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THE COC The oolcv moon, hangs in the evenuij sky. All supary. round and sweet; I suppose it was hun-i way up so high So no one would it to eat; But siill there's a way to get a :>ile For good little girls and boys If only they uo to sleep at night .Without any fu*.s or noise. So close one peeper and shut onr eye So thut we'll reach i. soon All the habit's from Hy-lo-'ny. All tlu> ilarlintrs of J.)>c.wsy-?vo. From Nap-op-a-L?j? ai.u >'o; On pillows of cluiuU piled Iii'.-ij. cj Iiiv 'i. To come to the cooky nio >rv ! ?Edmund Yduc: C r I(Ifl RUNAWAY | ^2^' ( i ===== l ' 1 r1 By ROI The full nioon shone brightly upon the streets of Rome; the cool breeze invited many to leave their close apartments and come out for a breath of fresh air. The streets and broad plazas were gay with the multitudes, whose varied costumes, speech and complexion showed that they came from every land. Presently a youth in Syrian costume turned the corner of an alley I and began to drift aimlessly with the crowds. Though strong of limb and supple in body, yet the dejected I? look on his handsome face showed If that health of body does not always eg give quiet of mind. The elation of a youth was lacking; he seemed to H feel himself on the losing side iu the || battle of life. - ~ ~ fAnnrlc "? 11Q+ I Among tue uauic ui iiuuixuo, j then his ear caught words in his own tongue. A middle-aged man and woman passed him, the man telling her something most earnestly: a moment more and he began to sing gently. To the surprise of the now eagerly listening youth, the song proved to be a Christian hymn which he remembered having heard. Instantly the scenes of his past life flashed over his mind and he seemed to gain fresh strength and hope from the recall. Following these new friends till convinced that they were Christians, he ventured to address them in their own tongue: "Pardon me, friends, but would you be kind enough to help a fellowcountryman? I have but lately come to Rome, and though I have sought earnestly for work, there seems to be no place for me. My money is nearly all gone, and if I do not soon find some honest way to live, my case will be desperate." *- rlo "AD, who are ?uu <iuu ???*&..? .you come from?" "That is a long story, but I am from the Taurus Mountains in Cappadocia, the same region from which you evidently come, and I am an .honest man in search of work." | "Poor boy," said the woman. "You are very young to be so far from home and so adrift in the world. Where is your mother?" "Dead, madam, and my father also. 'They were murdered by a band of mountain robbers," and the boy had a struggle to repress a sob. "Ah, well, we must not keep you standing here. We are on our way to a Christian service; would you mind going with us?" 14 T J liinnv tn srn I bllUUlU UC uiuol ncii'i'j w with you." "Are you a Christian?'' "So, I know very little about the ?ect, but I threw away a good opportunity to iearn it, which I now regret, for what I then saw makes me believe it more than mere superstition, and in my present friendless state, I think it might tend to give me strength and courage." Such frank questioning and reply drew them together and by the time the place of meeting was reached, they seemed like old friends. Sitting down among the waiting people, the quiet calm of the place seemed to bring peace to his spirit. And when the aged preacher stood up, the tones of his voice thrilled the youth like noble music. Though his stature was small and his silvery locks and bronzed face revealed much Icarasmp. yet me ticai nou<- >u eye and the warm glow of his message, made the hearers forget all thought of weakness of his body. The Syrian youth seemed to drink in the words of the Gospel with eager ?ars; so deeply was he impressed that he asked for more instruction at the end of the service. His new friends introduced him to several, and presently to the great preacher himself; they told of his desire for the truth, and also of his life-story as far as they knew it. The aged man listened kindly, .asked a few questions, and then lay Iing a gentle liand on the youth, said. ""I think it is the wish of our Master that you come and abide with me for the present. My friend. Luke, the beloved physician, has beea taking care of me, but of late he is so occupied with the Gospel message that I should not take his time for my bodily wants. If you will make your home with mc, you can assisi my waning strength much, and I will gladly tell you of our blessed Lord and the salvation through Him." Sc it came about that young Onesimus ?for that was his name?was taken into the home of the great apostk to the Gentiles, and was speciallj charged with caring for his bodilj needs. Willingly did he perform evei; the most menial service; for h< loved and revered his master. AmJ that master in turn took the haml cntno vniifh In his vpi-v heart I giving liim a love next