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& THE 'CAIRO BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 1908
TUB CAIRO BULLETIN
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through the malls at seoond-clMa rates.
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NEWS OF THE RIVERS s
nmii i trow ...
Yesterday's Cairo Temperature
Maximum
Minimum . . . . ,
At 7 p. m. ., :
At 12 midnight (street record) ..
General Conditions.
The day was cloudy an I rain
during the forenoon' meHiirlng .2;
of
an inch. Rain began fallinR again
last night and seemed likely .to con
tinue today. The government bulle
tin reported rain from eleven points.
Extremes of temperature were 72 at
Vlrksbiug. an.! New Orleans an J 11
at Winneintieca. '" ,'
Forecast? For Today.
Cairo and Vicinity: 'Rain or snow
colder. ' ' 1 -' '' ;'
' " 1 Sun and Moon.
Sen wHh rise today ". .-. .
Sun will set today
Motn will set tonight . . . ,
Note: i The above sun
7:24 a. ni.
4:41 p. m.
1:00 a. m.
and moon
record (s for Illinois and approxi
mates, the record at Cairo within a
few minutes.
Washington Forecast.
Washington, Dec. 29. n,LINOIS--Paitly
cloudy Wednesday and Thurs
day with probable snow flurries near
the lake; much colder.
TO SUBSCRIBERS.
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who miss their papers are re-
quested to pot.fy tne. office
promptly and every effort will
- be made by the management
to correct the evil. There have
- been, numerous complaints
- lately, from new subscribers
and old ones at well. If sub-
scribers will designate safe
and convenient places where
carriers may place their
papers the management will
see that their directions are
carried out
FITZSIMMONS AND SULLIVAN
BOTH CHALLENGE JOHNSON
Sydney, N. S. W. Dec. 29. "Boh"
f'itzsimmons, former heavyweight
champion of the vorld, anil Jack
"Twin" Sullivan, have challenged
.Tack Johnson for, a fight -for the
heavyweight title.
DISCHARGING FIRE ARMS.
AH persona are warned that th
ordinances prohibiting the discharg
ing of fire arms In the city will bt
strictly enforced. Any one caught
violating the same will.be arreiite.J
and prosecuted.
M. S EG AN,
Chief of Police
YAQUI WAR ENDED.
NogalpR, Ariz., Dec. 2?. Thp long
war with the Vaqul Indians In Mox
ice. In which scores have bi killed
itirhtiling many Americans, has been
terminated In a treaty of peace
agreed upon by the Indians and the
governor of Sonora, Mexico.
4 V';' B'9 Price for Butterfly.
Five hundred and fifty dollars lies
been paid for a single specimen of the
Aotlmacus butterfly.
WILLIAMS
TIN. COfTEK ini
SHEET IRON WOKS
Sole egente for the PERFECT
ANTRV the Bug Proof and
Germ Proof Method cf keeping
Crertrie In the houee. Ask
tr solicit to call.
810-12 Commercial Avenue
Cte Phwf 47.
I
j
BEXO &
I VALUE
STRONG DEFENSE OF DAILY
PORTS BEFORE HISTORI
CAL ASSOCIATION.
RE-
US GOOD AS EVIDENCE
When Judged By Some Standards
Mich Better Than Gossip
Which Many Historians
Accept.
Richmond, Va it't'c ."..The
American Historical association
transferred the second half of its
convention from Wtsdington to Rich
34 .
