten ddys ago, hfcs spread so
rapidly that there are'230 cases.
f C^ABLL
ES.
mber of Commerce has sent circe
at London, Manchester, Livwhere
suggesting that diplomatic
ial of the Japanese Cotton Spin;ickets
in bales of cotton yarn as
ling the Japanese to the detri
n ha milliner f r\ faro fail*
Ill JUI 111 O Chk O IT Iliiug) l/V
lis artificial means of stimulating
iy argua, is questionable and is
ing instincts of the Chinese. They
:o protect British trade.
Says Venezuela is "Brigand."
. ..London.?The Daily Graphic, in an
edltorial~describing Venezuela as a
"brigand republic, outside the pale of
civilization," demands that the Government
recall the British Minister at
Caracas and resort to reprisals.
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Legation Made an Embassy.
St. Petersburg.?Emperor Nicholas
approved the bill raising the Russian
Legation at Tokio to an Embassy.
The appointment of H. MalevskyMalavitch
as the first Ambassador to
Japan Is regarded as certain.
NVw British Consul-General.
f..?nrlnn ?Th<* I-tnn Reginald Walsh
has been gazetted British ConsulGeneral
at New York.
Made Chancellor of Cambridge.
Cambridge.?John William Strutt,
Lord Rayleigh, was elected Lord
Chancellor of Cambridge University
in .succession to the late Duke of
Devonshire.
Incendiarism at Pekin.
Pekin.?Incendiarism here has
caused the throne to order an investigation
It is estimated that property
to the value of 5,000,000 taels has
been burned iu the last three weeks.
Ten Killed by Coal Gas.
Dctlll, uilgjauu. ICU 111*not O iUOV
their lives in the Norton Hill Colliery
iu Somersetshire, as a result of an
explosion of coal gas The first rescue
parties to go down were overcome
l?y the fume3 in the mines and were
saved uuly with the greatest difficulty.
Only 24,000 Germans Emigrated.
Berlin.?Th'; emigration from Germany
via Hamburg for the quarter
ending Marr.h I! I was 24,000, as
against 10.''?,F-!i0 for the corresponding
term of last year.
< uurt Holds That Alcohol May
Be Used in Proprietary Articles.
Atlanta, Ua.?In a decision based
on the Stale prohibition law, it is held
that keeping liquor for use in a proprietary
article is uot in violation of
the law. The court holds that the
sale of soft drinks which, although
containing alcohol, will not, if drunk
to excess, produce intoxication, is not
a violation of the statute, nor is it a
violation to sell medicinal, toilet or
culinary preparations which are not
manufactured for use as an intoxicating
beverage, although it can !.>. ?
nhovu that they contain alcohol.
FLEET SIFEJUMK PW
Hysteria of Welcome as Ships
Arrive at San Diego, Cal.
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War T)o;s Stenni in, -Rlaliins
Groa.esi Marine Picture Ever
Seen on Pacific Coast. '
Can Diego, Cal.?Gleaming white
under a high sun the sixteen battleships
oE the Atlantic fleet, after the
moat remarkable cruise in naval hisI
lory, steamed slowly into a home port
a tew minutes after 1 o'clock p. m.
and cast anchor off Coronado Beach.
Flying the flag of Admiral Thomas
the Connecticut led the long line of
vessels and as the guns of Port Rose"
erana boomed out a welcome the fleet
separated into divisions of four, each
squadron anchoring together with its
flagship nearest shore. The beach
was lined with a ^blid mass of people
gathered from all parts of the State
j ind the blue harbor was dotted with
' ??? ? >ioonrQtorf loiinpVion A hoarse
ircnzy of cheering that tried to emulate
the roar that echoed out of the
white puffs of smoke from the guns
: of the fighting ships shook the excited
assemblage.
After the grand receptions at Rio
and Callao it remained for an American
city to surpass both in warmth of
greeting, and in return the Californians
viewed the greatest marine
spectacle ever seen on the Western
coast.
To the fleet it was a honie-coming.
rt was getting back to God's country.
To California it was an opportunity.
This opportunity was many sided.
One of the sides related to patriotism,
the cprdiality .of welcome bordering
i on a condition of frenzy.