to that towarc Timothy, the more than son. This very love between them tend ed to melt away all barriers of re serve. One day after a long conversation concerning the things of tin Kingdom of Heaven, the master looking earnestly at the youth, said: "Tell me more lully your lifestory, Onesimus; your up-bringing was not plebian; that is quite clear.' "No. master i: was not. The mos of my life has been spent in comfort I My father was the weaitniest wan 11 the village wheie we lived; our hom< was luxurious for that region, ant my education was the best that coulc IKY MOON. ; And rr!">n it is .cone. wov the }.Ioon mar takes And make? us another one; And it's always hrijiiit on the days he bakes For he cool:* it m the sun. And then, when it's sujrary. shiny bright, The (rood little children come. And they eat the cooky mar. bit; bv bits And every st:ir is u crumb. So r'n.-.i one n?mr>r and phut ono eve So that we'll reach it snon. A11 llie babies from l'y-lo-by. All the darlings of Drowsy-eye. r:Tin X;>.;von-a-Lan and Sleepy-sish. 0^ pi Hows isf clouds piled high, so high V*.? <-one to the cooky moon. I:;, in the Woman's Home Companion. ! SLAVE: A TALE 3F ANCIENT ROME: ? ! 5ERT EUGENE McALPIM E. 1 I "Yes, your speech shows that, and your hands are not yet hardened by toil. But how did you drift so far from that happy home?" nssui cui,y it ?ciz> aiwl \jl xhj v/v*xj chosing, but as 3*011 perhaps have learned, that home was broken up and destroyed by a roving band of robbers. When they attacked the town, my father led the villagers, who tried to resist them, but he and most of his company were slain. The invaders swept down upon us and came straight to our home. My mother was ruthlessly cut down as she sought to protect my only sis| ter; the home was robbed of everyI thing valuable, then burned; my sisI ter and I were bound and carried off | to be sold as slaves, and since that awful day I have never seen her. The robbers carried me blindfolded to their mountain stronghold where I suffered great bodii.v hardship and intense anguish of spirit. After many months, one day I was hastily summoned, blindfolded and presently handed over to a passing caravan of merchants to whom I had been sold as a slave. These men took me to the city of Colossae and exposed ne there for sale in the slave market. Very soon I was purchased and taken to the home of a wealthy man named | "Ah! Where was he from? Was j he a Christian?" "He had not lived long in Colossae, and I think he came from Ephesus, but am not certain. Yes. he was a good man, and his kind treatment of me was the first thing pWhy No Farmer is Evei ! Our farmers have heard s farmer, until many of them 1 wcro worse off than any other thing about farming, one is j fj v.atil he receives the summon: the Lo; fl. Xo farmer is eve panic::, storrur. drouths may a: i yields her increase and alway ' all oT h^r agricultural childr there will b? work for the fa There r.ro other remuneratii Tiiers era no great fortunes u only be rnaae where great opi Igresation oZ money, men or 1'p.rmer is too isolated for si want cucb combinations for few, but for independence, for ins out one's "own salvation lor stamping one's individuali I p munity there is nothing like t 5Lo?9 III Hill ???O ? i that impressed me with the idea that 1 his religion was good." "The very same! Did he have a grown son? And. was his wife 'named Appliia?" "You seem to know his family. | He has a grown son named ArchipI pus, who is also, like the parents, an ! active Christian worker." "Most assuredly I know that fam, ilv, seeing 1 baptized both the parj ents and the iutant son, but I have i not seen them for years. The pas! tor of that church, Epaphras, is my ' fellow-prisoner here at Rome, and he 1 has told me many things about the j church there which Philomen helped ! him to found. The young man, Arj chippus, is now acting-pastor during i the absence of Epaphras. And su j you were in the home of my friend. | Philemon? But tell me, how did you j come here if you were his servant? ! 1 fear you took matters into your j own hands and fled?" I "Yes, that is exactly the case, but i surely you do not tninK i ma wrong in escaping from slavery, do you? ! True, my master was a kind man, 1 and now as I look back upon it all, , it may be that he was planning to instruct mo in the Gospel; for he al' ways tried to have me in to the ser| vices with the other servants. But i my heart was bitter over the terrible ; late which had befallen our entire family, i saw no reason why 1 i should tamely submit to slavery whc j had the rather been accustomed tt i have slaves of my own. So fierce j was my spirit that all the kindness | of my master was lost on me, and I determined to escape. This was I the easier to accomplish because ol j the gentle control in that household 1 There is only one thing that 1 re : j gret, and that is that I stole soirn 1 j gold from my master to help me ir 1 j making