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? ?" ' /V;V& t ,? ? ' ?\ M' VOLUME XVIII. * ? CAMl>K*i.8.C.. FRIDAY. NOVKMIJUK 22.1#07. N().4t> ' " * ; _) AvgpfuredTffiofaojNfiofl Dinner ^RBTTY Mercy Stand well drew out the end of the huge Iron crane alotoet as high as her ?and peered Into pot which It had * brought frdWthe Are, shielding tier face (roHbe blaze with a pretty, plumplnnd. ? 8omeoue had to stay at home to look after things, jctfd this morning Mercy had insisted on the oth ers going to meeting and leav pf ner to mis (ask, and she had been Utilizing the three hours of the long Bermon In adding to the stock of food. There were a goodly number Df home (oiks ^nd guests, and no ' t?n? kflfenv how mWy her father and , mother would bringrvom the service. "So ho, mistress," cfeme a deep, Stocking voice; "ye have^ been pre paring for our coming, It seems. Beshrew me, but the odors are good. What say ye, boys," turning to a line of piratical, sailor-looking men who ' ifffro .following him into the room. "Bhali wo sit for a while and let this fair wench minister to our appetites? ' 'Twill be a difference from our black amoor's cooking, I am thinking." A hoarse growl of assent came r .llne-^rf ropa all but one, who looked doubtful. ~ "Will It be safe, captain?" this one asked. "Safe!" the deep voice echoed grimly. "What have we with a ia^d wojrd like that? Besides, It sounds weak In thy big mouth, Turbell. It Is their Thanksgiving tinSe here, >fttT they word long' sermons. Let us be thankful, too, and partake of their good cheer. We shall then be flttqd, ..irbW they return from service, to pick out good men and tru^Tfir our vessel. And for thy word safe, tlfc soldiery :yjo at their gorging a mile ;???> gigay from here. We can eat and be ^ merry, cull our heed from the praise " atogerft wl^n they come back, ?nd bo dipping across the water before *.bws vt the osploit Zat ?ver ihe loaded , tanies ty'tUuli;. eaWr?JJoy, TiirhelLl. i, scornful eyes flashing about seeming ^ see and comprehend everything: "Ret ail the men Inside, rou fill up the 'able here, And I will charge of the. one in the next !>m. It will be time enough to .bag tens and pigs and other live ik when we aro through; atfd.per there will be a few scraps left _ our feast that we can-carry back tlfc vessel. It will be a change the blackamoor." 11 this time Mercy had bew ^.Il.by the fireplace; and her which at first had dilated with -gradually calmed and ? gfevr j1 and speculative She had it their plight belting's men, on to impress seamen. Now she they were buocaneer#r &r I? but It amounted to the same, r one impressed. In the king's the other In their own. in case, the possibility of escape^ lease^were equally small; only, the pirates, In the event of cap? explanations might be difficult then punishment would bo quick certain. ; As she hurried fromNtable to table, trying to meet the demands for hot I mtoe which were hurled at her from aU aides, the Hps of the . young girl were pressed firm, her bsain tftsy. fomething must be done, end she was the one who must do it. In another hour her father end brothers and nncles and,.cousins, and all the men of the. neighborhood would be com ing from service, and,'unwarned, Would fa,H Into the* bands of these STll-eycd freebOotars^whtL W^jjd pick ont the strongest among them and beer, th?m away to slavery that would be worse thai death. Mercy knew what It meant. The' r;.. coast was an exposed one, Md press ? gangs had visited it before. Men had been carried away, and no$~one of had ever returned. Occasional i had come bftfk of hardships cruelty endeven death, nnttl ? word . press-g4n?