mend today, members coming here
n the afternoon by special train. The
session formally opened tonight with
the anneal address of "resident
Adams, who discussed "History ami
the Philosophy of History." One of
the able papers of the day was by
Mr. Rhodes in defense of newspapers
as historical aids. He said In part:
Taking as his subject "'the I'se ot
Newspapers for the History of the
I'eriod From K:i,.l IS 77," Mr, Rliod
said:
"The attitude of society to the
newspaper is unsympathetic and Mrs
effects to some degr.-e tue teeling or
American historians when they con
diiler the use of newspapers as hi'-
torica-l materials, leana them to
adopt an apologetic tone in justifying
their employment. This attitude :s
however beside the question as is
seen when we detach ocrselves from
American life and conditions. For
example when A u la nl criticises Taine
for using two only of the twelve
journals available for the history ot
the French revolution our impression
is the same, as if Taiue were eriti
cised for . the neglect of evidence, oi
another class. Taking the newspaper
for what it is, with its virtues and
its limitations, it seems curious thai
an apology should be n-eoessary for
its tiro as historical material. For it
is contemporary, written without
knowledge ol the end. and its aim
is to print the news which is present
politics. If its relation is colored by
honest or dishonest partisanship,
that may bo easily detected,
j "For the history of the decade of
. ISf.it fin newspapers are indispens
'able to get at all the facts, to go to
the bottom of things anl to portray
Jthv- changing public opinion wmp-Ii is
a prominent feature of those ten
J ears. As I based statement after
statement upon newspaper authority,
knowing that I was subjecting my
self to criticism, I could not heip
'thinking of the cogency of the re
mark, go well attested by a variety
of examples.
"A modern newspaper statement
though probably trif, if quote, in a
hook as testimony, wen id be laugne
at; but the letter of a court gossip,
if written some) centuries ago. is
thought good historical eldcnce.
When we 'test newspaper evidence
as we do all other evidence, taking
into account the. general situation.
the surrounding influences and the
iittii viiitiai i. las ol tne journalist, we
shall find it excellent authority; co.i
tributing to a vivid narrative. This
Is especially so for (he decade ot
l$5lt;o when it is well worth while
t-j have the statements an. I opinions
of ruth great journalists as Crecley.
Dana, Bryant. BigMow. Raymond.
Webb. How ies. Thurky. Who I.
.Schotiler and Me.lilt."
For the history of the ( nil wv
tii i newspapers, m far as the, north
' rn bide is concerned, are in; so in,
poriam tor Historical evidence, as
-luring the .h-rade pre. cling it. The
history of campaigns an I 1-ittli s.
" hi h -,,..,. .( , , ,, .
",,,.n lint ii, iii., I j 1 1 IM-lill IM IH1S
sp.oe is npire ai.urat-lv an. I thnr
oiifhly told in the iii-niimental publi
ritinn )f nur cm ei rn-i.-tit. the fiffi
till Records of the fnlon and Con
lent rate Armies, The noiitht m
newspapers, howvo. tin- man) hm..
fnl wditli al fails noli. r-- l.- i ,
be fniin-1 an,! they i d ei t a Imirat. v
uuiern nfi.ty. jwculiar in that it
was cut f-ff fruu interionrse wiu
tb" niter world owinc to t';e efficient
Fc-ieral blixka-le.
"In the lijvtf-ry (,f the 1! ..instre.
tior. the historian may to a ;ir:
extent Independent f ()ie daily n-..
pST Recnrisiriifti-.ti was the
of concrei-s at- I its d. bar. .an! a. ;
are the essential thnc "
-Vir. htlOdei" Flllerueil 1 1 h-H p,,j r
n "ill the eonrtndinc r -nark- "Tr
duty of the hNtortn rs net to d-f -j it
if the nepat rs are a r-x- l a
tiiik-ii in iie 1MT t measure
their influr-nee ,-n the prr s.-nt a't !
to reopT)!7o thir tnijw.rt.i'ir-f. a, a(
ump'e n.J .er!'nii'n- t. -, (,f
the i-aM "
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NOTICE TO STOCK HOLDEP3.
Tbe Min-txl rrf"g of the (.fwV
hold'? of the A!ndrr frnty' N-
flonal Bark cf ppnoi. ti
h"M at tie rf?!fe rf tb esii hmnh
la the eity cf Ca'ro. fibnm,. r.n Tu
day, Jantisry IS. 1 ?. for tfie rr
tioii pf Po,H cf rtre!or? mn4 fT
the ln.n?!ji,n of other
Pells will be ort fmi, it ovir-
m. to 2
p vi rnt nil 4v.
JAMKo H- r.AU.W,S.
CabbT.
