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GREATEST ATHLETIC MEET EVER HELD IN AMERICA
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Ten thousand, boys of -the public schools of New York recently took part in a series of athletic contests in
Central park. It was the largest assemblage of school boys ever gathered together for such a purpose.
JOURNEY
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Experience of American Couple
at Hands of Rebels.
M.
B. Felsor and His Bride Relieved
of Automobile and Horses' Are
Forced to Travel Miles
Through Trackless Country.
San Antonio, Tex. M. B. Telsor and
his bride are in the remote border
town of BoQuillas, resting from a
strenuous trip of 200 miles through
the mountainous portion of northern
Mexico, which they made to escape
death at the hands of outlaws.
Mr.' Telsor was manager of a ranch
n the plateau known as Llano de los
Cristianos, more than 300 miles from
the nearest railroad point He is an
American. While on a visit to San
Antonio, Tex, several weeks ago he
married Mies Dora Seltrous.5 The
young lady was reared on a ranch in
western Texas, and when her husband
suggested that she remain with her
parents in San Antonio pending an im
provement of conditions In Mexico she
told Mr. Telsor that nothing would de
lieht her morn than tn h with him
upon, the remote Mexican ranch among
quiet surroundings.
"Our troubles began shortly after
we .crossed the Rio Grande at Eagle
Pass on bur way to the ranch," said
Mr. Telsor. "On my way out of the
country I had left my motor car at
Eagle Pass and my wife and I started
to the ranch in It. We were below
the boundary line, when we were held
up by a ragged Mexican and a number
of peons, who Informed us they were
constitutionalists. j
The leader said he would have to
commandeer my .automobile. He con
fiscated it, giving me a receipt for its
value, the Bum to be paid when the
constitutionalists get control of the
government I made vigorous protest
against the proceedings, threatening to
bring down the wrath of he United
States government upon their heads.
They only laughed and shrugged their
shoulders. I finally managed to enlist
their sympathy enough to get them to
provide us with two horses with which
to continue our journey. On the fifth
day a troop of 20 armed men surround
ed our hut ,
"I knew the desperate character of
many of the border Mexicans and
what I worst feared was an attempt
on the part of the band to carry off
my bride. It looked like serious
trouble when three of the Mexicans
.dismounted and stood in a group dls;
cuesing the situation in low tones.
They had already taken possession of
our two horses and saddles. With
their rifles in their hands the three
men walked to the door and peered
inside. When the Intruders saw us
they removed their hats and bowed
in the courteous manner that is com
mon to all Mexicans. -They are polite
even when about to commit murder.
"In a quiet, polite way, the Mexi
cans told me the constitutionalists
were in need of horses and money:
Would I and my beautiful lady please
deliver over to them what money we
had and also turn over - our horses
for the good of the cause?
"The argument I made was useless.
We were made to comply with the de
mands of the rebelsror outlaws, which
ever they were, and were glad noth
ing worse had happened to us. We
were left stranded in a desolate re
x glon, without money or means of trav
eling, except' on foot I - asked "tjhe
sheep iierder If there were any cattle
rancnes in. tne neignDornooa. to our
delight, he Informed us" that the
ranch of Bill Blocker, an ; American,
was onlv 15 miles 'awav.
"We set out " next morning on foot
to the Blocker ranch. It took us all
day to get to the ranch, where we
were' welcomed by one of the Blocker
boys. We were given two horses and
a Mexican guide, and on the third day
ray wife and. 'I, resumed our Journey to
theranch, 75 miles distant. . . V . ,
A- "It was a terrible journey, lasting
many nights and many days. It was
through-an almost trackless country.
For days at a. time our only . suste
nance was the juice and roots. of cac
IN MEXICO
tus plants and wild berries. We slept
upon the ground without covering. I
cannot tell you' how happy we were
when we struck a Mexical Jacal, just
the other side of the Rio Grande, and
later' were brought to this side of the
river and then to Boquillas."
