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Ill case of the seizue of Mexican I
thlB most efficient arm are here allow
Infantry.
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bombardment by the American warshl
ADMIRAL FLETCHER
krar Admiral Frank F. Fletcher,
Atlantic fleet, has been stationed at V
flagship.
Some Ages of Trees.
fOhanrvatlons and records as to the
I age of trees have shown that
le tree attains 700 years as a
um length of life; 425 years is
3d as the allotted span of the
fir; the larch lives, as a rule.
275 years; the red beech, 245; j
pen, 210; the birch. 200; the j
ash, .370; the elder, 146; the elm, 130. j
Trad?. They Are ready to go, but they
are as idverse to intervention, If it
can be pevented without dishonor, as
Are any ivllians In the land. Your
tcorreaponurat attended West Point
with some of the field officers of the
army, who .oar are stationed In Washington.
He knows their feolings in
this matter md believes that it is
the feeling otthe soldiers now in the
field in Texas.
Intervention wfli 'mean long years
of occupation'0.the Mexican country,
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10 MAY BE LANDED IN I
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iui is n win liu in*., marines who win ue t
n, being inspected 011 silipboard, iightii
PLAZA OF TAMPICO, M
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, of Tamplco, the gathering place of th
ips.
AND HIS FLAGSHIP
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commanding the first division of the
era Cruz. The battleship Florida is his
The heart of tho oak begins to rot
at about the age of 300 years. Of
the holly it is said that there is a
specimen 41ft years old near Aschaffenburg,
Germany. A count of the
annular rings in a gigantic California
redwood tree showed that it began to
crow in A. P. 55ft. It was 350 feet
high, with a base circumference of
00 feet. '
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| Huerta yields, and this Mexican is I
not one of tho vU.iHinur bins I
he may give the tie to his record.
Barring a shortage of ammunition
for the field guns and some shortage
in the supply of guns themselves, the
army is prepared for a campaign tn
Mexico. There seems to be little
doubt in the minds of the officials that
Invasion once begun, the constitutionalist
leaders will Join forcoe with
their political antagonists, but, nevertheless,
their blood-brethren, to resist
the Invader.
' THBfORT;
MEXICO
lent ashore first. Some of the men of
lg with landing una and acting as
EXICO
e people, und it may be subjected to
GENERAL HUERTA
General Huertu has refused to ordet
the American lias saluted at Tanipieo
and filPi'S sin inuuoiAn ' ?
......v... v#i mu uuuuir/,
which has been trying to govern.
Nonsensical Question.
Jakey. the lazy and overgrown son
of a resident of the Itronx, was recently
haled before the magistrate in
the Morrisania police court by his
father who charged him with being
incorrigible, a deadly enemy of work
in all its branches, staying out late at
nights, smoking cigarettes and a few
other habits unbecoming a boy on the
threshold of manhood. The pnrent
was mad clear through, and told the i
court in no soft language Just what
he though his boy was coming to.
'"Does he strike you?" asked the
judge of the young man's father when
the latter had cooled ofT somewhat.
' Strike?" came back the father. <
"Why. Mr. Judge, your honor, how t
can dot boy strike ven he doesn't '
even woik?"?New York Tribune. 1
The army Is ready to do its duty
in any event, but it is no more anxious
for war than is any organization I
of civilians in the whole of Yankeeland.
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Equal Division. I
"How did that couple divide their :
effects when they separated?"
"They agreed mutually to an equal
division, so he took the prize bull terrier,
the motor car, the country place ,
and the income, and she took the chll- f
dren."
MILL TOMBS, TORT MILL, S(
REAR ADMIRAL BLUE
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Rear Admiral Victor ltlue, chief of
the bureau of navigation of the navy
department, is a busy man these days
in Washington, directing the departure
of the warships for Mexican waters.
NELSON O'SHAUGHNESSY
"Nelson O'Shauglmessy, American
charge d'affaires In Mexico City, tried
his best to show lluerta the serious results
that would follow his refusal to
order a salute to the American Hag at
Tfimidco, but failed.
GENERAL GEORGE BARNETT
General Harnett is the recently appointed
commander of marines and to
his men may fall the duty of seizing
the customs houses at Tampico and
Vera Cruz.
G. W.'s Fame.
"When opportunity knocked at the
loor of George Washington/' remarked
the Observer of Events and Things, |
"It seems to have made uso of a \
hatchet."
Two Reasons.