Doe,! Cen-platn.
"Don't cotcrdaln," m re K! .
" J" Cod dat sottebody (, an kt
to grind. Toe a Iiuky dee days If,
-iw-n ,un gn, turoiieb tundii'
t-lnds'one. doesnt h- a
de
at
tn-
an s:r yoa
..'- Wa
yoa t do his rfeoiHn'
ON NEW SEWERS
CAIRO'S NEW SYSTEM RAPIDLY
APPROACHING COMPLETION
THIRTY FOURTH STREET
DISTRICT NEXT IN ORDER.
Cairo's new sewer system -docs mil
lack much of being completed. In
ten days from now the lateral system
i nine district from Twelfth street t.i
Thirty-third street inclusive will have
been finished, and owners of property
in that district will be at liberty to
make connections with the new sys-
1 tern. The Commercial avenue main
i a, 'so will probably be finished tie1
lalter pun. of January and this will
i
j leave only the Thirty-fourth street lat
eral svslem to lie built. For the latter
Ihe preliminary steps are well ad
vanced and bids will soon lie asked
tor. Mr. Rich has not yet begun work
on lowering the big sewer from Thir
tieth street northward. There is
some inisnuilertaiding between the at
torneys of the parties as to what Mr,
Rich shall obligate himself to do. The
eiiy's council wish to have it so that
nut him; in the agreement made with
t S ' ,M r. men Mian i-e t-o i"i!Miu-'-i tc- .1.
relieve the Rich Construction Com
pany from any responsibility for I lie
defective original construction of the
sewer.
MORE THAN 25 MEN
ENTOMBED IN MINE
IN WEST VIRGINIA
Bluelield, W. Va , Dec. 2!. As a re
suit of an explosion in Lick J'-ratun
colliery this afternoon, 25 men were
entomber. Of these IS have bee.;
taken out alive and four are Known
to be dead.
LATER.
Bluefield. V Va.. Doe. 2;. It is
now certain that more than 2b
miners were entombed. Itesides t",ie
IS rescued alive, 12 bodies haw.
ready been recovered and at
night, the rescuers had located
lucre bo-lies.
ai
mid
the
NOTICE, "
Stae of Illinois, Alexander County,
HI.
In the County Court, to the Janu
ary Term, A. D.
In tin- matter of the estate of
Clementine Mt'Ieail, deceased.
To the -listrubu'ees of said estati:
and all persons interested therein:
You are hereby notified that on the
ISth day of January, 19iMi. the under
signed administrator of said entate
will present to the County Court of
said Alexander County t Cairo, Illi
nois, a fiinal report of his acts and do
ing as such administrator and ask the
court to approve (lie same and to dis
charge liltn from any and all further
duties and responsibilities connected
with said estate and bin a-iministra
lion thereof. At which time and place
you may be present and resist such
applicat ion, if you chouse so to do.
.1, MI'RAT t.l'ION,
Administrator of the Fstate (.f clem
entitle McLean, ib-acese-l
KILLED DBY SWITCH ENGINE,
M .nil son. S D, Dec. L"i Pei r
piar.lt. pa t grand ma i-r of the
Fellows of South Dil.ot.t. was
oer by a switih itiiTine and kllb
the railroad ards here today.
,Lir
Ol I
rm.
d n
Serious Ailment,
' said Mrs I-apsling, "my hu
much l.ett. r no. For s day
'bough, be HUH threatened
"I f 5,'
bund Is
or two.
with tobaciilosis of the Pines."
HoEST Dentistry
At Homst Pkicis
Ciold Crown : : :
Sihcr fillings : ;
Jioltl Fillings : :
GONOTfo fhf inRMVGDFMIST
BlT(0MFTUDWU FrrRTs!
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Hi (omrnrrfial Air. rar Math1
Voo Hill know the place b) j
Use large loolh at Ihe door
HOME PRONE ill
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lady A!cnd;,nt.
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Oil JONAH STORV
DR. L. W. M UN HALL ATTACKS A
HIGHER CRITIC Of-' THE
HOLY DIOLE.