NORWAY TRIUMPH HONORED
Women at Big Conference in Vienna
Hear the Rev. Anna Shaw on
. Suffrage.
Vienna, Austria. A preliminary con
ference in connection with the wom
en's franchise convention at Budapest
was held here and was devoted to
celebrating the 'granting of the full
franchise to the women of Norway.
The Rev. Anna H. Shaw, the Amer
ican suffragist, said that the lesson
learned by Norway was the lesson
taught In America ever since the wom
en's movement began that It was al
ways the men who best knew what
women's suffrage means that were
most ready to give it
"CHAPEL OF REST" FOR POOR
Halborn Council Provides Place for
Dead Pending Burial A Valu-.
able Reform.
London. A' valuable reform which
should be of much use to the poor has
been made in Ilolborn, where the bor
ough council has opened what is call
ed a "chapel of re3t" The object of
the chapel is to provide a place to
which the poor can take their dead
pending burial. No charge will be
made. The need of this Innovation is
clear and pressing. Thousands of
Londoners live . in one-roomed tene
ments; and when death . occurs are
forced for the time to live with their
dead. There are also still about a
thousand underground rooms occu
pied by j the poor. It is hoped that
other borough councils will follow the
example of Holborn. "
RANCHMAN DIES IN P0STH0LE
Californian Falls Into Excavation and
-. Is Suffocated, Being' Unable to ;
Extricate Himself.
Stockton, Cal. Romain Moll, a
wealthy rancher of this county, met an
unusual and tragic death.' , ' ' ; '
Moll and his foreman returned to
his ranch near Escalon after attend
ing to business matters In Stockton.
Moll started i0 vraXk. to Escalon. He
cut across the fields and while walk
ing hear the Tidewater & Southern
railroad stumbled over a ; mound of
dirt and fell head first into a .post
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- The hole - was about two feet wide
and. six feet deep. - Moll was unable to
get out and. was suffocated. ' .'
His -body was found by Bisection
crew. The men noticed a little dog
standing on the track. They followed
the dog, which took them to the place
where his master had met his death.
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HIS SENSE OF SMELL KEEN
King George Detects the Odor of
Onions When HI Couriers En- "
ter Room.
, London. "Hawkins, you've been eat
ing onions," angrily exclaimed King
Edward to his sergeant-footman one
day at Biarritz, according to Edward
VIFs motor mechanic, C. W. Stamper.
Stamper confessed that the sergeant-footman,
the knight-courier and
the postmaster lunched heartily . on
beefsteak and onions one day and soon
afterward the king wanted to see the
postmaster, so the courier, named
Fehr, called the sergeant-footman, and
the king was proceeding to tell him,
when he stopped short, lookod at the
man and then accused him of eating
onions.
"No, your majesty," protested . th
courier.
"Yes, you have. I'm sure you have.
Send Mr. Hiley here at once and Mr.
Fehr." . ..
"Yes, your majesty."
The sergeant-footman withdrew and
presently Postmaster Hiley was an
nounced. The king called him to his
side and was beginning to re,4 to him
a telegram he wanted him to dispatch
when he burst out:
"Hiley, you're been eating onions!
"No, your majesty," said the post
master instinctively recoiling.
"Yes, you have; it'B disgraceful."
The courier then entered the room
and approached very wearily, but his
majesty's sense of smell was keen, and
all Fear's efforts to suppress the facts
in the case were unavailing. The king
looked up sharply, sat back in his
chair and groaned:
"I'm damned if you haven't been
eating onions, too!"
BONES OF GREAT ANTIQUITY
Smithsonian . Official Delving for Fos
sils Near Cumberland, Mid.
Many "Finds" Made.
.Cumberland, Md. James W. Gidley,
assistant curator in the National mu
seum, Washington, assisted by Ray
mond W. Armbruster, a local fossil ex
pert, has been working several days
in the pit above Burkey's near Corri-
gansville, this . county, about four
miles from Cumberland, unearthing
fossilized animal bones supposed to be
thousands of years old.