"Why must I pay more for meat
than my grandmother did?"
"Your grandmother walked down
to my shop and took it away In a haslet."
explained the butcher. "You I
telephone and have it delivered, and
rou pay for both transactions."
In a Boston School.
Teacher?What was it our forefahers
threw overboard from English
ships In Boston harbor in 1773?
8cholar?Deans, ma'am.
>UTH CAROLINA
l nPAAHPA a nania I.
traits A BABb;
BUYS IT DUNNAGE
A
Deep Sea Sailor Finds a Baby and
Wanted Her for a (
Mascot.
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HERO ROARS A BIT
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Had Great Plans for the Little One \
Until He Discovered One Stray
Mother?The Baby Did Not Gc
Aboard Ship.
San Francisco.?lie had a face the ,
color of a new inaline, his shoulders
wero wide and his chest was deep,
and he walked with a roll that was a 1
real roll. He was, in fact, a sailor. a
None of your steamboat winch-ham t
dlers. No, sir. One of the real old
Clark Russell variety. i t
Steering a fair courso along Kearny
street, he decided it was tlmo to take <
ballast aboard, so he put his helm i
hard down and was off for a restau- j
rant. j r
Making the entrance without pilot- t
age, he came to anchor at a table, and c
; was about to call lustily for the stew- i
| ard when a faint hail of distress j t
; reached his ears. n
The faint hall suddenly became a i;
I shrill yell and our sailorman discov- 1 ,
ered a small human bundle lying on j
a chair ut the next table.
"Well, well, here's a likely looking r
little craft in trouble," he said. "Stand B
by to tip 'em a warp. We'll take the [ e
little eloop In tow." j j
So he gathered up the baby, sixteen B
mouths old and lusty as to voice, into v
his arms, called the waiter and ordered
a steak for two. 1 (
The waiter, who didn't seem to know j
who owned the baby, thought steaJk ' (
was too strenuous a diet. So the sailor I i
agreed on a compromise to feed his r
as Hi Sq i
I (^v ."T I
Ordered a Steak for Two. <
find with a teaspoon, UBiag encourag- ,
Ing nautical terms the while.
Tho waiter ventured a timid inquiry
' as to wlyit his guest intended to do (
with the baby. I .
"Do?" roared our hero. "Why. I'm t
going to take her aboard ship and we'll j
raise her for a mascot." j j
Outside a drug store he hove to and ?
i finally made Into the store. i
"Fix mo up with dunnage for a craft <
like this, will you?" he said to the
druggist, displaying the baby.
So he was given a bottle and a |
whole lot of other things, and then
he made all sail and rolled his way
j contentedly to his lodgings on Fine 1
j Street, the baby sleeping with its tiny ^
head cuddled confidingly into the hoF ,
low of one brawny arm.
Hut the baby didn't go aboard ship.
Mrs. Frances Kmery. wire of Owen
Emery, employed on Goat Island, and
mother of the baby, whose name Is |
j Natalie, was given back her baby j
; after the sailor learned through the I
papers of its parents. i |
It seems that Mrs. Emery left the
baby iil care of u male companion
while she xaa shooting in a Kearny
Street gallery, and the companion in
: turn left the baby in the restaurant. h
The advice the sailor gave the for- c
getTul mother about leaving "helpless 1
little craft like itini - '
....... mj tun ui umiu was
! nautical and to tb.j point.
LAUNCH BIG U. S. WARSHIP '
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Dreadnaught Oklahoma Will Be One e
of the Most Powerful Vessels
of the Navy. c
Philadelphia.' Pa.?The dreadnaught v
Oklahoma, launched from the yard of
the New York Shipbuilding company
at Camden, N'. J., will be one of the I
largest and most powerful ships that '
has yet been floated for the Amerij
can navy. A sister ship, the Nevada, w
| i? under construction at Qulncy, Mass. f
The length of the new giant sea tl
' fighter is 583 feet and her displace- II
i ment will bo 27,500 tons, or 500 tons ]<
I greater than the largest American li
! fighting shin now nflno?
? Jl
In both nrmarnent and armor the u
| Oklahoma will be far abend of proa- 01
ent American ships. Its principal C
weapons will be ten 14-inch Runs, cap- tl
able of firing shells weighing 1,400 n
pounds. 1r
The armor belt Is especially heavy, j Ic
It is 13% Inches thick and will extend un
400 feet along each side of the hull es
from eight and one-half feet below the 1?
water line to nine feet above the wa- ?(
ter. There are two protective decks tr
to guard against plunging fire, one lr
three Inches thick and the other of ti
one and one-half inches. b<
How to Quiet a Woman. si
New York.?To present a woman oi
from screaming, catch her by the Hi
throat and choke her Into submission, tc
ta the rule laid down by a burglar s in
textbook captured by the police here. p?