EXCHANGE ANGRY WORDS
Other Ministers Declare Biblical
Stories Have Value as Alle
gorical Talcs Munhall Ac
cussd of Dichonesty.
Chicago. Deo. 29 - Did a whale, ac
tunlly swallow Jonah an, I disgorge
him 'later?
This is a question which hiis split
1 1 pep the rock of Methodism. Dr. D.
I W. Mcnhii.ll of Cermantown, r.'a.,
author, traveler and lecturer, attack
ed the higher critics of the Hi bio. to-j
day before the Chicago Methodist
ministers' meeting at the First Meth
odist church upon this question, a'ld ,
in doing so precipitated a ministerial j
row which threatens to spread
throughout the Methodist church. j
Di. Munhall. in his address, tie-:
chunl for a literal interpretation of!
tiie Tible. -He said in fact that, ti
th. sayings of the Old and New Tes
tament were disbelieved that tip:
whole structure of Christianity top
pled. His address I nplie I that un
less every word of the F'.bie was ac-
epted as historical truth that the
"higher critics" would sncce?d ii.
tearing down the superstructure of
religion.
A "hublu b" of no small degre.
vvas caused among the ministers who
lidi-ueil to the address and th re
wi re assentations and dissensions
from the statements which the :i:
turoi put forth.
An Allegorical Tale.
Several wordy wars eirsued when
the lecturer came down among the
ministers who thronge 1 the assembly
room. Some of the ministers openly
declared that they did not I- die-, e
the story of Jonah and the whale a:C
it. was written in the flihle. They
sai-l that their interpretation of the
Jonah and the whale story made it
appear to their minds that the swal
lowing of Jonah by the whale was
no rely mi allegorical tale which was
intended to convey a certain truth
but which was not meant to be taken
literally.
The Rev. H. W. Warren of tin
First Methodist chinch of Harvey,
took, issue with Dr. Munhall and de
c hire-) to the lecturer's face that
when ne stated that trie Methodist
ministers did not .-believe that tic-
words it the Bible were the
words of Cro-l. that he was dishonest.
This scathing accusation was uttered
by the Rev. Warren- when he met
Dr. Munhall in the aisle after the
b i tu re.
"I say to you that your PiiplicaCoti
that the Methodist ministers do not
In I it-ve the first, words of the Bible
are the words of God that you are
dishonest. " said Dr. Warren.
The Higher Critics.
"You don't know wuat you an-
talking aliout when you sa that f am
lif hone.-t." returned Dr. Munhall.
Prof. W. A. Patton of Northwest-'!'-!
I'nivirsity, was among those who
dissented from the vipws held bv Di-
Munhall. Prof Patton. who is
Known as a high critic of the
Pitde. addressed himself personally
to Dr. Munhall and a little wor.lv
war ensued between the (wo divine;.
J ror Patton does not believe that
the story of (he whal- swallowing
lonah is literally true He rays that
the words of the Pible ar- meant to
I-" ii terpn tcil. not literally, but tor
the truths and the stories they teach
.in ! lonvev,
' 'Wo are tint battling against the
''' I'tics of In years ago. but against
th" wd-itii-nists of ft day." .said J)r.
Patron.
NOTICE TO LICENSEES!
Office of the city Clerk,
'"alio, Illinois, ! ruber K Puis
At a ti gular meeting of the rit
"uncil of tb- said City held mi Tues
lav, Dioonih.-r S, i;is. the city rb-rk
was directed to phi- notice by jmbil
cation thai all llo-nsos are due and
iM be paid by January 1st, 10'i:i
and that tm application for license
will be considered unless aoeompan
je-l by the full amount of fee requir
, for such license.
A Fs-ecia! meeting will bo hd. by
the- sail city council on December .In
i:-!. and all applicant are nrge, to
their app'b at jons filed in this
by " .in o'i loi k p m. of tba'
Kf'BT. A.
11 VTaiKR.
City Cbtk
itRVIfES AT ST. PATRICKS
CHURCH CONDUCTED flY ST.