my way to other lands. B> ? | this means I was enabled to come tc i { this city. And was not the hand ol i ! God in it so that 1 was led to you?" ! i '"Yes, truly it was the goodness ol ' I God which led you to us; but, m.i ' son, your own heart tells you thai i the takiu.g; of that gold was wrons i ?it was, in fact, a theft. And as 1c I . the question of your bondage; true . Cod is our Father, and He woult , ; have all men to he brethren; if tin i ' Spirit of Jesus ruled in the heart: I of men, all slavery and oppressior j would disappear. This is our hop< - and urayer. but to accomplish it, w< must employ peaceful means; ii meekness and humility, we must in , struct men, and until they becom< : willing of themselves to act out th< mind of the Master, we His servant; ; must carefully obey the laws. D: ' j no means must we use violence ii t order to cause violence to ceasi among others, for thereby we our i selves should become breakers of th< i law. We must be subject to rulers 1 and servants must obey their master 1 in the flesh, working heartily as unt< the Lord aud not unto men. He tha i (ioeth v i ong, whether servant or master, shf.l! receive again for th? wrong ' lie hath done, lor there is no respect of persons with God. My son, I know it is hard but you must return." "Whttif T.onvo vnii' T.e.uro mv newly obtained freedom of body and spirit, and return to slavery? And what about the gold?" "It is hard for me also, for as you | know, I have learned to love you as I my own child; and, too. I need your i help. But your duty is clear; you j must return to your master and serve i him till the Lord gives you honorable j permission to have your liberty." "As for the gold, I will assume t that debt myself. Just at this time j I am engaged in writing a letter to 5 the church at Colossae which Tychii) cus Is to bear to them. You shall go with him, and by you I will send a special letter to my old friend, your master, and I am well assured he j will gladly receive you in my stead I ^ and do for you more than I shall j ask of him. Yes, my dear son, I | grieve to part with you, but it must be done." And so it came to pass that not many days thereafter the messengers received the precious letters, said a > touching farewell to the revered i teacher with whom another meeting ' in the flesh was most doubtful, and set their faces to the rising sun. Of , their reception by the church at Colossae and of the subsequent treat! inent which Onesimus received at the hands of his former master, the record does not speak; but we may imagine with almost a certainty what did happen. The kindly Philemon gave the youth a cordial welcome, for his own sake, for from the beginning he had planned generous things for the poor captive. But when he heard his story and read the letter sent by his hand from the great teacher who had led him to Jesus, all hesitation vanished; his plans ripened at once and on the spot he N told Onesimus he was free. Not only was he free, but taking him by the hand and leading him to an inner apartment, he called a young girl and presented her to Onesimus. With astonishment the two gazed a moment at each other, and then with joy unutterable they sprang to embrace; for the girl was the sister Onesimus had counted lost. But good Philemon having found her also in the slave market and learned her story, had purchased her liberty. Henceforth they both were adopted as children in this home of wealth, where there reigned the Spirit of Jesus.?Christian Union-Herald. r Thrown Out of His JoD-j o much about the down-trodden ^ lave about concluded that they t class. But there is one glorious ^3 not called from his vineyard, ? 5 to come up to the vineyard of I r thrown out of his job?fires, nd will come; but the earth still s furnishes something to do for ft en. And as long as time lasts ^ irmer?and food for the sower. 3ns besides dollars and cents. 'A in farming?great fortunes can jortunities are offered by an ag- ? many smaller influences. The m uch combinations. We do not B here the many must serve the v; the glorious privilege of work with fear and trembling," and m ty upon his home land and com- ? he country. f:' mnab himimiii 9 ? an? c ceab A Grass From Which Paper is Made By C. W. FURLONG. xjopai cu 10 uui an a^iauuuiui pi I duct, and it seems fitting that the j leading export of the Tripolitan peo| pie should be a product of their own arid land, wild and incapable of culj tivation. Since 1868, when the urst .ship-load of esparto was sent to Eng; land, vessels have borne away thou| sands of tons yearly to that country, j | You or I pick up a heavy-looking [ ! novel perchance and marvel at its ] | lightness, and the reader of some | ! London newspaper peruses its col- j , ' umns and then casts aside the fin- i |! ished product of the esparto-picker. In ltfOl, which was an average year, 215,155 camel-loads came into the coast towns, nearly 134,000 I + V* ii rv K f V? A f Attrrt rtP /\ I , ; jjaaacu uu uu^ii tuc gaicwaj UL LUG Suk-el-Hall'a the total export of the country amounting to about 33,000 ' | tons. That from the town of Tripoli, 10,690 tons, brought ?75,500, which was over a fourth of the I amount of her total exports.?Har' 1 per's Magazine. 