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Compulsory Education Regulations and Illiteracy
?ASHINGTCN.?Although 6lx states In the Union are still without compulsory
school-attendance laws, and four others have laws that apply
only partially, definite progress uuiiu?r
f \ the past decade Is reported In a bul'
I (AffT \ letln just Issued by the United Statee
00 THIS J ftrSk bureau of education. Since 1905 eight
yJ'ftMt'LE/ states previously without compulsory
Y|Ty laws have adopted them, and It Is
thought to be a matter of only a few
I ,V " IT years when compulsory school attend|f
g- y/L . /-V I once will bo In effect In every state
?Jl -f' \ it A / alu' t?rrltor>' of the United States.
J (J-\ll [y f).\\ ??(,W stx stat.es still without compulr'
/v^ ** sory school laws are: South Carolina,
Georgia. Florida, Alabama, Mississippi
nd Texas. The four local-option states, where the law is in effect In cerain
counties only, are Maryland, Virginia, Arkansas and Louisiana.
The bureau's investigation of the subject reveals a close connection beween
lack of compulsory attendance laws and illiteracy. The states rank
n percentage of illiteracy very much In accordance with the length of time
ompulsory schooling has been in effect and the completeness with which
t is enforced.
The states vary widely in number of years and amount of attendance
equired each year. The period of compulsory attendance is from eight to
welve in North Carolina and Virginia. In most states it is eight to fourteen
i in let:ii. me present tendency Is to rnlse tho upper limit of compulsion,
n 17 states the compulsory ago limit is sixteen years or above; in Idaho It
s eighteen. As a general rule, however, children in all these states aro
illowed to leave school nt fourteen years of age It they secure employment or
lave completed the eighth grade In school. There Is a constantly increasing
ITort to safeguard the child between fourteen and sixteen years of age, the
erlod of special importance for the vocational preparation of most children.
As little as 12 weeks of school attendance during any one year may bo
equired in Virginia. Oklahoma, Delaware and Nebraska, while in Vermont
ind other states there r ust bo 150 or more days of actual school attendance
ivery year. Many states require attendance "during the full time school is
n session." which may mean anything from 41 to 104 days. Some states
iecuro attendance during long terms by conditioning state appropriations
ipou the number of days of actual school attendance.
A variety of exemptions are found in the laws of the different states,
'onnecticut and Arkansas will not enforco the compulsory attendance law
If tho parent is not able to provide proper clothing" for the child. Physical
>r mental incapacity is a general exemption; another customary exemption
s remoteness from school facilities. Occasionally exemptions are made on
eligious grounds. Thus the Michigan law exempts children from compulsory
Lttendance between the ages of twelve and fourteen while in attendance at
ontlrmation classes for a period not to exceed five months in each of the
wo years.
Some Visitors Uncle Sam Does Net Want
rilK recent seizure by the New York customs authorities of tho village of
meadow ants which Mrs. C. W. Morse wished to bring with her from
Ouropo is only an episode in the perletual
war waged against undesirable ^ ^
mmlgrants. human, animal and veget- liMtiHG I
ible. Mrs. Morse's village, like the ( \ thocF" \
. fortnight beforo, was probably a by- ^ 'h'^l
iroduct of the Increased Interest In V^S v ''"'' lr^7
lature study, bat the United States f\V \ ^
;overnment not only discourages such 1 _L-^@9lik /p'.''rv^i
Ids to amateur research but absoluto- \\\\ ^
y prohibits them, lty a law passed wSJH i\\ I'
n 1005 the importation of living In- it?rrv *
ects into this country Is forbidden
ind there are other laws which regulate no strictly the Importation of larger
mimals that in many cases no discretion is loft to the authorities.
Nevertheless tourists and amateur scientists are continually endeavoring
o Introduce additions to the flora and fauna of the United States which the
'nlted States is happy to be without. It Is estimated that fully one-half of
he pests that afflict farmers and stock have been imported from abroad,
nany of course by accident in the course of commercial shipments, but some
trought in deliberately by misguided enthusiasts or thoughtless travelers.
