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THE RECORD, KENNA, NEW MEXICO.
REBUKE THAT WAS DESERVED
loted Author' Cutting Answer War
the Case,
ranted by the Exigencies of
Amelia E. Barr, In her autobiog
raphy, tells of her experience in look
ing for a "church home" In the big
city. She enjoyed a sermon by a fa
mous preacher and wrote to ask about
joining hts congregation. An officer
of the church called. After the polite
preliminaries he said: "Doctor C.
would like to know the name of your
banker." "My banker," she replied
In amazement. "I have no banker."
"You see," he continued, "ours is a
very extravagant church I mean In
good works and our members must
be looked to for large subscriptions.
Doctor C. is acquainted with your
name, and thinks highly of you, but
he is afraid you would not be able
fa give as as liberally as our church
expenses demanded." Mrs. Barr looked
at him silently while he floundered in
explanations. Finally she said: "You
bad better make no more explana
tions, sir. I understand that only the
rich can be members of Doctor C.'s
church. The Lord Christ also Is there
fore ineligible. I will remain outside
with him." San Francisco Argonaut.
Fanaticism and Progress.
Without fanaticism of a certain
sort, progress would be impossible.
The minds of men and women must be
tircharged with love of a cause, or
atred of a wrong, else they will not
lit their all into the fighting. The
very origin of the word "fanatic"
connotes absorption in a single idea,
for the word is derived from the Latin
"fanum" (a temple) and the "fanatl
cus" was supposed to be maddened by
the divinity whose fane he frequented.
And it is quite certain that now, sb of
old, the motive power of every great
propaganda Is essentially religious,
even though the leaders call them
selves agnostics or atheists. No abso
lutely selfish or absolutely skeptical
person, can lead either the masses or
the classes. At the core of the true
leader's being there must be an idea
to which he clings and to which he
will sacrifice all else with a light heart
Parnell was cold, but he loved Ireland
with an all-consuming passion; Wil
liam III. was cold, but he loved Hol
land with a devotion that knew no
bounds. New Orleans Times-Democrat
Bad, but All Well.
The saying "the good funeral of the
bad woman," may be apocryphal, but
It is attributed to the duke of Buck
ingham, not otherwise noted for the
exercise of functions proper to the
clergy. In the wicked London of the
restoration an evil woman named
Crestwell ordered the payment of 10
for a funeral sermon in which no ill
should be spoken of her. Bucking
ham's sermon was: "All I shall say
of her Is this, she was born well, she
married well, lived well and died
well; for she was born In Shadwell,
married in Creswell, lived at Clerk
enwell and died at Bridewell."
Considerably Removed.
"Rather nifty looking dairy maid
In this musical comedy."
"Yes, but 1 dare say the nearest
they ever got to a dairy waa a dairy
lunch."
The First Question.
Wlggs Young Sllllcu says his
heart is lacerated. '
Waggs Who's the lass?
GROWING 8TRONQER
Apparently, with Advancing Age.
"At the age of 60 years I collapsed
from excessive coffee drinking," writes
a man In Mo. "For four years I sham
bled about with the aid of crutches or
rane, most of the time unable to
dress myself without help.
"My feet were greatly swollen, my
right arm was shrunken and twisted
inward, the fingers of my right hand
were clenched and could not be ex
tended except with great effort and
pain. Nothing seemed to give me more
han temporary relief.
"Now, during all this time and for
about 30 years previously, I drank
dally an average of 6 cups of strong
coffee rarely missing a meal.
"My wife at last took my case Into
her own hands and bought some
iPostum. She made It according to di
rections and I liked It fully as well
as the best high-grade coffee.
"Improvement set In at once. In
abont 6 months I began to work a lit
tle, and In less than a year I waa very
much better. Improving rapidly from
day to day. I am now In far better
health than most men of my years
and apparently growing stronger with
advancing age.
"I am busy every day at some kind
of work and am able to keep up with
the procession without a cane. The
arm and hand that were once almost
useless, now keep far ahead in rapidity
of movement and beauty of penman
Jalp. Name given by Poetum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Write for copy of tbe lit
tie book, "l bs Road to Wellrllle."
Poetum cornea In two forms:
Regular Portum must be well boiled.
Instsnt P o turn Is a soluble powder.