This city of 35,000 inhabitants,
| augmented probably by 20,000 visitj
ors, has gradually been going jnad
I for a month." It reached a stage of
| hysteria as soon as the long pennant
of blended outputs from many smoke
stacks showed thatthe fleet was really
! approaching. When the fleet actually
j did arrive the people looked at it in a
i 3ort of awe and stupefaction.
Yet it would be hard to deserve
I which was the more inspiring specta|
cle, the sixteen great ships coming
into the bay in perfect alignment like
| well trained soldiers or the great
i crowd that lined the shores watching
I them. In the first was epic poetry;
I in the other lyrics, pastorals and sonI
nets. It was a matter for individual
choice.
One hour after the battleships had
come to-rest San Diego'a ' reception
committee, the official hosts of the
town, boarded the flagship* Connecticut
and extended the greeting and
welcome of a people bubbling over
with hospitality. A little while later
Governor Gillette, still pale and weak
from recent illness, boarded the Connecticut
and spoke to Rear-Admiral
j Thomas and the other Rear-Admirala
j and commanding officers the welcome
| of the State of California. That forI
mality over, the people of San Diego
j threw wide their arms and asked the
: men of the fleet to come within the
i gates of the city, make themselves at
i home and help themselves to anything
they saw in sight
California's welcome was uttered
: by Governor Gillette in words which
j portrayed the Pacific as the inevitable
| theatre of the greatest naval war in
! history and which formed an em
phatic indorsement of President
i Roosevelt's plea to Congress for more
j battleships.
The splendid condition of the ships
; was manifested in every way. Out;
wardly they wore t}ie same white and
T buff units of a powerful' aggregation
: of fighting force that sailed from
| Hampton Roads, with the President
showing the way on the Mayflower,
j Internally the ships were in better
condition than when they started, engines
working with the smooth
J thrust and throw of perfect bearings
and careful handling? and boilers pro!
ducing steam with less consumption
i of coal because of the increased
| efficiency in the firing rooms. The
; wash of the waves along the water
{ line displayed from two to three feet
; of red armor belts, and showed comI
paratively little sea growth, despite
j the long stay in temperate and tropj
ical waters.
A feature of the arrival of the fleet
j was the trip of a boat carrying 33,000
; oranges, which were given to the men
j on the battleships by the San Diego
i people. The tars greeted the boat
j with loud cheers, and the oranges
;'\<rtth"" eager mouths, Another -boat,
filled with pretty girlfi, carried loads
j of flowers fo the bluejackets, and
j there were more loud cheers.
The beauty of the day's spectacle
j when tile ships were brought to ani
chor were rivalled at night, when for
i three hours every vessel was outlined
j in fire. Thousands of incandescent
I nuios were strung aiong aecKiiues, up
masts, far out on the signal yardarms,
up and down the huge funnels
and down to the water's edge at stem
and stern. The name of each vessel
was spelled in letters six feet high
j across its forward bridge. During
half an hour of the period of illurain*
ation a searchlight display added to
the effect. On shore scoi-es of red signal
fires were maintained throughout
the evening as a welcome.
At night Admirals Thomas, Sperry
and Emery and the commanding
officers and members of the variou3
stairs were entertained at an eiaoorate
dinner at the Hotel Del Coronado.
The absence of Rear-Admiral
Evans, who is ill at Paso Robles, is
deeply regretted on all sides. Admiral
Thomas, at the dinner, referred
to the subject with much feeling.
On the day after arrival about
4500 bluejackets paraded and there
was a presentation of a sword for
HOLDS 9-HOUR LAW INVALID.
Court Decides For Wisconsin in S?i?
Against St. Paul Road.
Milwaukee, Wis. ? The Federal
nine-hour law, governing the length
of time railway telegraphers maywork,
ia declared to be unconstitulinnal
liv .ludere Warren D. Tarrant,
in a decision, and the State eigiithour
law is declared valid.
The roads undoubtedly will oonlinue
to operate under the Federal
law. until .such tiuie as some high
; oiii( passes upon it, at least.
The Labor World.
A new union of teamsters bas been
formed in l'all Itiver, Mass.