. The traces of the fossils were die
covered last November by Mr. Arm
bruster. who notified the Smithsonian
author! ties A minor investigation was
made, resulting in some valuable finds.
The present , quest has not been dis
appointing, some wonderful discover
ies having been made, it 14 said, with
the end, not yet in sight'
The bones are in perfect condition
and scientists believe they are work
ing on one of the greatest fotisil finds
in the history of the country. . The
marrow of the bones . Is crystallized
and has the appearance of clusters of
diamonds or quartz.
BUY TIMARCHUS SILVER COIN
British Museum Acquires Relic of
Babylon Is Very R.are and
Highly Prized.. V
London. The British museum has
Just acquired a silver coin ol! Timar
chus. Satrap of Babylon, part of , the
Syrian empire. V TImarchus -on the
death "of ' the .reigning king cf Syria,
Antiochus XV., In 162 B. C, usurped
the throne, refusing .to acknowledge
Demetrius and his wife, Laodice, the
legitimate successors. TImarchus
reigned only one year, during which
time he struck a few "coins, which are
now very rare. . Of these one la a
unique gold coin now In tho Berlin
museum; another a unique silver coin
of one drachm, which is in the Brit
lsh museum. Until recently no speci
men of the larger four drachm silver
coin was known to exist except' one,
which had been taken by thie legiti
mate rulers, Demetrius and his wife,
and restruck with their portraits. Last
year a coin bearing the effigy? of TIm
archus was sold at an auction, in Ger
many, and another example, taken to
the British museum a short tllme ago,
has now been secured for the national
collection. ' ' . i t
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MUST ALWAYS PRAY
Wisdom of the Master Evinced
! in His Words "Ask, and
Ye Shall Receive."
MEN ought always to pray- The
.Master said so. He -knew what
was in man, and. needed not
that any should tell him.'; He knew
what help - was in the unseen . world
available through prayer, for. he had
tested it to the full.
He prayed himself. He had more
to say about prayer than any other
speaker whose words stand recorded
in' the Bible. He would go apart in
the mountains and pray all night. His
efficiency in this spiritual exercise
was so manifest that on one occasion,
when he had ceased his devotions,
his disciples came to him, saying,
"Lord, teach us to pray."
" It is sufficient that the One whom
the most enlightened and progressive
portions of the world havo with one
accord selected as the Ideal Man, was
thus conspicuously a man of prayer.
Human life in highest reaches of
moral achievement, prays. : If Jesus
had not prayed, he would not stand
today even in the eyes of those whose
habits of prayer are fitful and feeble,
as the Perfect Man.
The. man who offers to God a sin
cere and thoughtful prayer brings the
best that is in him to its best. While
he. prays, he breathes the air which
is native to the noblest type of char
acter. The noxious gases in the mine
settle to the ground because they are
heavier than pure air. The dog fol
lowing at the heels of his master
will inhale them until he falls in a
stupor. The- tall man, standing high
er, breathing an upper and a purer
air, passes on unharmed. The attitude
of prayer is the act of a man rising
to what higher level of thought and
feeling where Vhat quality of life
which most clearly differentiates him
from the brutes finds its native air.
Sets in Motion a New' Force.
The man who prays enables God to
more fully bestow his helpfulness
upon that beseeching life. You may
hold a magnifying glass in your hand
and concentrate the rays of the sun
upon your coat sleeve until you have
burned a hole in it The sun shines
steadily with that same power, no
matter, how your glass may be .held.
But it makes a profound difference in
utilizing the rays of the sun whether
the glass be held squarely toward the
sun and the rays focused upon the
object to be ignited, whether the glass
be clean or half covered with mud.
The act of prayer cleanses the . life.
