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PITTSBOKO, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1902
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BY BRINGS. FREEDG'tV
President Roosevelt Defends Cur Men
in the Philippines. '
THE CRUELTIES EXAGGERATED
Say the Gallty Will Be runUhed-rear
ami fmdmi .the Object For Which
Oar Holdlara Ara FlEhtlBB Thalr Vie.
tarla the Really Kffacttaa Mama of
rutting a Mop to Crueltr. '
Washington. D. C-Justice for our
living soldiers ' was President Roose
velt's tbetne iii his Memorial Day ad
dress So Arlington Cemetery. Tlie
President referred to the men now
fighting tbe country' battles in tbe
Philippines ns the wu;-tby sons and
younger brothers of tbe Civil War vet
wans w ho crowded to bear bltn speak.
He said that under the stress of "ter
rible provocation from a very cruel and
very treacherous enemy" some bad ""so
far forgotten themselves as to counsel
and commit in retaliation act of cru
elty." The would be punished, brt
the President iu terms of withering
scorn denounced tlH men who, because
ff ?it . ef f ? i'it-tt wwtM
. blackej the fame of the ei.tire army.
Decoration Day was observe! here
perhaps more generally than ever be
fore. At Arlington, where the princi
pal exercises wcie held, a national sa
lute was tired at 12 o'clock by United
States field artillery. Music was eiveii
by ih Marine Hand and by the Memo
rial Choir.
The amphitheatre where the serv
ices were conducted was crowded to
Its' utmost capacity, President Roose
velt's arrival ws th? signal for an out
bur! of applause, which continued for
oa time afier.be had taken hjs seat
on the platform. After- the Invocation
afl music P. U. Hay read Lincoln's
Gettysburg addrcs. President Roose
velt followed. Hi remarks received
the closest attention and he was fre-quet-tly
Interrupted by bursts of ap
plause. Mr. Roosevelt began by saying It .was1
'A good tuntop to have certain sol
ciiiD holidays la commemoration of our
jrr?3 resit nu n and of the greatest crises
in our history." referred' at length to
tb splendid services of the men who
saved the Union, and continued:
"Svt at this moment the nrmy of
the United .S'i'tcs. I 'd" by men who
served among ,ou in the great war. Is
carrying to .completion a small -but pe
culiarly trying and difficult war In
which Is Involved not only tl: honor of
the tbia. but the triumph of civilization
over forces which stand for the black
chaos of savagery and barbarism. The
task has not been as difficult or as im
porta ut as your: ut, oh, my com
rades, the met In the uniform of the
United ft at cm who have far the last
three ypars patiently and nncomplalu-,
Ingly championed the American cause
in the Philippine Islands are your
younger brotluT., your sons. They
uav'e shown themselves not unworthy,
-of you. and they are entitled to the
support of all men who are proud of
what you did.
"These younger comrades of yours
have fought under terrible difficulties,
and hsve received terrible provocation
from a very cruel and 'eery treaclierous
enemy, '-Under the strain of these prr
Tocntlons 1 .deeply deplore to say that
dome among them luive so far forgot
ten tlK'tiiselves as to counsel and com
mit' in retaliation acts of cruelty. The
fact that for every guilty act com
mitted by one of our troops n hundred
nets of .far. greater atrocity have, been
com ml) lei), by tho .hostile natives upon
our troops or upon th'- peaceable' and
law-abiding natives who arc friendly
to us, cannot bo held to. excuse any
wrongdoer n .our 'id . Determined
ami unswerving effort' must be made
and ,ls being i!;ul. to Jlnd out every In
stance of barbarity cirthe part pf our
troops' to pUnlsh" thoe (,Mil y of .It,; ami-'
li "Yoke.' If. pos ibie, ecu stronger
-liiea'suivs than hfi.ve already hewn taken
to minimize ir ptweur the occurrence
of all Mich Instanced in the future.
"l-'rom time to time there occur In
our country, to .the deep and lusting
gimme of our people, lytiebincs car
I'led on under circumstaucea of inhuman-cruelty
and barbarity a crtvlty
'Infinitely worse than any that lias ever
been coiniiiift-el by our troops in.ih"
Philippines; "worse i.j the victims, nitd
far more 'brut.ill;:iii'.' to. 'those guilty. of
It. The men who fall to condemn tiies
lynching"! and yet clatmiv about what
has bivn. done 'jn .;!ie P'ujlli pines nn
Indeed guilty.'of nc.ileet'inir the beam in
their, -own, .'eye while taunting ihclr
biot!u.'r about th mote In his. These
lyjiehii'igs nffoi'd u m ic sense for fall
uro "to .stop cruel. ,v' in the-'Phllipplncs.