1 I Worms as Planters. Many readers may recall the sur- I I prise they felt on reading Darwin's ! , book on earthworms to find how the great naturalist had lent an irresis( tible charm to so apparently un, promising a subject. It led them to , I to entertain a respect they had never . previously felt for the humble borers [ in the earth. It now appears that I . earthworms must be regarded as use ; ful otherwise than as simple cultivators and renewers of the soil. Ac . cording to Mr. E. A. Andrews, they j , are tree-planters also. They draw the [ flat seeds of ihe silver maple into j their burrows, and such seeds, in , districts too dry for them to germif nate if left upon the surface, sprout from the worm-holes, and grow into ? seedlings, which, under favoring con, ditions, may become flourishing j t trees.?Youth's Companion. r ' Good Advice. , "I take The Press every day," said I 1 a commuter. "I wo.'k in an office j ; with twenty associates. They are too : 3 mean to buy a newspaper, but read i mine all day, passing it from one to j the other until by the time it gets j back to me, just before leaving for i home, it is nearly worn out. What . do you think I ought to do?" I adi vised him to pin a sign on his paper a like that hung in a famous London 5 coffee house: "Gentlemen learning y lo spell are requested to use yesteri day's papers."?New York Press. g 1 Export of Chinese Crackers. i s The export of Chinese crackers > from Canton was 45,197 hundreds weight in 1905, and 22,063 hundred3 weight the average for the previous | t five years. REVOLUTiONABYMOVEMENT j ALARMS MEXICAN REPUBLIC i Scores Killed and Wounded in; Attack on Las Vacas. INSURGENTS PUT TO FLIGHT Mexico Urges United States to Keep Citizens Neutral?Texans Report : the Arrival of Fugitives Across } the Border. City of Mexico.?The revolutionary uprisings in the northern part of this j republic have now become the subject j of international correspondence. Com- j munications from Minister of Foreign j Affairs Maclocal have been sent to the j State Department at Washington. This condition arose out of the fart that the raiders who shot up the town of Las Vacas are now on Texas soil and claiming the protection of the United States. In an interview VicePresident Corral said: "This whole trouble has been caused by three agitators, who are at i present residing in the United States. One lives in Los Angeles, Cal.p another in San Antonio, Texas, and the third in Austin, Texas. These men recently appealed to certain of the criminal and ignorant element of the border State of Mexico, inciting them to raid certain designated towns for the purpose of robbing the banks and Government offices, under the plea that funds could be thus raised for the cause of an alleged revolution." El Paso, Texas.?In an encounter between revolutionists and troops of the Mexican Government at the town of Las Vacas, in Coahuila, Mexico, aear the border, across from Del Rio, Texas, between forty and fifty were killed and the commandant of the Mexican troops was badly injured. The story of the battle as received here is as follows: The quarters of the Mexican officers and barracks were fired upon by f the attacking band, and the assault j J centred upon the Federal customs house. Forty troops were finally assembled. In the disorder following the first attack upon the barracks and | the discovery that the quarters of the soldiers were burning, the revolution1 Ists captured about sixty horses be: longing to the Mexican cavalry. At the customs house the troops made a determined stand, and the fighting lasted all morning without intermission. It is said that 5000 shots were exchanged. The revolutionists cut all telephone and telegraph wires leading to Las Vacas, and thus prevented the besieged town from sending for reinforcements. After heavy firing until about noon the attacking party was repulsed and communication was established out of Las Vacas. Troops were rushed to the place. The Sheriff of Valverde County, Texas, telegraphed Governor Campbell, of Texas, tjiat the revolutionists had been repulsed, and that many of them were fleeing to the United States. The county officials asked I the Governor if he could arrest the I fueitives for violation of the neutral ity laws. Under advice from the At- | torney-General, Governor Campbell advised the Sheriff that the Federal j authorities alone had jurisdiction and j instructed him to keep hands off. San Antonio, Texas.?With mor j than ten full regiments of soldiers itr J the field in the State of Coahuila. Mexico, the Government has the situation well in hand and the revoluj tionists are scattered in