A lockout, in the building industry
in Paris put 5 0,000 men oat of employment.
Preliminary steps have been taker,
toward the formation of a new union !
in St. Paul, Miin., to be made up oi
Lilt? uinameuiiii i?iiu uwji'i aiiu[; i. u.i
workers.
The recently organized Master Bar- j
hers' Association, at Sail Francisco,
fai., has promised to finance fiie Bar- 1
Oers" Union in its efforts to put all ,
shops in a sanitary condition.
Admiral Evw.s. and a casket and koy
to represent the freedom of the city
| to all, besides medals for ihe AdI
mirala.
Admiral Thomas made no leas than
three speeches: of acceptance.
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PRESIDENT WANTS BATTLESHIPS
Sends Message Advocating Four Tnj
' stead of Two.
Washington, D. C.?Declaring that,
he is actuated by the spirit of George
I Washington and quoting in his de1
fense a message of the first President,
President Roosevelt sent a message
to Congress advocating an appropriation
for four first-class battleships,
instead of the two fighting craft recommended
by the House Naval Com mittee.
In this message the President
points out that, while the additional
ships are primarily for the purpose of
promoting international peace, they
are made accessary by the failure of
the powers to agree to any treaties
curtailing the 3ize of navie3 or the
size of individual ships.
The President's message reached
the House in the midst of the discussion
of the Naval Appropriation bill.
Representative Hobson finished his
ononnVi fnr fruir hatHoqhins a.nri had
| JLVt fcVUi VM?w.vww.rM| ? , _
been loudly applauded.
INSTRUCTED FOR HUGHES.
Republican Convention Meets in New
York -City?First Colored Delegate.
New York City.?The Republican
State convention, which assembled in
Carnegie Hall, elected the following
delegates at large and their alternate?
to the national convention, which ie
to meet in Chicago on June 191
Delegates at Large?Stewart "L.
Woodford, of New York City; Seth
Low, of New York City; Frederick R.
Hazard, of Onondaga County; Edward
H. Butler, of Erie County.
Alternates at Large?John Raines,
of Ontario County; Thomas P. Peters,
of Kings County; Norman J. Gould,
of Senaca County; Charle3 W. Anderson,
of Erie County.
Mr. Anderson is President Roosevelt's
colored internal revenue collector
for the Third District. He is
the first colored man in the history
of the Republican .party of the State
to be elected,an alternate at large to
a national convention. There has
never been a coiored delegate at
i mi? n orwl
Ittl go. iueac UCLC5ai.cn ? laigg HUM
their alternates were . "directed" by
the convention i;o use all honorable
means to bring about Governor
Charles E. Hughes' nomination for
President.
EX-CONVICT BOY KILLS MOTHER.
. j Just Released and Brooding Over Fancied
Wrongs Takes Awful Revenge.
Brooklyn, N. Y.?In revenge for
fancied wrongs, Bernard Carlin shot
and killed his mother. Mrs. Susan
Carlin, in her home, at No. 587 Quincy
street, a few hours after he had
been released from the Napanoch Reformatory,
in Ulster County. As he
was trying to escape he was' caught
by George Tonyes, a moving van man,
and turned over to the police.
In design and execution it was one
of the most atrocious crimes in many
years in Kings County. Carlin admitted
that he had planned the murder
while he was in prison, and his
only regret was that he had not been
aKIa li?n Ki?AfhAi* f r* Irill him
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too. He blamed his mother for having
had him committed to the institution,
although the records show that
he was found guilty in 1906 of stealing
a horse and wagon in the Wallabout
Market.
NEAR $100,000,000 FOR ARMY.
Largest Appropriation Ever Made
Except When at War.
Washington, D. C.?The largest army
appropriation bill ever passed in
time of peace went through the Senate
after less than an hour and threequarters
devoted to its consideration.
It carries 598,820,409, or $20,000,-J
000 more than last year's bill. As
passed by the House it was $84,207,560.
The Senate added $14,612,843.
l lie war uvyai uau aoacu
$103,216,000. The bill of last year
appropriated but $76,000,000. The
increased pay for officers and men
will cost, according to estimates, j
$7,000,000.