Kvcty cfl'ort l beiti': mndc, t:d wijl lu!
mttdi", to mihlinii:' the'clia'.icjs ufVru
city eeciirring. ..
"lint keep In t.iin.l tlml these enti
tles in the Philippines have been
wholly t:.cepti(0!nl, and have .been
ediatii"h's.ly cxag.: "vaul. . W'c deen'y
and bitterly rc;;,r--r-, ; 1 1 1 :uiy uti-li enn 1-,
ties should have l .'s.')i (onimiit.Ml, no
matter h'ovv rarely, no ,, ma tier under
what provocation,- by American troops.
Rut they .afford far less justification
for a general ' eond 'intuition of our
nrmy than these tynchlngs nfford for
the condemnation of the communities
In which they have taken place. In
ctu-h case It is well to condemn the
tlivd, nud It Is well abo, to refrain from
Including both guilty and lunocent-iu
the same sweeping condemnation,"
After telling of the freedom tho
American aritis nre carrying to the
Filipinos, and saylm? they must lynrn
to gftveru .Iheuisclves before weVafi
glvt them Independence, lie. closed With
a prediction of the coming greatness of
our destiny In the Immemorial East.
OHIO STATE CONVENTION
Republican Gathering Closed With
Demonstration in Hann&'s Favor
Tha Ticket Nominated The Platform In
doraea Kwoaavelt Tha Katioa's Cubaa
ralicj Labor aad Capital.
Cleveland. Ohio. The Republican
State, convention has named the follow
ing ticket: Secretary of State, Lewis
C. Laylln," of Norwalk; Judge of u
prete Court, William, U. Crew, of Mc
Coonellsvllle; Food and Dairy Commis
sioner, Horace Ankeney, of Xeula;
Member of the Board of Public Works.
William Klrtley. Jr.. of IX'tlance.
The convention closed with a great
l:mjiiitratlou In Hanua's honor, to
which be resiwnded lu a characteristic
speech. - The Senator at former State
conventions has sounded keynotes that
were taken up by tfe Republican glee
clubs. He told Them this line to slug.
"Keep On letting Well Enough Alone"
la the campaign rallies this year.,
The platform pays tribute to the late
President McKinley, speaking of him
as the "chief archltm of our later
Industrial growth, and the pathfinder
of ou,r opening career of commercial
expansion." Then It pledges the party
to sustain President Roosevelt In his
plctes 10 "carry forward tic great
work which came to him as a sacred
legacy." It recalls the repeal of the
War Reveuue act, "reducing taxation
to a peace basis, while the Army is still
on a war footing," and then goes on
to declare that "Democratic success
would threaten the destruction of the
protective system, under which our
splendid prosperity has wipe."
Of labor and capital the platform
says:
"To secure for laltor the considera
tion It deserves; to uphold the dignity
of toll; to create a healthy public opin
ion on the subject of labor and the
justice of Its receiving a full sharo of
the value It crvateat to bring capita!
and labor together on common ground
In the adjustment of such (lucstlons
as may concern these two great fac
tors In production It Is necessary that
lalr. should be intelligently organised.
We ix'lleve In fewer hours and larger
rewards for labor, and favor such
laws us Will harmonize the interests
of labor and capital and tend to lighten
the burden of toll."
The platform recommends the re-enactment
of the Chinese exclusion law,
recognize the need of Trusts except
those that stifle competition, cuutrol
prices, limit production or UhdulyTn-"
crease profits or values. It declares that
the Republican party Is the only one
that has dealt. courageously with the
Trust question.
Cuba is congratulated, advocates reel
proclty with' the island and Upholds the
annexation of such insular iosseilons
as are now held.
Kansas Kepubllraa Convention,
.Wichita. Kan. The Republican State
Convention has nominated a State tick
et headed by V J. Bailey, of Bailey
vllle, for itovernor. The feature of
the convention was tbe strong . Roose
telt sentiment? The platform warmly
Indorses tbe National Administration. '
HONORS TO LORD PAUNCEFOTE. '
Remains of Dead Diplomat Laid 'Away
With Military forup.
Washington. D. C Lord Pnuneefute,
of Preston, was honored by a military
funeral. Sixteen hundred soldiers o
the United States escorted the bier to
the church, and a squadron of cavalry,
headed by tbe mounted, band of the
Second Cavalry," preceded It to the ceiu
etery of Rock Creek, where the body
will remain temporarily. The. body
bearers were enlisted United States
marines and soldiers. The ushers hi
church were a detail .of .'American offi
cers, and tbe military Idea was fuUU. d
by the sounding of taps as the presid
ing lllshop pronounced the last l e-.e-dict
ion. '. .', ,
President Roosevelt anil the Cn'uihot
attended the church services. The dip
lomatic body, of which for so ninny
years Lord l'auncefote wits dealt, was
present In tho persons of Ambassadors,
Ministers nud Charges. In addition to
these the resident society of the capital
was fully represented.