A teaspoonful dissolves quickly In
eup of hot water and, with the addi
tion of cream and sugar, makes a de
licious beverage Instantly.
"There's a reason" tor Poetum,
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REBELS BECOMING MORE ACTIVE
AND CABINET MEMBERS
' QUARRELING.
MB, LIND IS NOT REASSURED
Constitutionalists Seem to Be Gaining
Converts Rapidly Many Rumors
of Plots Against the Huerta
Administration.
Vera Cruz. The passage through
this port under the eyes of the au
thorities of men of prominence whose
intention presumably it is to join the
rebels, the Increased activity of the
rebels in southern Vera Cruz and
Capeche, the discovery of plots in
Vera Cruz and rumors of plots undis
covered, together with new dissen
sions in President Huerta's cabinet,
which have resulted in resignations,
are developments in the Mexican
situation which have not reassured
John Llnd, President Wilson's per
sonal representative, that there has
been improvement in the general sit
uation. Mr. Lind had two long conversa
tions with men who are supposed to
be well informed, but their informa
tion was of the usual pessimistic
character.
On board the Ward line steamer
Mexico, which sailed for Tampico, Ha
vana and New York, was the consti
tutional governor of the state of Hi
dalgo, Pedro Rosales. Senor Rosales
has been summoned to the City of
Mexico and told to ask for leave of
absence In order that he might be
succeeded by a military governor. He
said he explained to President
Huerta that he had been elected to
office legally, and asked time to think
over the proposition made to him. He
is one of the richest men in his state.
Forty Americans in the state of Ta
basco have been forced by rebels into
the town of Frontera and have ap
pealed for a ship to take them away.
The rebels are reported to have cap
tured towns a short distance from
Frontera to a considerable distance
into the interior of the state. With
the exception of eight or ten, the
Americans in Frontera are refugees
from plantations, which are overrun
with rebels.
Official dispatches from Tampico
say that 300 Americans in that dis
trict have left as a result of the warn
ing of President Wilson. The exodus
through Vera Cruz is diminishing.
"Americans Insulted There."
El Paso, Tex. "An American can
not walk along the streets of the City
of Mexico without being Insulted by
natives," said James L. Black, a mme
owner in the ptate of Caxaca, who
Just arrived here. "They push Amer
icans Into the street and when pro
test is made they laugh at them and
oftentimes spit in their faces. It is
unsafe for an American woman to go
on the streets even with an escort
without fear of Insults from the Mex
icans. ANOTHER GAS CONFERENCE
State Utilities Commissions of Mis
souri and Kansas to Meet in
Kansas City.
Topeka. The Kansas and Missouri
public utilities commissions will have
a conference with the mayors of the
cities of the two states which use
natural gas supplied by the Kansas
Natural Gas Company In Kansas City,
late this month.
John M. Atkinson, chairman of the
Missouri commission, has sent a letter
to the Kansas commisison asking for
a conference which may lead to Joint
action by the commissions of the two
stntes and the cities using gas toward
getting an adequate supply of natural
gas for use this winter. Mr. Atkin
son said that his commission had just
been notified that there could be no
hope of an adequate supply of gas if
gas were used in the Missouri cities
tor heating purposes and that there
might be a sufficient supply for cook
ing and lighting alone.
LIGHTNING CAUSED OIL FIRE
Workmen In Coffeyville, Kan., Plant
Narrowly Escaped Death in
the Burning Oil,
Coffeyville, Kan. Lightning struck
a 37,500 barrel oil tank at the Kansas
Oil Refinery's plant here. The tank
boiled over, setting fire to the gaso
line condensing plant, two houses
near by, a frame schoolhouse and the
fire chief's new motor car.
Several firemen and refinery work
men fled to escape the rush of burn
ing oil whn the tank boiled over and
narrowly escaped death. The loss to
the refinery Is estimated at 150,000.
Tbe loss of the two houses, school
house and Are automobile Is about
110,000.
IS
MEXICO
I NEW MOVE BY THAWLAWYERS
Apply to Federal Judge for Writ of
Habeas Corpus If Granted Will
Mean Freedom.
Colebrook, N. H.-Although still un
der guard here, Harry K. Thaw Is be
lieved now to be nearer complete le
gal freedom than ever before since he
shot Stanford White. His case finally
has got into the federal 'courts and
the way now Is paved to have the
supreme court of the United States
pass on his case If necessary.