Senator Haie who usually opposes
any tendency toward militarism, fojnd
no fault at all.
An aggregate of $1,146,414 Is api
propriated for the defense of the Hawaiian
and Philippine islands.
DEMOCRATS NAME GRAF.
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Despite Kfs Declination, Delaware
Convention Instructs For Him, |
Dover, Del.?Despite the written
declaration of Judge George Gray
that he could not under any circum- '
stances consent to have the delegates
instructed for him, the Delaware
Democratic State Convention officially ;
placed 1iis name before the Democracy ;
of the country for that party's nom- '
ination for President of the United
3tates. I
There was no voico raised against
the resolution to instruct the delega- j
tion of six to "support, advocate and
vote" for Judge Gray's nomination.
The platform adopted declares for
unfaltering devotion to State rights
criticises the National Administration
and declares for ^ revision cf Ihe
tariff. .
Duluth Banker a Suicide.
Despondent over business troubles,
Charles F. Leland. formerly president
of the Commercial Bank, shot and
killed himself at his home in Duluth,
Minn. The failure of the Commercial
Bank, which followed the embezzle- |
inent of $80,000 of tt^e bank's funds
by the teller, had weighed heavily
upon him
RUSSIA FORTIFYING FRONTIER,
Placing Mountain Artillery in Passes
on Turkish Border.
Tiflis. Transcaucasia. ? Fifty-six
j heavy guns have passed through here
| for the Russian fortress at Kass, on
! th? Turkish frontier. They were sent
I immediately after officers of that gar- <
I rison reported to St. Petersburg that. ;
j the raosr, important mountain passes
i are unfortified, mountain artillery is {
Jacking, and if the Turk? attack that !
oection no adequate defense could be
offered.
1 NICARAGUA'S REIGN OF TERROR. '
Wholesale Executions Take Place as
I
i ICesuJt of Politics.
| Kingston, Jamaica.?Central Amer- '
i i.-au mail reports received her*; say |
iliac wnoiesaie executions have taken
; place in Nicaragua, as tne resuir. or.
I political iroubles. Between seventy i
and eighty persons are reported to
I have be^u shot by order of President I
| Zelaya for political reasons, it is ali?ged.
While the (Jovernmeut officials !
-.ay that rhe Republic is quiet, great j
^i rnt ;s reported m certain d;s- j
i ciicta i,; .Nicaragua. i
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j "GOD ULESS YOU, DEAR."
! In all the varied realm of thought,
j Expressed in language sweet and clear,
; No whispered word to me has brought
i A warmer glow of love and cheer
! Thau thuj: "God bless you, dear!" '<
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i '"(Tod bless you. dear!" God who upholds
j The universe by word of power,
I Whose spirit, all our lives enfolds,
l Whose mercy rules each passing hour? .
| . "God bless you, dear! "
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; '"God bless you, dear!" There's not a trac4 , '
j Of any good beneath the skies
Outside f.h<? bond* of that embrace
.(j. Whatever ,{je its present guise: '
I God bless you, dear!"
' ""'God bless you, dear!" , And does He paus* \
j To note each child upon his way?
; Mv heart makes answer: "Yes, because
He loves us both;" and so I pray,
"God bless you. dear! "
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Sound Doctrine.
We must take heed to our doctrine *
respecting the atonement and priest- *
ly office ot our Lord and Saviour,
i Jesus Christ. We must boldly maini
lain that the death of our Lord upon
i the cross was no common death, it ( ' "
was not the death of one who only 1
i died lfke Cranmer, Ridley and LfttK
; mer, as a martyr. It was not tire
| death of one who died only to give u*
, a mighty example of self-sacrifice and
self-denial. The death of Christ was
an offering up unto God of Chrjst'a
own body and blood to make satisfaction
for man's sin and transgression.
I Tt was a sacrifice and propitiation; r
1 sacrifice typified in every offering'of
the Mosaic law, a sacrifice of the
mightiest Influence upon all mankind.
Without the shedding of that blood
(here could not be?there never waa
to be?any remission <*f e?nFurthermore,
we must boldly m&in!
tain that this crucified' Saviour ever
j Hitteth at the right hand of God. ^o
make intercession for all that come
; to God by Him; that He there repre;
sents and pleads for them that put
! their trust in Him, and that He has
deputed His office of priest and medi|
ator to no man or set of men on the
i face of the earth. We need none be- -gj
sides.