the mountains of Durango, not far from Viesca on one hand and in the hills of Texas across the Rio Grande from Las Va> cas. on the other hand. It is believed the revolution is over for thf present. The assailants of Las Vacas purchased their arms in Texas and laic their plans on this side. It is knowr that nine soldiers and twelve revolu- I tionists were killed at Las Vacas and 1 about fifty wounded. Mexican troops , swarm on the frontier and rigid rules j as to communication are maintained ; although some are now allowed tc ! cross the river at Bel Rio and Eagle! Pass. VENEZUELAN BREAK DECISIVE Withdrawal the Result of Senate's Perusal of Correspondence. Washington, D. C.?While every- \ thing is being done to minimize the ! action of this Government in break* I ing off diplomatic relations with Ven- j ezuela. there is a persistent belie! tnat it presages sharp and d?cis*ive action in the case of the South American republic. Warships will bring home Jacot j Slesper, Charge d'Affaires, and Lieu- j tenant Francis A. Ruggles, Military j Attache. Confirmation was had al J the State Department that the Ameri- j can Legation had been closed. The i Brazilian Minister will keep an eye ! on American affairs until some decis- ' ion is reached, either by diplomacy j or by the use of some stronger meas- | ure. The withdrawal of the American i representatives from the Venezuelan | capital is regarded as a direct result of the action of the Senate, which lasl j winter called for ail the voluminous i correspondence that had passed between Washington and Caracas. The ; perusal of this correspondence aston- ; ishod members of tae Committee on ! Foreign Relations. Contralto Drops Dead fn a Choir. While assisting in a duet at the First Baptist Church at Jeanette, Pa., Irene Axton, nineteen years old, the ! contralto of the church quartet, sud- j denly fe'l across the choir rail and I died before aid could reach her. Death was due to heart disease. Sir William Whitewny l)ond. Sir William Whiteway, former ; Premier of Newfoundland, died at i St. John's. He was eighty-one years i Did. TROOrS AT PANAMA ELECTION. I i No Serious Disorder in Contests, Won ! by G!?aldia's Candidates. Panama.-?There were no serious j disorders "n the municipal elections | held throughout the Isthmus. The ; t:cket supported by General Obaldia, I a candidate for the Presidency of the republic in the elections that will j take place July 12 in Panama City, was successful by a big majority. In Colon on the other side of the j Isthmus, United States marines were ' ashore to protect property, of the American Government. mis srajicH emi Used Her as a Shield Agains Bullets of Sheriffs Posse. Eighteen-Year-OId Daughter of Call fornia Ranchman Carried Off to Be Held For S3000 Ransom. Fresno, Cal. ? After a desperati rifle battle between a rescuing part: and Cleveland Rodgers, one of? lie abductors, pretty eighteen-year-ol( Edna Domengine was rescued fron the kidnapers who captured her a the home of hei* father. Adolnh Do t* tonrl ntvrp and stockman, who lives in an iso lated section of Fresno County. Ton: Loveall, the other bandit who joine< in the midnight raid, left Rodgeri and the girl earlier in the day and s< far has escaped his pursuers. Aftei the battle between Rodgers and hi: pursuers, which took place at a lonel; and dilapidated cabin near Jack'i Springs, the desperado surrendsret and was taken to jail at Coalin^a There was a good deal of lynchins talk after he had been locked up. Rodgers surrendered to his pursu ers only after the magazine of hi; rifle had b3en exhausted in a vain en deavor to shoot down members of th< posse which had tracked him. H< used the girl for a shield when th< fusillade from his pursuers began and this action saved him from bein? wounded. The men in the posse wer< compelled to shoot wide to avoid in juring the girl. When rescued the girl was clothec in her night dress and her shoulderi and arms were covered with a man'i coat, wtich Rodgers had picked ui from a cabin in the foothills. On hei head there was a sombrero. Her feel were bars. She had been forced t< walk for miles at the side of hei captor's horse, and when the pursul came hot Rodgers placed her on *h< ?