>had beoome a . word to whiten the cheeks.of women clinch the flstaof men. Only the before theson of their nearest '?v-i.il ; ii i ??) i mm.i neighbor, the most promising young man around, and the playmate and schoolmate and dear'frlond of Mercy, hud gone out In a boat (or a day's flHhlng. I3ut he had rowed too far. A schooner had slipped from behind an Island, a boat been dropped from hor davits filled with dark-faced men. | Mercy bad been on the shore with others and had witnessed It all., And from that day to this no tidings had come back of Robert Wade. ? Mercy was thinking of her play mate as she tried to keep the cups of the men filled, and of the similar fate that was pending over her dear ones. And doubtless there would be bloodshed, for ,the dear ones would resist to the last. For the most' part the men ate noisily, with loud guffaws of eujoy ment and much rude badinage. The viands were before them, and they helped themselves liberally, with long retchings, it was only the cups ?hat peeded replenishing; but the men seemed to thrftw the coutents down their throats at a slngle^gulp, and thon Grled* lustily for more. Four times the big pot was refilled and emptied, fresh coffee being added with each refilling. But the men's Impatience would not allow for boil ing, anr when hot water was poured in for the flftb time Mercy had an uneasy apprehension that the coffee was Very weaker I Suddenly a cup flew across the "Ye'd ought to be a boy, and on sblpv board." , Teu minutes later the captain leaned back, wiping his mouth on the back of his hand. "Now, what do yo give ub for th? finish?" he called to Mercy, "Hav* ye cake and other sweet stuff?" "Yes, sir, many kinds; and plea and things (It for a thanksgiving." ^"Well, bring them all on. liut what's that smoke?" suddenly, and springing to his feet, he rushed out side, drawing hie sword. When he came back, a few minutes later, his eyos were red and angry. "Didn't I tell you m?Jn to be care ful until we had eaten?" he cried. "Some of yo have dropped fire in lighting a pipe, and the dry grass Is burning below the barn. If It spreads, the barn i(eolf may catch, and then seme of the torpid soldiers may bf wakeful enough to see. Hurry, now, and get through. The psalm singers will be here soon, and we must be ready to invito them on i board. Your carelessness will loso us part of the feast. Come now, I girl; bring on the sweet, things, quick! quick!" Mercy ran into tho storeroom, re turning a few minutes lalor with her arms straining under a pyramid of pies. These she hurried along the table, dropping one beforo each man. Then she ran back after more. Oh, If she could only keep the fnen feast ing until the soldlors arrived?and oven more tharf that, If only tho men In the meeftng house would be slow, I slow In discovering the smoke, so the soldiers could arrlvo as sbpp as they. All of them would befTovo It was a raid, with buildings being set on fire, and would come hurrlng to the spot. Fortunately the freebootlng captain himself did not suspect. He had gone Just far enough to see It was not the barn, and then the 'feasting had tempted him back. Ho supposed tho lire to be grass burning In some field, beyond. He did not seat h'.msefl again In his chair, but stood by the table. tak> ?From The Ham's Horn. room, crashing against a looking glass and breaking them both. "To biases with dlshwater,va man yelled. "Here, girl, what ye 'got that's gobd to drink?-strong?" Nothing, sir,"* answered Mercy, keeping her voice steady with an effort. ."No wine or clflert" threateningly. "No. The only barrel of cider that wa hod lAls too Btrong to drink. It Is vinegar flow; Father inttde-itifor. that." Father made It tor Us to drink," mockingly. "And vinegar Is just right. Prlng In a pltcherful, quick." u It Is out In the barn." "Qylck! bldn'tl tell ye!" yelled the man- "We don't waat any pala ver nla." ' Mercy caught up a large pitcher andhurrled outr an eager light com ing Into her eyes. IX she was to do anything, she must do It now. But what? Ajs ufea often'the esse in rural com munities, the Standwell young people had some little Interest 1n the farm. Mercy owned a calf and a few of the chiokens and a Held which she some times gave to crops n&d sometimes left, la grass for tte todr. The last season lt-fcadbeen 1* grass, and her , or eight toas of hay now rose a large stack 0* the slope below petted to three more Mtrm ttm ker father, some BnglUh . .. Of lng