LOUIS APOSTUL A T t FATH
ERR.
i5-. Father J ts Iomney. pasti r
of St Patrick's burti ar.norn-
-ric- TstiCd f'-rty hours of
a b tstion ti:ch i!i t.e cf-n-lurte-l at
thi-i hurcb by the Fathers of the
St st,in !ntoIaJe as fnPnvs:
' F'i U- 1 tt Fe. of the
' f..cton t 5 51 a. m A s'lcm
METHODISTS ROW
.JrUH HUM
A 10
high mass will open the beautiful do
votloii known to Catholics ai "Tlr1
Forty Hours,"
On Friday evening nt 7::i0 o'clock
jlectrre and benediction.
On Saturday solemn high muss a'
S o'clock a. m. At 7: lid p. in, lecture
ami benediction.
On Sunday low mass at S a. nt.
when all who attend the devotions
will receive holy ooni'iiuiiloii.
Sob tun hb;h nui -s at 10 a. in. at
which the choir under the leadership
' f Mrs. I,. I-:. Probio t will sing
CoimioiI'h "Mesne Son ne 11." In til
evening at 7:" o'clock closing ee:'
eiivs, with lecture and benediction.
St. Jose-ih's Church.
Sirviecs will be heid on N 'V
Year's Day at St. .loscpit's ciiur. h at
,"i i 'clock and 9 o'cli ck a. in., c- n
ducted by t lie Rev. Father Jam' s
tll'lui.
BELIEVES IN
MLESOi PLAYS
PAUL GILMO.RE, POPULAR ACTOR
HAS HIH IDEALS HIS PLAY
"THE BOYS OF COMPANY B"
IS . SUCCESS.
In this day of problem plays, many
of them dealing with the unhappy
tendencies of human nature, it is a
wholesome pleasure to see a play like
"The. Boys of Company B ' as given
by Mr. Paul Gilmore and his good
company
last night at the opera
bet -sc.
Mr. Ciilmere does not take pleasure
m portraying tne disagreeable trunks
of ! if ? bet instead chooses days of
refinement which appeal to the better
instincts and he never tails to please
in his interpretation of such charac
ters Mr. OHmore's personal magnetism
ami clever acting serve to iiwrease
his poprlarity as the seasons go by
and h is always a rawirite in Cairo
both professionally and socially the
later being attested by the number
of theater parties and social atten
tions shown him when here.
Miss Aubrey, the leading woman,
Is talented and most attractive both
on the stage and off. Her work gives
bright promise.
AIL ITALY MOURNS
(Continued from First Page.)
Rain Poured Down.
They said the first thing they knew
iney were inrown out of tied, and
'amid crashing celtngs and falling
'furniture managed to make their wav
to the street. Then in the blackness
of the night and amid the pour rain
'that ad-led to their horror and did
tress, they rushed blindly away amid
jthe crashing of tumbling buildings
and rhrleks and groans of those bur
! led in the ruins.
Many Are Insane.
"Many while trying to escape were
struck down by falling balconies and
masonry, and still many others lost
i heir reason and are today wandering
aimlessly in the open fields outside
the cit, or up and down the ruined
is; reels they kn'-w so well.
Robbers Shot Dead.
' Looters and robbers were shot
dead by the rifles of the soldiers''
Previous reports from the devas
tated provinces that a number of vil
lages were ravaged by fire are con
firmed. Seventeen persons are de id
at Hipncto. The tcvn of Se-mlnarii. I
in Calabria, twenty miles from Rog.j
gio. fs said to haw been destroj.
with a loss of a hundred lives.
STRAITS ARE TWISTED.
Navigators Give Graphic Description
of Straits at Messina.
IVIeiniii. Dec. Navigators who
have come in here from the Straits of
Messina, report that Hip straits haw
taken an entirely new shape since tie-
arthipiake. They describe them as
"twisted." Many villages and fort-i
along the straits have been destroyed,
lighthouses swallowed up by the ko
and navfgation impossible at night
and dangerous by day.
Leaped to Death in Sea.