<> V.4,v, uuioc in Liuat u; mm. The chase after the girl and hei abductor was Ion. The posse startec from Coalinga In the morning. Do menglne had ridden into the town roused several of his friends and tolc them of the events of the preceding night. Two masked men, he said had ridden up to his home and firec bis barn. Holding off the rest of th< family with rifles, they drove awaj with his daughter Edna in his owi buggy, shouting that the girl woulc be returned safe on the following evening at Jack's Springs in Walthan Canon, on payment of a ransom o: $5000. After hearing the story th< rescuing party was soon in pursuit. A big crowd gathered and woult have lynched Rodgers had not Sherlf Chiltenden pleaded with them not t< take the law into their o^yn hands Miss Domengine said the men offeree qo affront to her. 335,573,000 FOR RURAL MAILS. Free Delivery inTenYears Has Grow From $10,000. Washington, D. C.?The sum o $35,573,000 was available the begin ning of the fiscal year, to maintaii and extend rural free delivery servlci throughout the United States. Thi is the largest sum yet appropriate* for the purpose, the first appropria tion being $10,000 a little more thai ten years ago to establish an experi mental route. The $35,573,000 i distributed among 39,145 carriers and a small portion of it is used fo clerks in charge of sub-stations, fo tolls and for ferry charges. Postmaster-General Meyer expect to obtain an appropriation at the nex Congress of about $10,000 to estab lish an experimental parcels post ru ral route. Postofflce officials believ that when this route is in operatioi one year the report therefrom wil have such weight that Congress wil be induced to authorize its extensioi to every route in the United States They think its success will ultimatel; rival, if not surpass, the success o rural free delivery. STRIKE DEPUTY SLAIN. Fatal Fight in Chester?Part of Trol 1p/ Bridge Burned. Chester, Pa.?A deputy sheriff wa killed in a fight caused by the trolle; strike here. The burning of a sec tion of the trolley bridge over a ra vine near Claymont is also chargei to the strike. David Murphy, Jr., of Trainer, : mile* e/Mith nf this pftl VlUtXgC uac- ixxaiw owkbu V* vU.? ? was on his way home from worfc when he and Darvin Spence, a deput: Sheriff, became involved in an argu ment. Spence, it is alleged, shot twic at Murphy. One bullet passei through Murphy's right shoulder, th other through his left shoulder. Although severely wounded. Mu* phy grappled with Spence, and af.e a struggle, managed to get the '"?ep uty's revolver. Then Murphy sho Spence through the head anil thi deputy died almost instantly. Mur phy was placed under arrest. VIRGINIA ROAD GOES TO WALL Norfolk and Southern Taken Over b; Federal Court. Norfolk, Va.?Upon the applicatioi of the Trust Company of America, o New York, the Norfolk and Souther] Railway Company was placed in thi hands of receivers by Judge Edmuin Waddill, in the United States Circui Court here. The trust company is th? holder of 315,000,000 first ret'nndini mortgage bonds of the railway com pany, upon which interest has beei defaulted, it is charged. British Revenues Decrease. The Treasury returns at London o the total revenue of the United King dom for the first quarter of the finan cial year show a decrease of S11.6S6, 940, as compared to the correspond ing period of 1907. Convicted of Taking $00,000. Ferdinand Dudenhefer, formerly z State Collector in New Orleans, La. was found guilty in the Crimina District Court for embezzling #L>o'jl $66,000 of State funds. TWO KILLED IN* AUTOMOBILE. Five Others Hurt When Traction Cai Hams It. Indianapolis, Ind.?A big touring car, containing four young men ant four young women, was siruck by a Terre Haute and Eastern traction cai at South Belmont avenue about midnight. Two men in the automobile were killed and five other passengers were injured. A. J. Yawger, o,.r?er of the machine, met iustant death, and Ear] Gardiner, the chauffeur, died on the way to the hospital. : TREASURY DEFICIT IS DUE t TO DECLINE IN CUSTOMS i ? Difference Compared With a Year Ago is $144,000,000. DEFICIT IS NEARLY $60,000,000 9 j Surplus of $84,000,000 Credited on r Books a Year Ago Wiped Out? j Congress Generous in Appropria1 tions. Washington. D. C.?When the fls" cal year closed June 30 there was a r deficit in the United States Treasury of approximately $60,000,000 for the j last twelve months. This deficit is to 3 be compared with a surplus one year ) ago of more than $$4,000,000, so the [ real difference between the condition ^ of the treasury to-day and one year 3 ago is expressed by the sum of $144,i nnn Ann The deficit was not foreseen until t | a | after the money panic of last Novemi ber and December. The country had ~ passed through a severe trial when Secretary Cortelyou sent his annual " report to Congress in December, yet j the Secretary was not able to see * what was to follow, for he predicted a surplus for the fiscal year ending ; June 30, 1908, of $?2,000,000. After that report was written the _ j commercial and financial world beJ gan to reap the fruits of panic. Both ^ i imports and exports suffered along 5 ' with other lines of business, and soon } ! it became apparent that the current j income of the Government was about . to suffer a severe impairment. The j. decrease in customs collections was , especially marked, for the volume of . imported merchandise immediately j. diminished and has not yet recovered. , In the fiscal yearended June 30 the i receipts from all sources were $763,. j 000,000 less than in the fiscal year . 