The fourteenth amendment enabled
the Thaw attorneys to go Into the
federal court and get a writ of habeas
corpus, returnable Tuesday before
Judge Aldrlch.
William Travers Jerome, specially
deputized to bring the fugitive back
to the asylum, heard the news with
ill grace and characterized the move
as one of bad faith. There had been
a gentleman's agreement, he said, that
neither side was to make a court
move pending the extradition hearing
before Governor Felker In Concord.
"Should this federal writ be grant
ed, it will mean that Thaw Is a free
man in any state in the Union."
NEW YORK MYSTERY SOLVED
Rector of a Catholic Church Confessed
to Murdering His Servant and
Cutting Up Body.
New York, N. Y. With the arrest
here of the Rev. Hans Schmidt, as
sistant rector of St. Joseph's Roman
Catholic church, charged with the
murder of Anna Aumuller, a domes
tic, the mystery surrounding the find
ing twelve days ago of parts of the
dismembered body of a girl in the
Hudson river was solved. Schmidt,
according to the police reports, has
confessed, and at the time of his ar
rest attempted to commit suicide by
cutting his throat with a safety razor
blade.
"I killed her because I loved her so
much," Schmidt Is alleged ' to have
told his captors. But the police ver
sion of the motive for the crime is
that the young woman was approach
ing motherhood.
He had married her through a cere,
mony of his own performance, with
out witnesses.
FEAR FOR THESE AMERICANS
Refugees From Torreon, Mexico, Re
ported to Have Been Captured
by the Rebels.
The City of Mexico. One hundred
Americans, Including a number of
women and children, refugees- from
Torreon, are reported to have fallen
into the 'hands of rebels while pro
ceeding overland to Saltillo.
The authorities at Saltillo decline
to take the responsibility of sending
a force to their rescue, fearing, I hey
say, that the rebels might commit
atrocities upon the refugees.
The report comes from an official
source at Saltillo, hut hns not been
confirmed The American embassy
has called upon the Mexican forces
to Investigate the matter and do what
ever is possible to relieve the Ameri
cans Bhould the report prove true.
AMUSEMENT PARK BURNED
Revelers Danced In Glare of Flame
While Buildings Were Being De
stroyed at 8t. Louis.
St. Louis, Mo. While an amuse
ment park at Horseshoe Lake, near
East St Louis, 111., was being de
stroyed by Are, a crow! of belated
Sunday night revelers moved about
from one building to another and
danced In the glare of the flames from
the pavilion they had just deserted.
The main dance hall, a hotel and
several other wooden structures were
destroyed. The loss is estimated at
$35,000 and is not covered by insur
ance. HURRICANE HITS TRANSPORT
The Logan Swept by Violent Storm
While Crossing the Pacific Foom'
the Philippines,
San Francisco, Cal. The United
States army transport Logan, which
has just arrived from Manila, reports
encountering a hurricane September
2, three days before arriving at Hono
lulu. In the storm officers and mem
bers of the crew were lashed to their
posts.
The passengers, all of whom were
in their staterooms and saloons with
life preservers on, expected orders at
any minute to take to the small boats.
The storm lasted seven hours. Seas
swept the vessel continually. The
wireless was dismantled atid awnings
were ripped off as though they had
been paper.
Arkansas Man Died at 101 Years.
Fort Smith, Ark. William Adams,
101 years old, whose oldeut sun Is 70,
is dead at his home at Batesvllle.
Adams claimed to have, relative in
very possession Of the Unjted State.
SUBMARINES AT WORK
FORECAST OF NAVAL WAR IN
THE COMING YEAR8.
New Types of Destroyers, When Cer
tain Engines Are Developed, Will
Possess Powers of Hideous
Destructiveness.
The destroyer Is doomed shortly to
disappear, or. If you like, she will In
future be Invested with the power to
dive. The types, at any rate, will be
amalgamated. It is a matter of per
fecting the Internal-combustion engine
for marine purposes. Afterward the
submarine may attain the power of
flying as well, and we shall have a
ship possessing all the qualities of the
wild duck, except that of sitting on
eggs and reproducing herself. This
forecast is made by Gerard Flennes,
who writes of the work of the subma
rine in the Pall Mall Magazine:
"It 1b the darkest hour, the hour be
fore the dawn. The hostile fleet lies
in its harbor, behind the boom and
under the shelter of the forts. It has
suffered damage In an encounter with
a superior force, but Is still 'in being.'