hug* mouthful! of cake and pie, and ? wallowing glass after glass of | the fresh buttermilk that , Mercy ' brought in. Presently he swung around. i "Turbeil," he called to the? next] room, "take all your iften and gather | up what food ye can find In the house: Qo into .the storeroom where the wench keeps her pies and cakes. Take everything, and all we are leav tng onUxa tables. We. will have a few., days' rest from the blackamoor. Hurry, now? and get them to the 'boats, in case anything might hap pen; then come back. We will stay here and watch. The praise-makers will he here soon." Ten minutes and the house had been stripped of its food; five more, and there was the sound of voices. "Stand by the doers," ordered the captain. "When they get close, spring out on them. Better club every one into insensibility; they will be easier carried." "The soldiery," he warned,in a. hoarse whisper., "They're almost here. What-?? < . But the captain was by htm with a bound. The men tumbled after. One look was sufOcient. The soldiers were approaching at a ran. ' "To the boats!" yelled the cafhafn. ?They're too lhany for us, and ye know our fate if captured. Where Is Wade? Not here? Then Turbell musft^hav* taken him- Beel nojcl "When the soldiers ?*?e np past ing. the last ef tJws Wwaneers werw twnhiInstate their heats en the beach; The soldiers ftred s volley to their iiinTMeaats ' Am ti^e - sndihellnw President Invites Governors ToMeet With him ijhi ? ? ? ? MUST CONSERVE RCSOURCES The Subject For Consideration is the Question of Means to Conserve the Country's Natural Resources?^e Are Prosperous Now, tho Chiof Enccutive Doclares, But it is Time to Halt and Take a Reckoning. ? i-. ^ ??? i - - ?^ Washington, Special.-?President Roosevelt has invited the Governor* of the States and Territories to meet him at the White JAwiso Muy 13th, 14th and 15tL, noxajp discuss the question of nSXbat|^Mk jcouserve tho natural resource ol the country. Invitations are to be extended to tlie members of both houses of Con gress und to tho inland waterways commission. The importance and manner in which the subject is to bo considered are indicated in the President's letter to tho Governors, which was made public at the Wliito House. The letter follows: "Tho natural resources of the territory of the United States were, at tho time of settlement, richer, more varied affcl more available than those of any other equal aren on the surface of tho earth. The develop ment of these resources has given us fop more than a century a rute of increase in population and wealth undreamed of by the men who founded our government and without parajlel Jtr1 history. It is obvious that tho prosperity which we now enjoy rests directly upon these re sources. It it equally obvious that the vigor and^sucoess which we de* sire aud foresee for tbis nntion in th" future must linve this as its ultimuto material basis. "In view of tlieso evident facts, it seems to ino time for tho country to take necount of its natural re sources, and to inquire how long they aro likely to last. We are prosperous now; we should not for get that it will ^bo just as im portant to our descendants to be prosperous in their time us it is to us to be properotui. in our time. "Recently I expressed the oppinion that there is no other question now before the nation of equal gravity with the question of tho conservation oi. out natural resources j and I added "thHtr -it is-tlw plain duty fif those of us who, for the moment, are responsible to make inventory of the natural re sources which have been handed1 down to us; to forecast as well as we may the needs of tho future, and so to handle tli<^ great sources of our pros perity as not to destroy ill advance all hope of tho prostffcrify of our des cendants. , . ' "It is evident that the abundant natural resources in .which the wel fare of this nation rests are be coming depleted, and in not a few cases are 'already exhausted. This is true of all portions of the "United States; it is especially true of the east. The gravity of the