One of 1he survivors preyed up at
m a by the st.-amir Washington, wa.
a mail named Francesco U-jacone. lb
was wounded and unconscious. On
rovhing, ne called ldly for his mfe
and children. All efforts to tpiiet him
ere useless and he Insisted that
the steamer put him ashore. Fina'lv
be tMM-ame bereft of bis (sense and
Sfititlgillg t-uddenlv to his foef. jump-
-l oxerlH.ard. still calling for his tf-an-l
babies. He started swimming to
watd the lan-l. but vn dlsappeare I
t-enea'h the waves
Villages in Ruins.
A 'lawbr who returned here thi
afternen from h o'br sid of the
i'Ta-'s. fays tint R. ggin. yn ;ioan
ni. Sn!U. 'aT,niteH., arid all o'br
contrtiunir. nl villages h-rdering in
the ttiai's, mn in nmm-;
I. teat riui.li. i- i.f ,! a, I an- I
l'i t- slid under the wrcclae v !
Brittf-h Steamer Escapes- j
The iti'tpn M anir l;bro came la
li re sf. ly thi aftei i.rw-ii from M- I
mii She has f m Ird 1; tMnde.l I
including Alfred J fig.-tr-n. Britii-b
ice coiisui a! Mi.-f.iij. Mrs tigsioi
l ;st bcr life, but ihe consul's daughter
s-awd Ogstoii s the ietruc
tirn of Mesvina is o fiiebtful as to
t-e teyon I words, an-l eiccc.ling l.i
horror the ii-1-ft Cicbta of imacina
t n.
One .f ihe train that cntrre ta fee
from Messina this uftenioon brought
the widow of (ho chief of police t.f
Mint city and her turn. Both Beemod
crazed with grief. They made frantic
but vain efforts to save the life of
their husband ami father, and Mie
other children. The clothes of the
widow and son are literally in rags.
GEN. HALL IN SICILY.
Portland, Me., Dec. i!!l. Word wan
received today that Major. Onral
Chnrleu H, Hall, IT. S. A., retired a
fcriuer Portland man, probably Is at
I hi scene of the earthquake In Sicily.
Hall and his family bad planned to
pass Christinas week on that Island.
Must Import Marriageable Girls.
The prcblmi of finding wives has
become a serious one In St. Peters
burg. The mule population exceeds
the female by 124,000 In the Russian
capital, and the authorities are weigh
ing plana for importing prospective
brides from the provinces. The reed
of wives, Indeed,- has led to the ma
king of several fortu ien In matrimoni
al nancies, heavy fees being exacted
for pretty glib as wtv?a from remote
country places, The men outnumber
the women In all classes in St. Peters
burg, ami at (social affairs there are
usually two men for every woman. Of
course this is a truly delightful situ
ation for the woman, but It is one that
Is multiplying jealousies between niPh
and cairlng "affairs" with swords anil
pistols upon the f'eld of honor. Social
activities In St. Petersburg hnve b;en
declining in Interest because of th
scarcity of women, whereas In all the
other large cities In the empire worn
en are much more numerous than
men.
"Faither.-1
"Wnliy," said Mrs. MacHfgh to
Ittle son as they em"rged from
h.
the
station at Saltham bv the-Sea,. noo
that we are at the const, mind and ca
yer fal'tir 'papa' when he r"nifg doon
for the week end. Y'e'U no forget, wul
ye?"
"Wully," neartng the bis sea, felt
graciously inclined to promise any
thing, and told his mother he wouldna
forget.
On the Saturday morning Mrs. Mac
High was sitting on the stands beside
r.nme "swell" seaside acquaintance
watching rtie children playing. Think
ine to Impress her neighbors she
i-alled out in her best society vitce
Weelie, your papa Is coming rtoon th
lay."
"Oh, is he?" answe-el "Weclle
busily engaged at a sand castlo, and
ipilte forgetful of Monday';; promt"
"An' wull my fai'her be wi' 'lm
ritllits.
