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TllK ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1914. s THE ARGUS. . Published dally Second ave- tm-W Rock Island. III. (Enter 3 at the pestofflee as second-class matter.) llrU lalaa Htnkrr Asaciae4 BY THE J. W. POTTER CO. TERMS Ten centa per week by car rler. In Rock Island; II per year by mail la advance. Comr'ainu of delivery service should be made to the circulation department, which should aviso be notified in every Instance where it is desired to have paper discontinued, as carriers have no authority In the premises. All communications of argumentative character, political or religious, mini have real name attached for publica tion. No auch articles will be printed vr fictitious sis-natures. Telephones in ail departments. Cen tral Union. Rock Island 145, 1143 and 214$. Tuesday, May 5, 1914. After ail, we are all neighbors. :An Illinoisan Is said to have ad dressed only 100 words to his wife in two years. Likely he did pretty well at that. jwe may look for a new book by Cp- tcra Sinclair now mat ne nas pi-u himself up in the public eye at the ex pense of John D., Jr. All Woodmen, regardless of" theory. Inclination, conviction or difference of opinion, welcome. This is your home town and we are all glad to see you. The Chicago woman who shot and killed a railroad conductor because he Is alleged to have attempted to flirt with her has begun to weep and pass out her photographs to tho newspaper reporters. The pictures show her to be good looking. 'Xuf sed. It is alleged former President Mel len of tho New Haven road contrib uted $102,000 to tho republican cam paign funds, the money, it is stated, having been earned through manipu lations in New Haven stocks. But yoaTI notice tbero was no inquiry into the road's affairs during republican ad ministrations. Congressman Tavenner has served notice that so long as he is a member of the house, or until an appropriation is passed, he will continue to introduce measures providing for a government armor manufacturing plant, which will save $3,000,000 a year of the amount ordinarily appropria ted for "warship construction. TTat'a the sort of stick-to-lt-lveness which wins in peace as well as in war. GENERAL SICKELS. The death of General Daniel E. Sic kles removes the last of the great com manders of the civil war. His was a powerful personality, his ability being manifested in the callings of peace, as well as in war. As a statesman and a diplomat he served his country in as distinguished a manner as he did on the field of battle. The latter years of his life, which were charac terized by family dissensions and financial reverses, formed a sad end ing to his career. But the mistakes of his advanced age should not be charged against him, for they were evidences of the ravages of time. Let us remember him as a dauntless soldier, a brilliant statesman and a clever diplomat, for he was all of these and as such he will always stand as a national figure. FORCES AT WORK IN MEXICO To have recognized Huerta and giv en him moral support would have been to deny all the proper tenden cies of the age in which we live. The civil war must have come in any caae. for the people of Mexico would not have submitted to a government of tyranny established through treach ery and assassination. To balance the personal character of the bandtt. Villa against that of the soldier Huerta. was not to arrive at any conclusions worth the attention of the student of politics and history. Villa came to the fore front because he happened to be a fighting man who had identified him self ith an irrepressible revolution. This revolution, says the American Review of Reviews, means the break up of an old regime. Whatever the results may be as regards the issues of war, there can be no return to the kind of government In Mexico that for merly maintained and that Huer ta would have tried to perpetuate. As a result of this conduct there must be the clear beginning of a system that will develop the peon into a citizen. Mexico needs reconstruction. Those American military and civilian experts who have accomplished splendid po lice, sanitary, educational and other reforms in Porto Rico. Cuba. Panama, and the Philippines, could render as sistance of almost inconceivable value to our Mexican neighbors if they should be set at work to direct the re construction of Mexican life and gov ernment Perhaps a peaceable way may some day be opened for the per formance of this desirable service. But the time baa not yet arrived, though i intervention may hasten It NEW SALOON ORDINANCE