The beams of the searchlights wheel
and cress and seesaw up and down;
the guarding destroyers prowl hither
in the outer harbor. Of a sudden
there Is a rush from seaward of black
hulls and flaming funnels. No con
cealment is attempted; it would be
useless. The attackers creep, unper
celved, near enough to make their
rush. In an Instant the scene Is ablaze
with quick-firing guns, hurling shell
on friend and foe alike. The assail
ants hold on. One boat after another
sinks, but ever fresh squadrons rush
In to the attack. A dozen, 20, 30 boats
will be well lost If the attempt suc
ceeds. "The boom which protects the har
bor mouth is made of huge baulks of
timber, wound and wound, with stout
steel hawsers. From Its low edge
hang torpedo nets. It would be vain
to charge It as the Polyphemus years
ago charged the boom at Portsmouth
fox an experiment, and got over, jilt
must be blown up. A rending crash,
followed by another, proclaims the
failure of the trusted defense. 'The
boom Is In splinters; the destroyers
-which wrecked it actually make their
way to safety amid the - smoke and
confusion caused by the explosions.
Now tins fast-breaking dawn discloses
a number of slim poles cutting the sur
face of the water. Again the crash of
the fire breaks out. It is futile, but
tbe nerves of the gunners will not
stand Inaction. The defending de
stroyers charge the submarines, try
ing to knock away 'their periscopes
and to explode mines close to their
hulls. Here and there they succeed.
A whalelike snout Ib thrown out of
the water and sinks again forever.
There 1b a whirr of wings overhead.
The' aeroplanes are up. Soon foun
tains of water are spouting from
where their dropped bombs explode.
But above all the din there arises a
dull, muffled, roar a second, a third.
Some of the battleships are hit One
torpedo which missed its mark de
stroys the caisson of the dock in which
the flagship is lying for repairs. Worst
of all, the fleet has lost lta sense of
security. It must go out and fight at
any cost What the flreshlps were
designed to do In the old wars, and
seldom did, the submarine can accom
plish, at least. If she Justifies the
hopes' of those who believe In her."
Not Badly Stung.
This story is credited to Bill Bow
en of Atchison: A man entered a
store and bought three cigars and
lighted one.
"Lord, this is a rotten cigar," be
creamed.
"Say, man, what are you complain
ing about?" replied the dealer. "You
have only three of thoee cigars, and I
have a thousand. Be reasonable."
Kansas City Star.
Solomon Generous as Well as Wise.
A family traveling in a covered
wagon through Solomon the other day
bad an opportunity to learn what kind
of people live In that town. A horse
belonging to the travelers dropped
dead In its harness on the main street
of the town. The family was poor
and had no money to buy another
horse, so the Solomon folks took up
a collection, bought a horse, gave it to
the strangers and sent them on their
way within a few hours. Kansas City
Star.
Good for Temper.
Church The use of tungsten as an
alloy In steel enables the latter to
hold lta temper at a muoh higher tem
perature than ordinary carbon steel.
Gotham I wonder where I can get
some of that tungsten. I'd like to try
it on my wife.
Not Their Fault.
First Blopdhound (with Uncle Tom't
Cabin troupe) Ever see such misera
ble houses T We'll be stranded sure.
Second Bloodhound Shouldn't won
der. Well, what can we do with such
wretched support? Puck, N
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HOUSEHOLD WORD WITH HER
Small Girl's Idea of Gem Was the
Familiar Article on the
Dining Table.
It was in a rural district and they
were having a spelling bee for the
youngest members of the class.
The teacher departed a little from
the usual custom and each pupil waa
required to spell and define the word
given him.
"Jewel," said the teacher. One lit
tle rosy-cheeked maid spelled It cor
rectly, and then gave the definition
"Gem."
"How does a gem look?" the teacher
asked. "What Is a gem?"
The little girl did not know. The
entire class looked puzzled. Finally'
one little maid brightened, and .raised
her hand triumphantly. When she waa
called on she almost shouted oat in
the excess of her seal:
"A gem Is a little cake baked In a
gem pan!"
Paving Criticism.
"His singing Is guttural."
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