Too Much for Him,
'Toor fellow!" unld the Indjr, whf
was being personally conducted
through Ihe asylum. "Poor fellow-
He is so handsomel he has such nohl
features, such a splendid brow, sn
an aristocratic bearing. What a pity
that his mind hag been wrecked. Waf
be crossed In love?"
"No," replied the attendant. "He's
poet. It's a very sad case. Ilia friends
thoueht he was going to be the Amerl
can Myron or .Milton, or something
like that; but one day he wrote
poem which he called 'Lines to n Wa
ter Fowl and sent It to a newspaper
or a magazine or something, and when
it came out it was headed 'Lines to
Water Howl." The shock upset him
and he ain't been right since." Chi
cago Record Herald.
Judging from Sample.
1 don't think the rich are exception
ally happy.
No? Know many?
Rome.
Very rich?
One to five millions'
Oh. but they lead quite a different
life from the really rich!
To ne sure; hut sMII. con t TOU
think you can tell jnwt as much about
the qualify f-f molasses from a ho"8
head of it as you can from a shipload?
Life.
Girl Who Can Throw.
1 "Pome of my friends were afraid,"
FBld Gov. Burke of North Dakota, "that
I Miss Benton would not smash the hot
I tl on the bow of the great bsttle s p
but I wasn't. My fears were that sh'd
.stave a hole In the ship, f am sure
that she hurled that champagne so
bard that the bottle was smashed be
fore If bit the bow of the Ironclad."
Women Travelers ef To Day.
Harriet Chalmers Adams has trav
led 40,000 r.itlcs through South AM
-a and has ortalnal blograph pictures
if the canal work on the Isthmus of
Panama tba! are said to be ety fire
3u)te a number of women hsve made
-ecords recently wlh lone distance
ravel, and manage atont as wcU as
nen In seeing the cwuntijr.
Would Not Have It Lesseeeii.
Dr WaPer C. Pmth. the popular
Bcntrfi poet presrner, en one cwcaMon
tried to enpla'n 'o an old tidy the
wearing of the scriptural expression.
"Take tip thy bed and wa'k." by sr
ing that the h4 8 irrptr a ma nr
rug easily tsk-n up and carried ewer.
"No. no." replied the )dv "I rtnnt
relie, th,t The bed reilar
fourpos'er There wontd he no rnlra
rle In walking away l a bit o" mat
or rue on your back."
Dispoeitien Worth Striving foe.
There Is no more desirable tralf fof
ai companloa- tu the Journey of l!f
than that of rheerf uie . the yokefel
low of good temper. "A merry keart
floeta good." But cbeetf iilocsi I not
mereiv tiiarpy end fua. It Inclede
the ability to kw k o tfce bright eld,
to mike ti,e t-et of ererjthlng. to re
fue to meet tronble ka!f way. an o
8o eoe'e best bravely and tiopeNl'T
9i-h a d!p"e"i le lert'tiitrie.
ie ort!t cj pj ewser !i tin- fsiltt.
L(0 JOY OF LIFE
HUSBANDS AND CHILDREN
FOK fy ILL. GIRLS.
NOT
Have Little Choice Hut to Become Old
Maids One GUd Because She
Misunderstood the Meaning
of License.
There were four Carroll girls, all
over 18. Their father, a small, white
hulred, dignified mat, was In the room
and smiled a timid welcome. The girls
were still In black for the mother who
died a year before, says Rhnta Dorr in
Ihe Broadway Magazine. "It Is much
harder for us now that mo her'u gone,"
aaid Sallle Carroll. "But she mad
us promise on her deathbed that we'd
keep things just aa she always had
and we're certainly bound to do it.
We all work in Ihe mill. We are weav
ers, except Nannie there, the young
est. She is a warper. We don't let
father work any more. We m.i-!9
enough for us all and him, (oo, on I
somebody's just got to be at. home .:
look out for things or else whero's
your home?."
"Why do poor folks have such b'
families?" demanded Nannie Carroll,
Indignantly. "They've got no buslne t
to. Why do poor folks marry at all?"
"Don't you expect to?" I asked.
The faces of all the girls were sober.