The Coadjutor Bishop of Philadel
phia, the Ke. Maekay-Smlth, former
pastor of.. St. John's, conducted the ser
Ices, with Bishop Sattcrleo. '
SUPPLIES NOW SUFFICIENT.
Consul A Tine 4'itM That Nothlna Fur
'tier Is Neititeil lu Martliiliie
Washington, D. C. United. Stales
Consul Ayuie, now nj Fort de Prance,
has cabled the State Department, .that
he visited Admiral Set van ou the' ling
ship Tago. The Admiral rotiuestod him
to, officially Inform the Government of
the I'nlted States that there were now
sufficient supplies in the colony to feed
every one twding help - -for "fu.ir
months, and therefore suggested noth
ing further need be sent. This sug :es
tlon was acconipanli'd by c.prt'N-iui:s
of thanks. . .
CHILE NO LONGER" A' REFUCE.
-us - ' ,-
Tlie enr KxIroiUllou Trnaly Una llecmue
, tVperativr.
Washington, D. ('.-Secretary Hay,
for the . United States, and Wall:er
Martinez, ihe Chilean Miuister, for his
Government, have exchanged vatit'iea
tlons Of Ihe Chilean Bxtradlthni
Treaty. This flct malscs Um treaty
operative .
The United States 'never has had
such a treaty with Chile, end hereto
fore defaulters ami embezzlers from
the United States have fouud safety
lu that couutry. 4
PALK FIRST MESSAGE
He Expresses Cuba's Gratituds to tht
United Slates.
ISLAND'S ECONOMIC SITUATION
i
JFroaldaat Palma Says Cordial Kelattoni
Should Always Eslat Between tha Twa
1 Kaniene-He Ask For IMvlne Aid la
EataalUhtaK a Stable Government
The as;ar Question Hka SagKeetioaa.
Havana. Cuba President , Palma'a
message hasbeen delivered to theCubaa
Senate. The message opens byglvlng
thanks to the Almighty for Ills assist
ance In carrying out theWork of ob
taining Cuban independence, and asks
Divine aid in the establishment of a
Arm and stable Government. "Never
did a people fight with more iierse-
verance, says President Palma In tbe
message, "and sacrifice more for iih..todder, on which duty must be paid
erty than have the Cubans. No ieo-
ple. therefore, are more entitled to see
their Just efforts crowned with suc
cess. "Together wit h our own befwim is t he
attitude f the sreat jveople, who were
Impelled by their own love of liberty
to put themselves on our side in our
teuueious light for the' independence
of the country. Their motive was one
of generous sentiment, -pure ami disin
terested In origin. Impelled by ,thls
sentiment, the powerful Republic' of
tbe North recognizes, through its Il
lustrious President, the Republic of
Cubu.
"The promise formally made his
been carried out. In this moment,
when we feel our right as an Inde
pendent nation. It Is Impossible to sup
press our gratitude to the United
fcutcs. To cognize this debt of.grat-
tit-utr w tuc gicrat -tiiuu 19 flu da
which exalts us and which makes us
worthjr of the consideration aud re
spect of the other nations of the world.
"It Is necessary now to dictate nil
tlie laws laid down In the Constitution.
We are capable of fulfilling all the ob
ligations and promises which have been
contracted, and we should prepare the
! budget .wjtn the greatest care."
Continuing, President Palma recom
mends the encouragement of tbe agri
cultural industries of the island, the
raising of cattle, the' establishment of
I agricultural 8tatioustoJUnpove.-th
CUltureT)T"'sTigar cane and tobacco.
tud the Introduction of varied ugrt
tultural industries. v
"While the uesiion of 'reciprocity is
still .pending," he goes ou, "it is im
possible to state now what measures
j thotild lie adopted to meet the pending
crisis. This crisis is due to the ruinous
price of sugar caused by excess predic
tion of beet sugar in Kurope. An 1m
oicdiate remedy; would be the reduction
of the American tariff on sugar, to ob
tain which the Executive will at once
devote his efforts and will negotiate a
treaty In order to obtain benefits for
!he Cuban sufrar producers."