The new saloon ordinance which passed first reading by the city com mission yesterday and which it is" ex pected will La adopted next Monday, while) it will fall In a Dumber of re oecu to m6t the views of many peo ple. unquestioaaWy jjreetuUi Improve- ments over the ordinance which it is intended to replace. Outside of the Increase In the license fee to $S00 per annum the new features mainly atm at improving facilities for enforcement thai is. changes have been framed with a view of making violations more difficult. Such features are commend able. But. after all. satisfactory regula tion under any kind of ordinance de ponds upon tho city administration. The protest in Rock Island has been less against lack of law than against lack of enforcement. If there is fliat in the new ordinance which will in crease the vigilance and stiffen the backbones of those exercising police power in Rock Island the entire pop ulace will rise up and call it blessed. FOR THE GOOD OF THE SOCIETY. All Woodmen, especially those here In Rock Island where the society has its home, will hope that the adminis tration and insurgent factions, if they cannot fully agree in their state camp tomorrow will at least disagree in harmony. There is nothing to be gained on either side by aggravating a situation which already has done the society much harm. Leaders on both sides feel this way about it and are using their best endeavors to prevent any display of feeling on the part of their followers. That they will suc ceed there is not much doubt, for the men sent to the Modern Woodmen state conventions are of more than av erage intelligence and have more than an ordinary interest in the society. If it comes to the worst, a split, the recent Rock Island county camp fur nishes a very good working model for the state meeting to follow. There fraternalism was at no time over looked and nothing was said or done to carry personal affront or to leave a sting afterward. All who paticipat ed appeared concerned with the wel fare of the organisation as a whole rather than with personal sory or position. And whichever side wins, or if both sides win, it is due to the society and to the state that a resolution be pass ed instructing delegates to the head camp to work for the retention of the head offices in Rock Island. 5 II FOREIGN NEWS Geneva, Switzerland, May 2. Re ports from Saint Barnard Monastery as late as April 10 said that snow was 14 and one half feet deep in the region around the hospice. Snow fell 24 days in March without intermission. An avalanche came down the mountain recently and struck the monastery but its thick walls, centuries old, with stood the assault. Not for 60 years has so much snow fallen and so many avalanches descended the Saint Ber nard as during this winter. Zurich, Switzerland, May 2. Doctor Kleiber, a chemist in the service of the Swiss government, analyzed dur ing a recent visit to Pomeii and Her- culaneum the Vesuvian ashes and debris, and found that they contain large percentages of potash, suitable for the manufacture of fertilizer. The potash syndicate, established by the German government, has almost a monoply of potash. The Italian gov ernment, learning of Dr. Klelber's dis coveries, has communicated with him upon the possibility of developing potash mines in the vicinity of Vesus- ius. He is looking into the matter. The largest market outside Germany for potash fertilizer is the United States. PIGS AND FIGURES. Porkers From the Standpoint of All Around Mathematics. The educated pis of the old time sideshow, which gravely read figures on a blackboard, was only a type of a class. His modern prototype is quite bis equal in devotion to the exact sci ence. By both instinct and fate he Is a mathematical animal. Subjectively and objectively he is great on figures. They are dealt out to him. and he deals In them himself. lie desires his square meals to be regulated daily by the rule of three. In addition, lie deals with his owner's Indebtedness. He Is able to reduce a mortgage to fractions with amazing rapidity. In measuriug the available contends of a pail of slop he is a lightning calculator. As a multiplier the pig has no equal, counting on six to the litter and two litters in the year. At this rate, bar ring accidents, the sows progeny will amount to more than 1.000 in four years. A week old pig is up in geom etry, finding the way borne along the hypotenuse short cut. An old how's quickness in boxing the compass In a potato patch is amazing. And when It comes to a troutchful of sklmmilk she is the least common divisor; she wants it all