"We can't figure out that, there's any
choice for us between breaking, tip our
home and being old maids," said the
oldest Carroll girl. "It may be a dis-.
grace to be an old maid. People say
it is, but at least we are comfortable
and happy. Why, what would become
of father if we married?"-
I instantly thought of a girl I knew
In Fall River. She was a weaver, too,
and earned $11 a week, which made
her an object of desire to more than
one young man In the town. But at
25 she was still single. In the course
of a confidential .talk I asked her why
she had never married and she told
me with much laughter the reason.
"When I was 18," she said, "I was
foolish enough to fall in love with the
timekeeper in the clothroom at the:
iron works mills. He was better look
ing then than he Is now. Well, he
asked me to marry him and I said I
would. Then he said we ought to go
and get the license. 'What license?'
I asked, flaming mad. You see, we
girls had a dog we were awfully fond
of and one day the poundkeeper came
around and said we'd have to take out
a license or he would kill the dog. So
we skimped and saved and went with
out carfare until we had enough to
pay for the dog's license.
"Well, somehow, the word license
eemd to me to be connected with a
dog. I didn't know that people had to
have licenses. I told my young ma?
that if he couldn't marry me without a
license, as if he were paying for a dog,
I wouldn't marry him. He argued and
argued and w-e both got madder and
madder, and finally we broke it off.
Mother was glad ei ough. She always
hates to have one of us marry. Less
money carried home, you see." 8he
added thoughtfully: "Of course, I wag
a silly goose, hut somehow, when I see
him with his wife, she looking ten
years older than she Is, with care and
raising children whose only future Is
In the mills. I think a marriage license
and a dog license are not so very dif
ferent." Hooked a Swordflsh.
Kight miles off Newport. Ca!., a 1!-
foot swordflsh, with a sword four fe,t
kmg, caught on an ""0" hook by Hugh
McMillan and O. O. Shoemaker, towed
the fishermen's launch two miles, after
having charged the boat repeatedly
and scarred the stern In numerous
places. The monster was killed after
half an hour's fight. It weight' Jev-
eral hundred pounds.
When the big fish was first caught
It charged to the surface, endangering
the lives of two men and of other men
In two near by launches. The captors
of the monster were towed almost out
of eight of the men In the other hosts.
Persons ashore refused to believe that
the two men caught the fish on their
strand cotton line until the story
was vouched for by tne men in tne
other launches.
Anomaly of the Sidewalk,
lie stood before the Bomery 8avlne
bank. His trousers ran to shreds be
low and the folds at the top end. where
s'rlng held them, proved that thev
bad been made for an ampler glrh.
The dog bad slept on his hat and per
haps brut-bed It In the gutter. He
had worked his elbow shiny, his arm
pits ragged and gravy spots of diverse
hhsdes and sl.es showed that who
ever bad ea'en In that coat In other
days had ben too ravenous to mini
stopping over. The barber and he
were strangers and he looked through
bleared eyes into vacancy as the busy
rldewalk traffic trooped past him and
thrifty depositors hurried In and rfit of
tb bank. In front of Mm h held a
trav of gtmcrai-Vs from htrh nun a
placard: 'Good l.uck R'r-RS. New
Tork Times.
Reclame tf.PO0.0fJO Arree.
g-ro-e lo; wben tbe fe-tera! eel.
rn"on act was r,"d r? eo'-ej!-trent
a add"d S'OO.aon acre to tee
ronn'T babl'ahle land, and
sd-led to the 7.Jo a) reclaimed from
deerf before test year, tnske an
!nrree- ,tt I'.oonoon a're In ttin
ronntrr's bbible ars. en averse
cf ; noo noo acres per yesr r"opjtar
Mechanics.
A Baekelider.
Tlewitt Wfcnt nor of f"? ! te?
Jewrtt He t.ae a New Keglata' rue
aclcBice l 41y oat of repair.
BARBECUED MEATS.
At all time. Home teWpbo
KlW. Chop Honee. jonf WasbUg'-s I
e!e. r-ppoFtt Cot ft lf,fftl.