1907 and only a trifle larger than 1906. In the year closed June 30 the disbursements for all purposes were [ $181,000,000 larger than in the fiscal , year 1907. They were larger than in ' any year in the history of the country [ with the exception of three years in , the Civil War period. The decrease in receipts in the last year has been due largely to the , panic of last fall and winter. The in, crease In expenditures is due to gen' eral causes, but none of them will , cease to exist in the coming fiscal pe[ riod. In tact the increase is due to ' the growth of the Government in . | large measure, and to some extent, 1 perhaps, to the generosity, not to say extravagance, of Congress. The summary of receipts and exj penditures for the last fiscal year is | as follows: Receipts from? j Customs $285,280,653 I Internal revenue 250,714,008 I Miscellaneous 63,501,102 Total $599,895,763 Expenditures - 659,551,755 - | Deficit $59,655,992 i [ The largest increase in expendib | tures has been under the head of civil s and miscellaneous. The increase is i due to no particular item. The in crease under this heading was $22,i 700,000. The second largest increase - was for the naval establishment, the s i aisDursements Deing $z?,iui/,uuu i? j more than last year. The navy now r j costs the Government approximately r | twice as much as it did in 1898, when I the war with Spain was being fought, s I The increase in expenditures on act j count of public works, which amount J ed to $17,100,000 in the fiscal year - just closed, was not due entirely to e the work on the Panama Canal. The a improvements of rivers and harbors 1 called for an expenditure of about 1 $30,000,000, and this despite the fact a that there was no regular river and i. ! harbor bills calling for expenditures j y \ on new projects this year. The con-1 f ; tinuing contracts, however, are so many now that the annual expendiI tures are very large. i The expenditures for pensions are j Increasing to a remarkable degree, although it was predicted only 'wo " , or three years ago that the limit had been reached. The increase the last 3 year was $14,000,000. The cause of y this is new legislation, tooth in tne : form of general and private bills. . The total expenditures on account of a pensions in the last year have been , $153,887,537. <A ! In only nine years since the Civil r ' War period has. tbere been a deficit ' in the United States Treasury. This y year's deficit is larger than in any . other since the Civil War, except in e 1894, when the figures were $69,l 803,200, and in 1899, when the exe cess of expenditures over receipts; , was $89,111,559. -The deficit in 1899 j . ; ^as due to large expenses of the war r with Spain. t j e j ADMITTED TAKING REEATES. I ; A. Booth & Co., of Chicago, Plead t j Guilty?May Be Fined $20,000. ) Chicago. 111.?A. Booth & Co., one Y of the largest concerns dealing in fish ' and oysters in the West, pleaded guilty in the Federal District Court J to having accepted rebates from railroad companies. 1 j The charge to which the company J pleaded guilty was accepting $4 69 J from the Lehigh Valley and Nickel t Plate Railroads. Judge Landis did ' not announce his sentence. The maxi? mum penalty for the offense, accord" , ing to District Attorney Sims, is a 1 j $20,000 fine. Labor Leaders Sentenced. John J. Brittain, George H. Lakey j and Charles G. Grassel, business | agents for the Carpenters' Union, in I Chicago, were sentenced to thirty " I days in jail for violation of an in" j junction against the calling of strikes " j on buildings under construction. North Carolina For Bryan. The North Carolina Democratic j i 1 State Convention at Charlotte ad- , . I journed after instructing the four ! i ] delegates-at-large to the Denver Con- 1 t vention for William J. Bryan. The Field of Sports. T. R. Pell, of New York, retained his title of lawn tennis champion of New England. r Residents of Long Branch, N. J., [ have formed an automobile racing t club. The day of the bookmaker has . - passed, but the day at the "memory i broker" has come?perhaps. 5 Hudson River fishermen are com- i plaining of the scarcity of fish, due to j the gasoline aid naphtha launches; ' that are used j.-incipally' by fishing ! ! parties. mms Siege of British Parliament Mostly a Mere Frolic. Huge Crowd Packed London Streets in Hope of a Scrimmage?Police Handle Situation With Skill'. Lioncion.?modern ijonuuii ii?ta i?e?er witnessed a more extraordinary spectacle than the last night demonstration by the suffragettes. For three or four hours a vast multitude of men and women besieged the House of Commons. Five thousand policemen had their energies tested to the utmost to protect the precincts of Westminster from the invasion. A small fleet of police boats was stationed on the Thames to ward off attacks by water. The land forces, including all the mounted men of the metropolis, had the warmest time since the Trafalgar Square riots twenty years ago. It was the largest assemblage seen in Parliament