Last, but not least, we must boldly,
maintain that peace with God, once
obtained by faith in Christ, is to be
kept up, not by mere outward ceremonial
acts of worship?not by receiving
the sacraments of the Lord's / ' f;
Supper every day, but by the daily
habit of looking to the Lord Jesus
Christ by faith?eating by faith His
body, and drinking by faith His
blood; that eating and drinking of
which our Lord says he who eats and
drinks shall find His 'body meat indeed,
and His blood drink indeed."
Holy John Owen declared, long
ago, that if there was any one point
more than another that Satan wished'
to overthrow it was the priestly office
of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Satan knew well, he said, that it was
the "principal foundation of* faith
I and consolation of the church. ' - ;
I Right views upon that office are of
I essential importance in the present
day, if men would not fall into error. V . 2
?Bishop J. C. Rule. D. D.
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The Fruit of One Sin.
The Rev. G. A. J. Ross lays stress
upon the power which a- simple sin
possesses to make other sins easier,^
and relates the story of a ghastly
tragedy in which, through a single
transgression, the fatal result was:
The little child?dead; the young
j mother?dead; her fiance?dead; her
! betrayer?dead; his aged mother?
dead; his godless father?worse than ,
. dead.
J It' all this (he asks) be but a.frag!
ment of ttfe life history of a single
I sin, as we purbiindly see it, what.
i must the ghastly history of all Sin be ? ,
j to God as He stands over agaiont
this world * * * which He made free
i that He might have the response at
free wills to His ministering love?"
; And ye; men say there i3 no need of
an atonement!?London Christian.
' Godlike Giving.
God "so loved" tnat he gave.
| That is the expression as it is the test , >
of love Giving?not receiving, not'
withholding, not condemning. We . , - *
sinners can receive and withhold and;
condemn; can we love? That is to be
Godlike. "God is love, and whosoever
loveth is born of God and know!
eth God." God loved, and just because
He loved He gave. Cau wo
measure that love? Only by His gift.
Can we measure that gift? Only by
His love. Both are measureless. ?
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JNUrmWBliiau nutvwn,
The Best Preparation. . ?
There is nothing, aside from Christian
training, thai: prepares a woman ,
for "a life of usefulness equal to a
thorough knowledge of domestic affairs.
A girl may never be required
to cook or use her knowledge, but
how much better to hi prepared for
any emergency that may arise, and not
be dependent oh others. Happy is
the household which has as its head
one who understands dcmescfc .
i-cience
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High Realities.
r?Q aaai-rh nfter truth is the most
necessary of ail means to the ends of
life It Ls hard to conceive of one
at. having realiy lived m this world
who has -not possessed himself of its .**?'
high realities. This is what the Scriptures
say to us in ceaseless iteration,
and this is what meu say to us who }>
have auyihirig to aay which w? cartto
hftir.?Rev. W. J. Tucker.
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SearcIiiiiiC
Would you judge of the lawtuiaess
nr nnlawfiiluess of pleasure, of the
innocence or malignity of actious?
Trikj. this rule: Whatever weakens
your reason, impair* the tendernesn
of your conscience, Obscure* your
sn-ue of G-ii. or takes off the relUh
of spiritna! things?i:i short, what(
ver increase.* t he strength and authority
ot your body over your rnin.1,
I but ( hum is sin to you, however inuof-iit
it oiay Lie ;u itself.?Suaaun*
Wesiey.
ff? >Vsls ? Junk S?hop.
Eleven icnit'e blades, six screws, five
nails and a varied assortment of other
iunk have been remived from the
body of Henry Harrison, at Seattle,
Wash., who went to a physician several
days ago and complained of
,iains in his feidas. He said h* had
suspicions he might t'9 a victim of
ippendicitia. He is x vaudeville perform
er.
Cioveritmesst Kuys Handkerchiefs.
Washington, D. C . authorities are
negotiating tor GO.O'JO silk handkerchiefs
for the uso of the navy.
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