herself. Objectively the porker finds himself stacked about with a bewildering ar ray of figures bis gains every day on pasture, his gains every day on grain. his gains to the pound of grain, bis gains on pasture plus a daily ration. his gains on vegetables and roots these and a hundred other tabulations surround him. Profit or loss, so far as the pig is concerned. Is almost purely a matter of feods and feeding, anl these are In their tarn matters of al most pure mathematical measure ments; bene have resulted the Ions listed calculations available to the farmer. W. J. Harsha lu Breeder's Gazette. The sootfall of Pittsburg, as deter mined from careful measurements durinar the last year, ranges from 605 to 1.&&0 tons a square mile per annum The destructive possibilities of this immense deposit may be illustrated by statin that if an equal amount of lampblack were ground with oil so as to form black paint it would cover from seventeen to fifty-seven square miles with two coats. Statistics of soot fail in certain places In Great Britain are a follows: Industrial section cf Leeds, bZO tons; center of Louioa, iZ9 toal Glasgow, 820 tons. I " 1 ! Capital Comment BY CLYDE H. TAVENNER ' Congressman from tha Fourteenth District. (Special Correspondence of The Argus.) Washington, D. C., May 3. A beau tiful tribute to . those real heroes of war. the private soldiers and sailors, was delivered In the house by Cap tain Richmond Pearson Hob son, representative from Alabama It was an au spicious moment for such a tribute. The preceding day four bluejackets had lost their lives from Mexican bul lets at Vera Cruz. Captain Hobsoi. himself was one of the heroes of the Spanish war. Ap plause greeted him when he arose, and the house ffraw vprv rmlet .TAVENNER when he spoke. "Mr. Speaker," he began. "I desire to add my word of tribute to the mem ory of the men, the plain privates, who fell yesterday. 1 had the honor of serring with the plain privates for IS years. I remember well how I was first impressed as to the character and spirit of tho plain private." Captain Hobson, who is probably the most eloquent orator in the house, then related how at sea in a storm he was witnessed a futile effort of private seamen to rescue some of their com rades who had been swept overboard. 'T never forgot the promptness, the agility, even the Jighthearted way in which the crew manned their boat and put off to sea to try to save their comrades, knowing full well how meager were their own chances of ever getting back. "I have seen seamen, plain seamen, jump overboard to save a comrade, so many of them that the officer of the deck had to order that no more should go overboard, exposing their own lives to try to save a comrade. "That was my first int oduction to 8 ;. -; u sssv America Educating the World There were 4,222 foreign students in attendance at colleges and universities in the United States in the year 1913, according to figures Just compiled at the United States bureau of education. This is an increase of 577 in two years. These students are not concentrated at the larger and better known institu tions, as might be expected, but are distributed over 275 different colleges, universities, and schools of technology. The number given includes only regu lar students of college or graduate grade; if Etudents enrolled in prepa ratory departments, short-term cours es, summer schools, and independent professional schools were included, the total would be very much larger. Canada has the largest representa tion 653 Etudents are from the do minion. China and Japan are not far behind there were 594 Chinese stu dents and 3.16 from Japan attending colleges in the United States in 1913. Of the other oriental or Asiatic peo ples, India is represented by 162 stu dents; Turkey by 143; Korea by 13; Persia by 21 and Slam by 13. Latin-America is strongly represent ed. Cuba sends 209; Costa Rica, 29; Guatemala, 15; Honduras, 12; Nicara gua, 18; Panama, 28; and Salvador, 19. Mexico heads the list with 223 students. Krom South America, Arg entine sends 43 students to our col leges; Brazil. 113; Bolivia, 3; Chile, 12; Colombia, 37; Ecuador. 