It also brings the moral aspiration,
the human affection, the kindly, inter
est of the man who prays squarely and
fairly before God's moral Interest By
that very fact the rays of divine af
fection are concentrated and. focused
upon jthe objects of 5ur prayerful in
terest until they become effective.
, The man who prays introduces a
new force Into a given situation,
which enters decisively into the de
termination of the issue. When the
child's balloon is growing stale, it
tends to settle to the floor by the pow
er of gravitation Yet a single
breath, soft, unseen, but real, will
carry it to the ceiling. There is no
violation of natural law here, but the
introduced of a higher force which
alters the situation.
"Ask, and Ye Shall Receive."
We have not reduced the possibil
ities of. this prayer-force acting with
in . the large uniformities of God to
anything like an exact science. We
have not reduced to an exact science
t&a influence of a mother's love upon
her children, nor the subtle effect of
a man's good name upon his prospects
for success in the world, ncr the re
sults upon the physical process of di
gestion of a cheerful habit of mind.
But the fact that all these beneficent
forces shade off into mystery does not
incline us to refuse the. help, of the
mother's love or the good name ' or
the cheerful habit of mind, simply be
cause we cannot measure their re
sults with a foot rule or lay them out
by metes and bounds.
It suffices the farmer to know that
if he sows he will reap; ? The harvests
in prospect are sufficiently sure to
make his hope of a' return an encour
agement to effort N True Christians,
assured by the promises of the Master
and by an 'ever-widening volume of
religious experience, continue to
"asK" knowing that they!" will "re
ceive." They "seek," knowing that
they will "find." They perseveringly
"knock," knowing that the doors will
open into the treasury house of the
Unseen.' -;
It was said of One, "As h prayed,
the fashion of . his countens.nce was
altered." .His face changed tinder the
power of his devotion. Thi look of
sympathy and of spiritual Interest' in
the face of any -man is sktrtched in
finer lines when he becomes a man of
prayer. - And there is , a cogency and
a persuasive note In the vsry voice
of a man who prays; It carries in its
very tones the subtle and command
ing .accent of spiritual veracity. The
soul of the prayerful man moves upon
its royal way with the strength of ten
because it has been empowered from
on high with the enduement received
in prayer. Rev. Charles R. r Brown,
I.D. .
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A word unspoken is, like lie sword
in the scabbard, thine; if veated, thy
sword is in another's hands.: If thou
dUisire to be held wise, be sc wise us
tq: hold thy tongue. Quarles' -
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Promises sometimes tempt; friends,
but only performances will ktep them!
W. S. Rovston.
A Magazine Bazar.
Money making schemes- are always
ln-demand for church fairs, and this
one, suggested by Julia Benedict,
seems to me to be practical and would
have a touch of novelty so requisite in
these days when there seems to be
scarcely anything new. I would sug
gest that each of the magazines rep
resented should be written to (adver
tising manager) and see if a liberal
commission would not be allowed on
all 8Ubscriptions'taken, and no doubt
they would be glad to furnish posters
and placards that could be used In the
decortaive part ofthe booths. They
will also furnish subscription blanks.
I have enlarged upon the idea, and in
dividual committees must arrange to
suit their convenience. Have "The
Literary Digest" be the supper room,
fcr to be a success a supper should
be a part of the plan, and then let
"Good Housekeeping" have all sorts
of things for the house, like dustless
dusters, ironing holders, utility bags,
broom bags, . wash cloths, kitchen
aprons, etc ..The dustless dusters are
made of either white or black cheese
cloth dipped in a preparation made of
equal parts' of kerosene and paraffin
oil. Dip them and hang out doors to
dry at least twenty-four hours before
they are to be folded and put up in
manila envelopes. They should sell
for twenty cents.
t "Table Talk" or "What to Eat"
should have home made jellies, cakes,
pies and candies for sale and any oth
er home made viands that will selL
Take orders for cakes, etc., to be de
livered when needed.