The classic instance of misguided enthusiasm is the introduction in 18C>5>
>f the destructive gipsy moth by a scientist named Trouvelot. Trouvelot. a
Yenchnian by birth, an astronomer in Harvard; unfortunately he was also
m ardent entomologist who had devoted much of his leisure time to the
consideration of the silk worm industry, in an evil hour he conceived the
dea of breeding a hardier worm which might withstand the diseases which
hen were ravaging rearing establishments in Franeo, and In pursuit of this
purpose imported some gipsy moths, intending to cross them with some of
he native specleB found in the United States. It so chanced, however, that
ie left the window of his study in Medford, Mush., open one day. When ho
?turned a mass of eggs laid by tlio gipsy visitors had disappeared?apparjntly
it had blown out of the open window. At tills point Trouvelot's experiments
stopped. Their results did not. They are still with us and have
;ost the country millions of dollars.
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Everything Was All Right Except the Logic,
FORM Kit Senator .toe Rlackhurn, now in the city, is bringing to light a 'lot
of forgotten anecdotes of the day when a black slouch hat simply had to
be worn by a statesman?otherwise
'ruA*J\^.r\ ho *aB no ?t all. When|nuvJf
] ("I '/y ov,?r 1 lo?k the coterie ef
fa ?,en ?? hil1 nowadays who wear
">F r>Z^y Y"_ brown derbies, I wonder how far along
J; iS they would have gone in the old
1 ' 0 s A ' w Co^^rfws^ ?* black slouch-hat days.
HftT YOU zK^^ir ?, Anyhow, tliis liitlo story comes
cOuld I i r, from Senator Blackburn,
lihotg? I LL?J When Charlie Towne of Minnesota
bl Ant) fin was In the senate, serving his 28-day
term by appointment, ho made a
speech. Sort o' short time to get In a
ipeech in the senate, but he did get it in. It was a rip-snorting speech, full
f wit and blood and thunder, just the sort of speech that you do not hear
ivory day in the senate. It was a criticism of the Republican policy In the |
Millippines, and to tell the truth a lot of Republicans were secretly tickled
>ver it, but just didn't dare say so. Among those present was Senator
>epew of New York, who just thought to hiniselr he would tako a crack at
tiat brand-new 2fc-day senator. When Towne had closed and his trlends were
rowding around to congratulate him, up inarched Senator Bepew.
"A magnificent effort," lie said, "a wonderful speech. Your diction waa
le'gant, your delivery forceful, but your logic was execrable." '
Hut Towne was not overpowered by this. He smiled as he returned tha
ompltment.
"Thank you, senator, for your appreciation of the things in iny speech
/hlch you could understand."
Buy Coal for Poor With Climbers' Leanup FunH
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JERK Is a story thnt Is "right so," as they call It down hero, and, being
1 true, of course, will scarcely bo believed; but if tho people who have
tioueand dollar bills where these dores
r.ToCir
lg when cold weather comes. It Is ( #*^ (!l j Jy y .. ~ g^Y
ist the story of one John Parks, who rn&\ FAR
sed to be a deckhand on a liner He h*jlj/i sofifc
amo to town laat fall and Joined tho C^S^^j"~7}vVr(^rVJ P0OP.
Iimbors' league down at the Salva- iji 7/i LoX' ' Famu if I
on Army hall in Pennsylvania ave ?! U V / '<*1 '
uo. The idea ot the Climbers' league ft \
! to seo which member can stay X^iL- gj
ingest on tho "water wagon " F'ach ?\J "
icmber is employed hv the army and
ach drops a nickel into the leaeue tre?siiri> ...?.. . ..
* ?'-?* in mo spring the
ague given & banquet with tho nickels saved in winter The nickels
^cumulate rapidly, as forty or fifty men belonR to the league When the
easurer reported at a meeting recently that the members had saved $15
i nickels prospects of a fancy "banquet" were bright. The "banquet " bv
le way. marks the end of the winter and the departure of the league memprs
for the highways. Hut John Parks upset tho program at the meeting
e got to figuring on that "women nnd children first" rule and ho made a
^och. The burden of his words was that he didn't think a hunch of "bums" Jk
ight to buy a "banquet" when women and children needed food and coal
arks made a motion that the $15 saved by tho league be used to buy three
ma of coal. The motion passed unanimously, and as a result Major Evane
t charge of the army, bought the coal and distributed It between several
>or families. Cmild there possibly be a more glorious charity than this?