16; Para guay, 2: Peru, 25; Uruguay, 2; and Venezuela, 7. Bed Time Tales By Clara Ingram Judson. Almost HIGH up in the air a windmill whirled 'round and 'round and 'round. All day he had whirled his fastest and now in the twilight he was very tired and was glad when one little Lreeze after another drowsed off to sleep. i Slower and slower he spun till final ly he stopped quite stilL "Dearie met This has been a busy dav." he exclaimed with a sigh of relief. ; "Busy!" sniffed a' bird who paused on top of the windmill for a minute's rest. ; "Yes, busy," replied the windmill shortly. "I've whirled ynd twisted and pun and tinned in this furious wind and I call that a busy day." I "That just shows how old fash ioned you are," laughed the bird, "and of course, being a common windmill, you can't help being old fashioned." "What if I am old fashioned?" questioned the windmill. I don't fee any objection to being- old fashioned. What would you call a' day like this, please?" i "I'd call it strenuous." said the bird solemnly; "that's the word people use nowadays when they whirl 'round and ("round like you've been doing." i "Really?" said the windmill (for .even though he was old fashioned he. ke everybody else, wanted to say quite the proper tiling).. I "Strenuous?" he repeated. "How o vou know?" , "Vou see," said the bird, settling down for a comfortable chat, "I -gi round atnot g people a great deaL I it on porches and listen to them talk. 1 hover in trees and listen to them talk and I sit on telegraph wires and listen to them talk, and everywhere it is just the tame strenuous is the word evenhrnl say nowadays. Oh, J know itU iloMt it." he added jagciy. the spirit of this plain private. And remember, gentlemen, they are really nothing but boys. The average age In the fleet that Is off the coast of Mex ico today is 21 years." Then when Captain Hobson wae selected to sink the old Merrlmac and bottle up Cervera's fleet in Santiago harbor, Admiral Sampson called for seven volunteers from the sailors in the American fleet "The call was issued by signal from the flagship, and more than a thousand responded," said Hobson. "The main trouble 1 had , was in refusing the ap peals of men, some who had been my old shipmates pleading with me on personal grounds, others on other grounds, all begging me to let them go in." And then he described the scene on the sinking ship at night with Spanish Bhells tearing the foundering vessel to pieces, and the eight men on the deck alone. "My men "would say, 'Now can we be off?' I would say, 'No, no man move until further orders.' At last the ship gave a lurch and heaved as though she would turn over on us, and we heard the gurgling and rushing round of the whirlpool approaching. But they stayed with me, gentlemen, every last one of them, and went down with me, no man knowing whether he would ever come up again." And that nieht. prisoners in the Spanish fortress, having been captur ed after hours 6pent submerged in the shark-infested water clinging to the edges of a raft, the men sent to Hob son this message: "The men asked me to tell you that they would go In with you again tonight." "I want to tell you," said Captain Hohston. "that the confidence you have placed In the plain private, who rannunti tho nla.ii- avera.ee Ameri- Call Ulll&oii, I'ui uicic w .vfc where the drum Is beating, the flag is flying, and the thunder is in the air the confidence however great you have placed in them and in the officers that command them, will not be ,mls- placed. Abundance of higher education op portunities in the British Isles and on the continent of Europe has not pre vented nearly S00 European students from coming to America to go to col lege. Great Britain and Ireland are represented by 212 students; and Ger many herself the mecca of the studi ous, sends 122. The others. In order of number, are: Russia, 124; France, 45; Sweden, 41; Italy, 38; Austria Hungary, 34; Switzerland, 29; Nor way, 26; Greece, 22; Spain, 20; Neth erlands, 19; Bulgaria, 15; Roumania, 6; Belgium, 4; Portugal, 3; Montene gro, '1. Even Australia and Africa have stu dents at colleger In the United States. There are 56 students from New Zea land. Africa is represented by 15 from Egypt; 2 from Liberia, and 44 from South Africa. From American possessions 434 stu dents came to college in the United States; 108 from Hawaii; 215 from Porto Rico; and 111 from the Philip pine Islands. There is a theory that the circular, crater-like mountains of the moon are not of volcanic origin, but are the re sult of the moon's being hit by plane toids. Another new theory is to the effect that the earth was at one time encircled by a ring similar to that which now encircles Saturn and that this gradually coalesced, gathering first around a large number of nuclei and finally uniting in a single sphere the moon. a Fable "But I don't understand," questioned the windmill. "Does everybody workr all the time? Don't they stop to rest?" . "It isn't working." laughed the bird, it's Just whirling 'round and 'round as you do. Only