situation must, I believe, appeal with special force to the. Governors of the States ? because of their close relations to the people and their responsibility for the welfare of their communities I have therefore decided, in ac cordance .with tho suggestion ofeihe inland waterways commission, toTtek the Governors of the States and Territories to meet at the White Hause on May 13th, 14th and ?5th to confer with the President lyid with each other upon the conserva tion of natural ^sources. "It gives me great pleasure to in vite ^you to take part, in this, oon fet^nce. I should be glad to have I you select three citizens to ac eompanv you and to attend the con ference as your ossistnnts or ad visers. I shall also invite the Sena tors and Representatives of ? the "Sixtieth Congress -to be present - al the sessions so fur as "vth<nr difnties will permit. *\ J - '' The matters to be consinecfa at this conference are not confined to any region or group of States, but are of vital concern to the nation as a whole and to all the people These subjects include the use and conservation of the minora! re sources, the resources of tho "lend and the resources 'of the waters in | every part of <*ur territory. "In order to open discussion I ..shall invite a few1** recognized au thorieties to present brief d ascrip tions of actual facts ^and conditions. Without argument, leaving the confer ence to deal with each topic ae it may elect. The members of the" in land waterways commission will V present in order to share with me the benefit of information and sugges tion, and if .desired, to net forth their prtmsioftail plans and con elusions. ^ "yacfs,- which I cannot gainsay, to* me to be^eve ttoVtbe eBph ?^ration of our natural resources it the most weighty question *how b* OKLAHOMA ISNOW A STAl i New Star Added to American Flag by Admission of Oklahoma. Wellington, Special.?A new star was added to the American tlag Sat urday by tl?? admission formally into the Union of tho Stuto of Oklahoma. President Roosevelt at 10:10 o 'clock. Saturday morning signed the procla mation admitting the ^territories of Oklahoma and Indian Territory joint ly as one of the American , States. Little formality attended the cere mony which meant -so much to tho people of the two territories. In ap pending his signature to the procla mation the President used a pen formed from a quill plucked from the wing of an American eagle. The pen will he depositel with the Okla homa Historical Society. ? Admission Marked by Jubiliation. Guthrie, Okla.; Special.?The ad mission of Oklahoma to satehood was marked by jubilation throughout tho two territories by the installation of Governor Charles N. llaskell and by a parade and barbecue in Guthrie. Will Issue Panama Bonds. ^ Washington, Special. ? Secretary CortclyoU has made the important an nouncement that, as a means of af fording relief to the financial situa tion, the Treasury would 4*suo $50, 000,000 of Panama bonds and $100, 000,000 certificates of indebtedness, or so much thereof as may be neces sary. Tho certificates will run for one year and bear 3 per cent interest. The Secretary's action in coming to tho relief of the financial situation meets with President Kooscvelt's hearty approval, and the plan is the outcome of tho several White Honso conferences which have boon held within the past few days when the financial situation .was under consid eration. Secretary Cortolyou says That the Patiumn bonds will afford most subsfatial relief, as the.law pro vides that they .may be used as a basis for additional national bonk cir i culatiou. lie also states that the pro ceeds from the sale of certificates can bo made directly available at points where the need is moqt urgent, and especially for the movement of the crops which, he says, "if properly ac celerated will give the greatest relief and result in-tho most immediate fin ancial returijs." The Secretary calls attention to the attractiveness of the kond&. and ^ovtiflcateg as absolutely safej lives t men ts. ~ Fire at Norfolk. Norfolk, Special. ? An