Square and vicinity within living memory. It was not a violent demonstration, but those who took part in it were so persistent that some rough work was unavoidable and the air was filled from time to time with the shrieks and screams of women who were being crushed by the charges of the police afoot and mounted. There were many arrests. Those held number twenty-nine, all women. Two are charged with breaking windows in Premier Asquith's official residence in Downing street. The others are charged with obstructing the police. f The culmination of the militant suffragette party's agitation was the outcome of Premier Asquith's suggestion that the women of England had not^ shown any injtense desire for tne suffrage. Mrs. i'anKnurst s cohorts replied that they would prove the contrary. The police mounted and on foot were In strong force in the neighborhood of tjie Paliament buildings, and for two or three hours that neighborhood was the scene of riots aad skirmishes on account of the efforts of the suffragettes to break through the police cordon and reach the lobby of the House of Commons. Numerous ruses and disguises were employed for this purpose, but none succeeded. In the end, twentynine of the women were arrested, including two bold spirits who drove in a cab to Downing street and threw stones and smashed the windows of the Premier's residence, and others who chartered boats on the Thames and tried to harangue the members of the House on the terrace through megaphones. Mrs. Asquith and her daughter watched the scenes from the balcony overlooking Parliament Square. Mrs. Asquith had been watching \ events in the street with her daughter and a governess, but the party was swept away by a sudden rush of v fV?/a onri onmowhot r?r*n <rVi 1V oH. LUV UiUU HiUVi DVlUVn MMV A VV*||Ui^ dressed and handled by a policeman, who supposed they were suffragettes. Mrs. Asquith then disclosed her identity, and the policeman escorted her to safety In the hotel. She afterward expressed her strong disapproval of the methods of the militant suffragettes. The Premier himself left Parliament on foot and passed unrecognized, although there were enormous crowds about. Scenes of the greatest disorder occurred, hut it is estimated that not more than five per cent, of those gathered in Parliament Square' were women. Contrasted with the recent orderly and impressive suffragette demonstrations this demonstration was a comparative ifailure. Indeed, it was calculated rather to injure than to advance the cause it intended to serve. . McCLELLAN WINS RECOUNT SUIT Court Directs Jury to Find That Mayor Was Legally Elected. New York City.?In concise terms Supreme Court Justice Lambert, who has been presiding over the quo warranto suit brought by Attorney-Gen firm J(1UKJ5U11 iu uuoi ucui gc ju. iuvClellan as Mayor of this city, directed the jury to render a verdict to the effect that Mr. McClellan was duly and legally elected, and that no evidence to sustain the charges of fraud in the election of 1905 had been disclosed. This the jury did without leaving the box. This ends two and one-half years' litigation instituted by William Randolph Hearst, one of the defeated candidates in the election of 1905. Clarence J. Shearn, Hearst's counsel. took formal exception to the verdict and asked for a new trial. His motion was denied and he again had an exception noted. Justice Lambert allowed an extra allowance of $10 a day to the jurors. They have served fifty-one days and each will receive $510 instead of ?102. For the whole jury the cost will be $6120. Justice Lambert thanked them briefly for their services. Mayor McClellan's final plurality is 2965. No appeal will be taken by Hearst. Savings Banks Form Union. Representatives of sixteen savings banks of New Jersey have organized the New Jersey Savings Banks' Association, with the object of obtaining proper consideration of all legislative action affecting savings banks and the discussion of all subjects relating to the welfare of the savings banks of the State. SEAT COST DROP TO $70,000. Stork Exchange Membership Goes For $2000 Less Than Two Months Ago. New York City.?A weakening tendency, attributable to the recent falling off in stock brokerage business, was noted in the market for seats on the New York Stock Exchange. A membership in this exchange sold for $70,000, or $2000 less than the price obtained at the previous sale whilp the market was activ:. about two months ago. Prominent People. Chancellor Day will take a long vacation abroad. Secretary Root decided to train at Muldoon's sanitarium, New York. Yale University conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws on J. Pierpont Morgan. William Dran Howells. who spent the winter in Rome, has been recently in London. After an illness of three weeks Representative William H. Parker, of Deadwootl, S. D., died of dropsy and liver trouble. He was born, seventyone years ago, at Keane, N. H.