less wisely, for you stop when the wind goe to sleep, but peo ple whirl and rush all the time," The little bird paused on the top of tht vnudmill for a minult't rest. Ycs." added the bird as he flew away to his nest, "that's strenuous just whirling 'round and 'round wheth er the wind blows or is still." And he was gone. The windmill, left all alone, whis pered softly to himself, "So that the new style that's strenuous. I'm glad I'm old fashioned enough to whirl only when the wind needs me." He stretched his wide wings in the cool twilight and comfortably drowzed off into an old fashioned sleep. Tomorrow J Hit On Kitlx. i . .ssVm : UftGOffl HENRY" HOWLAND Gkoncnd I Cleon hath four limousines. Ne'er a one hava I; Cleon fares to for eign scenes. Here at home stay I: Cleon Uvea where servants hurry And the walls are high: Cleon oft has cause to worry. So, alas, hava I. Twenty suits of clothes has he. Only one have I: He makes money easily. By hard working I: In his glaaa the old wine bubble, Cleon llkee it "dry": Cleon frequently has troubles. Ah, well, so do I. Cleon Is a millionaire, I work, wet or dry: Cleon's losing- all his hair. Little hair have I: Cleon oft haa indigestion. So. Indeed, have I: What's the difference, you question' This is my reply: Cleon's daughter has eloped And his son dies high: Hopes that Cleon fondly hoped Have been doomed to die; Cleon elm alone at night. In his breast a slab: My kids stay at home and fight Six of them have I. CANDID OPINION. Remember that an eld maid may not be able to help It, but that It always la an old bachelor's own fault. . Why is It that the woman who is a man hater always tries to make her self look like a man? The first thing most men learn after they have gained success is to quit giving soft answers. Good old Desire for Information gets blamed for a lot of sins of Mor bid Curiosity. ' The man who looks younger than his wife must expect to be pretty closely watched. In That Case, Yes. "Do you think it proper for a man to meet his former wife when her husband is not with her?" "It would depend upon circum stances. If they merely wished to agree on the religious training their children were to have I don't believe the other man ought to be permitted to take part in the discussion. MAIDENLY DISCRETION. "Miss Whlgham is always careful to observe the proprieties." "Yes. I have no ticed that." "When I was calling on her, the other " night, she refused to sing 'Put Tour Arms Around Me, Honey,' except In the presence of a chaperon." The Highest Gift. "What do you consider the highest gift a man may. possess?" "The ability to take up an hour and a half of another man's time while asking him to do you a favor, and make him think when you leave that you have conferred an honor upon him." The Brighter Side. - 1 -A brick fell from a lofty wall And knocked him senseless In the street: But he did not complain at all When others helped him to his feet. "Why should I grumble or bo sad," He aaked them, "though I Buffer paint T might have cause to algh or cling To fretful aadness If the thing Had fallen from an aeroplane." A Pleasant Time Waa Had. f'Charley Spiffington called last night," "Did be seem to enjoy his visit?" "Yes. I helped him talk about him self most of the time." S. Holmes of Boston. "This." said the Boston banker, "is evidently a bare-faced forgery." "Ah!" cried the Boston detective: "then I have a clew. The forger did not wear glasses." Supreme Confidence. "Billinger seems to have great con fidence in bis wife." "Yes, it's extraordinary. He would even be willing to stay in the yard while she was manipulating the hose." Why? "He has asked for my hand la mar. riage," said the pretty chorus girl. "Why your band?" asked her friend. Got His Number. Woman 8hopper I want a pair of socks for my husband. Clerk What number? . Shopper He's number three, Xjh dies' Home Journal. - Alaskan Town Almost Wiped Out. Fairbanks, Alaska, May 5.- Flat City, in the lditarod district, was al most wiped out by fire yesterday, ac cording to wireless advices received. Twenty buildings were destroyed, in cluding the Arctic Brotherhood clubhouse. The Daily Story The Princess Aline By Millard Maltbie. Copyrighted. 