estimated damage of $85,000, practically all in sured, is tho result of a fire which (rutted the two upper stories of the five-story building occupied by^ the Willis Smith Orallc 'Company, furni ture dealers here, and by the immense amount of water thrown into the structure, A genreal alarm brought all the fir^a fighting force of the city to action and tho fire was confined to the upper stories, The building faoea *?00. foot on Main and 300 feet an Church street and was formerly the old Purcell House, one of the early hotels of Norfolk. . Football Team on Strike. Deland, Fla., Special.?The Stet on University football team, recog nized throughout the South as one of f,ie strongest elevens on the gridiron ''as struck becausce President Lin *oln Hulley Has refused to permit "Speck" Campbell, Stetson's quar terback, to play. President Hulley -efused to give any reason for bia ?ctions, and members of the team do linc to play, claiming they have no '?her man to toko Campbell's place, * 11 scheduled games have been can celed. "a<?gart Calls Meeting of Committee. French Lick, Ind., Special.?Chair man Thomas T?ggart._ of. Jho_ Demo* ?ratic national committee^, announced hat he had issued a call for a meet ng of the members of the committee t*Frcnch Lick November 22d. , The imo and place for-the next Demo ratic national convention will be dia usscd among other subjects but not '?nal action will be takom The time nd place for another meeting of:the ommittce to decide aa to the natioaal onvention will be fixed. = . Revolt of Chinese Troops. London. By Cable.-?In a dispatch >om Tokio the correspondent of The "imaa says that the revolt of a coin any of Chinese troops In Formosa c?ulted in the marder of 63 Japan* * policemen and civilian^. Tho in has inTokto, ? ti'. 1 "" " ? 11 "'J,1 ?'?V ; 1|55>inbw*. m WELT TOOK ? _ IHOTTO OFF COINS President Makes Public a Lette Explaining His Action. "IRREVERENCE," HE , OECURES "In God Wo Trust" Cheapened?Used ?? "Incitement to Sneering Kidl cule"?ir congress Orders Hiiu to Ho Will Put It B^k. 0JV"h,'"gt0"' D- c?I" ajiawar to h?v, i "Ul"?i<ni? l'rotMtj which ,, bee" ro'ielveij at the White which l,?0'"," "0W g0,d hich havo been coined without the words "in God We Trust," President Roosevelt has written a letter which h. rn.de public. The letter ,i?ow,7 colnaJr'r >0 QUeation of ?ow lai n? , , UI> W0 ,ookoti into tho aw and found there was no warrant on t? I>utUn? In Qod Wo TruBl' ?"V dlrectloii o? Con Stely , ;"d ""a,""' wl" 1,0 'n,m<"ll ?*S S/rt'?"1*??"io?s"Tha; il',f ,Uf" 11 motto on coins, or to rliege. ??a <i^uUM?UHlJ' (Vltl h fi tet1 and uttered otrty aurily Implies #).npfn.C0 wkleh ?e?es-. spirit. * ceUa,? Exaltation of It iim't1'. i180 w',lch tonda to cheapen Of' ?oC,i^? spirit P'oft'??diy to taVmttedt*uP,".nt napolis?In ahmf \Jh, ^ An? ???wi 4 Biioit, wherever it win -*>?? sSsiss! should excite ?*?"?* a phrase: s&3S3535?'#rt the existence' of this i/'S Mi .&-J5KLW musrrirasmber^ we do no* pay/ and so&^J&dao^J wa wj;.W?2S art AssS^L^ss ^roi%,h7S^?"5"'! ?^"iSS,F; TRUSTS HI* BANK NOW. Pennsylvania Mdn Withdraws $300 % and Robbers Almost Got It. ? ? ConnellsYllle, P?.'v?After looting tfte New Haven postolTlce three rob bers crossed the river into Coiinolls villa and stoie a 700-nound safe from . lK#"IWWOT*afc-CHglloltI. Tlxoy hauted j It away on a wheelbarrow, but tte-1 serted R when bard pressed by oib The safe*contained $300 which Gigllottt had drawn out of. a local bank, fearing It was unsafe. Gigliotti redeposlted the money in the bank. ? Hew Law Close* Delaware Hotels. fear of creditors that the local Ml Uon law passed at* the last election In Kent and Sussex counties, Delaware jjWllt prevent hotels from being oper ated cause the closing of hotels In Smyrna and Dover by the Sheriff ol Kent County, ffcis said that forty one hotels and rtaloo&s^and twplte I distilleries In Kont ajurSussex coun ties *111 be closed by the new law *nd license fees amounting lo 97000 r? funded. ?l King Kntertatns Empero>. King D J ward and Queen Alexandra . entertained