"The Woman's Home Companion"
may have all sorts of sewing necessi
ties needle books, work baskets,
cases of scissors, work bags, etc. For
the "Ladies' World" the dainty lin
gerie, so dear to every woman's heart,
handkerchiefs, filmy tea aprons and
any other feminine belongings, such
as boudoir caps, satin garters, fancy
bags and bed pillows of finest white
material made np over pink, and blue
satin slips.
"St. Nicholas" will have articles for
Christmas with "Mr. and Mrs. Santa
Claus" and their assistants to take
charge. Have evergreen trees, plen
tifully sprinkled with cotton and dia
mond -dust, red candles and an abund
ance of tree ornaments. In fact, if it
can be so arranged, it would be a good
plan to have some of the articles for
sale attached to the tree. "Little
Folks" or any preferred magazine de
voted to wee children should be the
booth devoted to infants' wear, wee
hot water bottles, prettily covered with
pink and blue outing flannel or eider
down will have a ready sale as well
as fine wash cloths of cheese cloth
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MODEL OF CERISE FLOWERED CREPE AND CHIFFON.
feather stitched In silk. Lace and net
bags filled with rolls of cotton, each
tied with baby' ribbon should sell for
fifty or seventy-five cents, and they
are most attractive. If a can of tal
cum powder Is put on the bags with1
the cotton "fluffs" they should sell for
a dollar. These are new and practi
cal. ;
Have a tea room for the "Modern
Priscllla," with girls in Puritan cos
tumes to serve. Other magazines may
be used if occasion demands.
A Hobby Party.
We all have hobblee whether we
ride the "horse" hard or not there is
always just some one thing we like to
do or to have better than anything
else; so to enliven a church social the
entertainment committee asked each
guest to wear an article to represent
his or her favorite fad. There was the
boy who had the stamp collecting
fever at Its height, he appeared with a
stamp for a scarf pin, another, glued
on to a huge ring as a setting, four or
five glued to his coat lapel in lieu of
a bouquet The silk quilt worker had
her frock plentifully patched with silk
squares of the patterns she was mak
ing or desired to make and the would
be artist had water color and pen and
ink sketches on her dress with a
which had marine scenes upon it.
The airship fiend had a miniature
flying machine (found at the toy coun
ter) worn around hie neck and the
golf suit The sailor boy was in white
duck with. a "middy" cap and the
young miss who was learning to cook
carried a ring and chain from which
dangled, spoons, egg beater, flour sift
er, etc. It is needless to say that this
was the merriest kind of a party, far
different from the average church so
cial. There was no lack of animated
conversation and to make things more
interesting when all sat down to re
freshments, . which were served at
small tables, each one was asked to
tell in two minutes the merits of his
especial hobby
This meeting turned out to be quite
an exchange not only of ideas, but of,
materials, for every one found out
what the other fellow was interested
in and eome saved stamps and others
silk pieces and others gave cherished
recipes and all found even those whom
they thought dull and Btupid were
most interesting when led to talk upon
what was uppermost to them.
A Bachelor Girl's "Shower."
Just because we are not married
Our lovers too long having tarried
Is no reason we can see 1
Why we 6hould not showered be!
After, this convincing rhyme cams
an invitation fromPoUy and her
best girl chum who decided to keep
house for the summer to come to their
"moving in" party on the day and date
given.-
"Polly" said she didn't see why they
should not have some of the fun ex
perienced by engaged girls and brides
and they needed just the self same
things even though they were doomed
(by choice) to single blessedness. It
all turned out a very jolly ('affair. Pic
tures were put up, dishes unpacked,
washed and put on the shelves of the
tiny china closet. The guests brought
shelf paper, hammer and tacks, cans
of ' delicacies for the "emergency"
closet, broom bags and brooms and all
sorts of articles that would go to make
up a "miscellaneous shower."
MME. MERRI.
GREATLY ADMIRED
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