1U, by Associated Literary Bureau. foe Princess Aline of Crakevia was sn object of great concern to her fa ther. King Ludwlg. His majesty had five sons snd one daughter. The suc cession being therefore established be yond reasonable donbt by her broth ers, the princess was of no importance whatever on that account. But she was of great raloe In another direc tion. A province, Guadix, bed been wrested in war from Crakovla by King I'blllp of Ancovia, an adjoining power. A proposition had come from Philip for the hand of the Princess Aline for Ferdinand, crown prince of Ancovia. It had been declined. A deputation was then sent by King Philip offering. "I WTLL NOT MaBST FBISC mDTKAtt." if the matrimonial proposition were ac cepted, to restore to Crakovia the prov ince that had been ceded. King Ludwlg was not only aston ished at this remarkable offer; be was delighted. Without consulting hU daughter in the matter he replied at once that the proposition was ac cepted. The deputation was about to return with this reply when the princess was informed that she was to take a hus band she had never seen without hav ing been consulted. She at once noti fied her father that she did not intend to marry any one and she certainly would not marry Prince Ferdinand. King Ludwlg sent for his daughter and informed. her that she must marry the prince because on her doing so depended the restoration of the lost province, whereupon Aline replied that if a hundred provinces could be gained by her marriage still would she remain a maid. At this her father was so dumfounded that he could voice no re ply. When the deputation returned to An covia and reported the failure of this second proposition King Philip was both astonished and perplexed. The laws of Ancovia with regard to the marriages of members of the royal family were very closely drawn. So many provisions had been incorporated Into them that there was not a single princess of the blood in Europe except Aline who was eligible. The king called his son into his cabinet and told him what had taken place, concluding with the words: "I propose to declare war against Crakovia and compel the princess to marry you." "Father," said the prince thought fully, "there is an old saying that you can take a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. You may con quer Crakovia and annex it to your kingdom, you may make the princess n prisoner and force her to the altar, but you can't make her say that sbe will take me for her wedded husband." "My son," replied the king after weighing the prince's words, "you are right. Such a course might succeed with a man, but not with a wo man. The Princess, Aline being the only daughter In the royal family, besides being very attractive though It was known that she had a will of ber own had been very popular till It leaked out that she bad refused lu marriage the crown prince of Ancovia, with the lost province in the palm. The ces sion of this territory had been as sore n point with the Crakovians ss the sur render of Alsace and Lorraine with the French. A century and a half be fore the cession of Gaudix, Crakovia hnd been obliged to cede one-half its territory to Ancovia, and when Gau dix was lost to them tuey were broken hearted. For these reasons, when it became known that Aline had refused ' to give herself in exchange for Gaudix. popular favor turned against ber, and she became as much bated as she had before been beloved. She appeared as usual in public places till her treat ment by the people became markedly disrespectful; then she retired to one of her father's country palace.. whi it was understood she lived a secrsa edlife.' , One day Prince Ferdinand happened to go through the room where his sis ters were studying their lessons Under their governess. His attention was ar rested by the young woman, and under pretense of inquiring what the chil dren were, studying he fell into con versation wUh their teacher. So pleas ed was he with ber intelligence that he made frequent visits to the school room and asked bis mother, the queen. If the governess might not be admitted to the social functions of the court. The queeu assented, and the prince an nounced the fact to the recipient of the royal favor. To his surprise, the latter declined the honor, saying that her mind was concentrated on the edu cation of ber pur-llx snd sbe woow not like to have it diverted. There was in her something so perior to other women with whom tie prince came is dally contact that hU admiration for the governess greir rapidly. Whenever he found it pos. sible to get awny from the fawning associates who surrounded t!m would seek his untitled fiipnil n4 r. fresh himself with her engsglnjthooga independent personality. One day the prince awoke to th fart that he loved one whom a a pr!wof the blood be conld not marry. He kfpt his secret from her for some time, bet at last yielded to the pressure withia him and avowed his lore. She did tt reproach him for so doing, hut thej)(' day handed