the Germs*. Emptor %nd I Empress at a gute dfotoyrat Wlqdtfsr1 Cattle. London. : 1 ' RatJ^Tr^^SSTtm. Traffic tffllctela ^ v s trlng la Chicago Jng up oftrartc thi:^est* sp^ss* !8? C. T. BARNEY DEW , H B OWN MUD Deposed President of Knicker bocker Trust a Suicide. EXPIRES UNDER AH OPERATION Hhootx HJlUHcIf l<? Ills New Jforlr Honiiw-M'lft' Jloa^l the Report, iiiid Found Him, Wfunded, >in * His ltootii, ( New York City.?Charles T. Bar ney, who was deposed from the presi dency of the Knickerbocker Trout Company' twelve hours beforo it closed its ilooiH, shot himself lu at bedroom of his Park avenue mansion. He died four hours later of the wound at 2.30 in tlio afternoon. The fatal bullet entered his ab domen, passed thsough his Intestines and left lung, and lodged in his shoul der. Ue wae found by his wife and a woman guest who came Into the room as be was sinking to the floor half dazed from shock and twitching with pain. They gayo him aid while bis son telephoned for., surgical as sistance. Tho two surgeons who responded, Drs. niako and Dixon, fougbfc*bard to save his life. As a last resort, they performed an abdominal operation, but the banker could not rally. Conflicting statements-reached the Coroner us to the motive behind Mr, Barney's self-Vtfllcted wound. The attending surgeons declared Mr. Bar ney told them, before t ft exoneration, ? that the shooting was an accident. Another statement was that be said:' "I did It because I could not stand /tlie pressure." Coroner Harburger finally pronounced It a case of sul c!dp. From Mr. Barney's associates In ' the Knickerbocker Trust, Company the.'reporter learned of probable ca?*i<?!* of his auTclderiiB" follows^--^?r lie was in ut&r despair, fearing financial ruin, a fall frOm the high aocial\positlon he had attained-anS tho lost of his friends. V He sii^ddered over the persistency oi^y\ rumorahat a warrant was about td*1>o issued jftir his arrest for criminal banking methods, although' nd **lm- * lnal prosecution Is under considera tion. A grave domestic trouble' was ntfded to his financial difficulties, Hlg wife ? was contemplating a divorce, . and the beautiful woman to whom ho wua said to have sho^i marked" : attention had. deserted him lu his ex tremlly. - He I'efiohtly dr*w a will^disposing f of it fortune of $8,000,000, only ..to ? see bis. foHuno slip through hip flnirers until'tboro.was scarcely a mil lion loft., - ? - : ; Hts confidential real estate .Agent. J. Il7 Hey. b art~teft-lHft-post fS-Xflte_ , ^JMtrangcitrefit between Mrs. ^Barney has existed for a time(;and .after the marrlage'of< youofcest 'daughter they sep The banker's attentions to 91 ful New York woman is said.t- ? been the cause of the trouble. -.i Barney is declared to bgye plated a divorce. "When financial troubles cat j the banker the woman on bad ? showered manyr ' would hgy# no more " clouds thickened abo td.espair increased, lbi,' >1 4hoveM to pity. A fefr ?** returned to hjm with ' said, of every penny 1 fortune, If lt.wQuld < over. His friend*.V this unexpected gc became tinged with rat*. Jit waa Mm. Barney l bis last hours, bor*^~ ' her lap, uptil the lit admin Istfl The n". ^ _ spread quietly tb? district, where forprift. ors were Perfecting * the suspendediJCAfofcc. Company could resume friends and associate* declare Mr. Barneys mind- bed unqu ably <been--unbalanced tjy hla troubles, real or imaginary. When the life of Barney Was ing "away in the hours that be after he bad shot fiimfeU bis lax? they admitted, dragged him throe thfi_fijrdeal of making aT deathbed "Wbtte the (erred for three hours tbe pay for of the epef?Io? of laparotomy. death of $arney, It develops. Was of intense dramatle interest. Whatever tbere may bate bee: differences between Cbarfcsi T, ney and bis wife, because of b|a ly displayed > preference for woman; somewbat prominent cieto, was forgotten. hour after the tragr' by members of tbe pillowed on bet lap, yers or tbe surgeon* effected a complete with bis wife. ^ Buttering intense i bis strength ebbing fi gST" came tbe. SSSstot