in her resignation as teaefc. er for the royal children, and wbotl prince sought her again he fotmd fiat she bad left the palace. He endearorej to learn where she had gone, but fai to gain any trace of her. From this time a marked change wt noticed in Prince Ferdinand. In ptsbBe he had caught the popular heart by happy manner that was oatnral to him, but now he seldom appeared to the people snd when he did looked gloomy snd morose. It became kootra that there was no woman living whoa the laws of his country would permit him to marry, and those who attributed the change in him to this canse sympa thized with him instead of blaming bim. Nevertheless, in the main the prince was an example of the adage. "Laugh and the world laughs with yoa; weep and you weep alone." He ful filled this almost literally, for princes are dependent on friends the same as other persons, and Ferdinand's Intimate friends ceased to find pleasure In his society. He was therefore left much tc himself. However, he was very Indif ferent to all associates. One day a messenger arrived at tee court of Ancovia announcing that it King Philip desired King Ladwig would be pleased to reopen negotia tions for the hand of the Princess Aline. King Philip at once sent for his son and announced the glad tidings. "Something must have occurred to change the conditions," he said to tht prince. "I shall withdraw the offer ta restore the province of Gaadix. w( may get the princess without loslrg this valuable territory." "Do what you like in the matter," re plied Ferdinand. "I shall be obedient to your wishes." In truth, the prince secretly hoped that the withdrawal of the previous of fer would break off the negotiations. The idea of marriage except with the girl be loved was repulsive to him. . So King Philip replied to King Lnd wig that he would be pleased to renew his request for the hand of the prin cess, but he could not now consent to give up Guadix. King Ludwlg replied that the matter was in the hands ot itis daughter and if the crown prince wished for her hand he would have to make the request in person. Philip was delighted. "I told you so," he said to his son. "Something has occurred to change the situation. Go to the princess, but not as a beggar. We'll get her and keep Guadix." f The prince departed at the head of a splendid retinue and with handsome presents to seek a wife simply that be might give an heir to the throne. There was no method of traveling In those days except on or behind horses and not much communication between tie different countries. King Philip wait ed impatiently to hear of the princes success, hoping that no cession of ter ritory would be necessary. Finally message came from bis son stating that the Princess Aline would many him, demanding not only the restora tion of Guadix, but that much larger territory which had been ceded to An covia a century and a half befort. What was more astonishing than thJ was that the prince urged that the con ditions be accepted. . The shock was more than King Phinp could bear. He was an old man and in poor health, ne fell on the floor te a faint, was carried to hU bed and died the next day. Immediately after the king's demise the chancellor of the realm made post haste to Crakovia to announce to the crown prince his accession to the throne. He found Ferdinand basking in the princess smiles, but J't the chancellor was about to kneel w.tn the words. "The king is dead-loue li the king.'" he stopped, paralysed. W the Trincess Allue he recognized toe governess of the royal children of An covia. But, recovering himself, he fonna voice to make the announcement. Before King Ferdinand left CrakovU he had a consultation with King Lua wig wherein a new distribution of j the territory that had been ceded V Crakovia was made. Crakovia gettin the larger share. After the documents bad been slsmed the wedding the young king and the princess too place amid such rejoicings as n. never before occurred in Crakovia. l lost popularitv of the princess was no onlv restored to her, but she coiio not appear In public without receivJU a storm of acclamation. ; May 5 in American History. 1S04-A day of battles. The Antf the Potomac opened the fltu"-'tia General I. E. Lees forces Wilderness. The army ndrJj!V. eral W. T. Sherman fouSht Get J. E. Johnston at Kock Kldge. Ga.: General P. dan's troopers encountered , J. E. a Stuart's Cou'ederatJ Craig's Church. Ya.; the tontefl ate ironclad ram Albeu.arls repulsed by Federal wooden a- in Roanoke river, and AdajWj D, . Porter's Red river sqJ - fought Confederates on snow JJunn's bayou, Louisiana. .