President Palma. declares it U thf
tturjiose of tbe Government to devote
Jts. attention to education, and especial
ly to primary schools; He says the
Government of intervention deserves,
yreat credit for the educational system
It established,- but that there la a need
(or still more schools, as the future
of the Republic depends upon educa
tion. It M ill be "the duty of the Gov
trntnent to encourage the construction
jt railroads In tbe Island, and to pro
tect the capital already. Invested In
rattroad enterprises. j
Discussing 'the bad economic situa
tion of the country. President Palma
I i.iys hedoes not yet know how the ..or
I dlnary expenses. f administration Mt,
m ne iiici, -
Touching foreign illations, ho says:
"We must cultivate cordial' relations
sitli nil nations, ami' make treaties of
Unity, and. commerce favorable to
Cuba. We must.--also take especial
rare that the relations between, Cuba
tud the United States be most friendly.
In order that there be no difficulty In
amiiiKing the political ami-commercial
questions which affect both countries,
it is also of 'extreme Importance that
Ihere should exist uninterrupted concord
between ill tbe people 'of Cuba,, ami
that they -should resolve to preserve
tiki Cuban nationality." .'
REFORMING TOWN BY FINES.
JudKn llravlly Axivuvel tiniiiblrr. Men
WImi t lime and Who t'uriy tViiio'n.
Lexlug'tou, . Ga. County Judge Bul
lock has assessed lines aggregating
f 10,4 jr. against "blind tiger" operators,
users of prof a ue language find Carriers
of concealed weapons iu the little town
of Athens. Vnn offender was llueil
'JS)H. C:
A mass meeting of citir.ens has bVA
called to take (steps to refunn the town.
The J.uil'ge suspended sentences V give
the n.cti who were lined an oppoi luiilty
.to take part' In the meeting , to show
their desire to help reform the towr
' -YOUTH ESCAPES CARROTC.
Four Cuiiipniiloun In t'l lnus However, Will
' Ke Kllltit Jt'hu lu I'out-e.
Kan Juan, Porto Rico;-Governor
lluut. has commuted to .life Imprison,
ment the sentence of death Imposed
on Ramon Troche, who, with four
companions, was sentenced to bv gar
rot ed for crimes committed ta l,Mi8?
This commutation was granted ou ac
count of the youth of Troche, who was
only .nineteen years old when the
crimes were committed. The other
four meu will be garroted In Ponce li
alsut forty days' time. The execu
tion will not be public:
THE DROUTH IN AUSTRALIA
Sheep Dying1 by the Million, and
States Aid Unemployed Jflen.
Stark Losses SI ace 1899 Auionnt to 73
000,000 Men Fonad Dead by tba
Wayside Terrible Buffering.
London. From Sydney, N S. W,
the correspondent there of the Dally
Mail (rives an account of the terrible
Crouth from which, as the climax to
seven dry years. Australia Is now suf
fering.' He says the losses in stock
inee 180 amount to $7S,0X),(Xia I Un
employed men are drifting Into j the
cities ty the-thousands, and there tha
Ktate Governments are providing them
with relief. The only districts that
have escaped the drouth1 are the
Northern Rivers' district of New South
Wales and parts of the R'.verina dis
trict. C-ommunlcstJon In' the Interior has
been paralyied. as the waterVays are
uuuavlable. Owing to the expense of
the firm which had the contract has
abandoned the hauling of the mall la
Queensland, the cost of this transpor
tation having risen from $30,AW ttj
Jir.o.uOO annually.
The sheep are dying by the million.
la3 tViTU liibbUa ii toiiirwijg. AiliUiais
bave stripped the bark from the trees
for fad. Numbers of "sundowners"
t. id "rwagnicn'!.ave been found dead
ty- the wayfclues.
DORMSUS FARM VALUES.
CxiiparUons Eat ween Counties and In
illaa Nation iu I'nlted State.
V'ashl-igton. J). C The Census Bu
reau has issued a report comprising
igricultiiral statistics of the counties'
lad Indian nations in the United
ftatcs. It s!xiws that the' Chickasaw
rattnn tn.tln TY,i-rltrnT- ln.ila irt-vth
.rumb;r of farin, hiivlng 10.3T-J. The
'ollowing rank next: Cherokee nation.
Indian Territory. 13,537; Choctaw na
tion. Indian Territory .--0U2; Lancaster
Lounty, Pa., 31'17; Orangeburg Co-qnty,
s C. s-ios, and St. Lawrence County,
X. y..sa53.
Crow Indian reservation, Montana
cads in farm area, with "3.500.000
lores. Cherokee, nation. Indian Terri
tory, leads' in improved farm area, hav
ing J,l,(;i acres. Cook County. III.,
Vads in the value of land and build
ings. with $77.MK,220; Lanc-iPier
County leads In thevalu of buildings
1th?:?,t7,B20. Citiekasaw nation.
Indian Territory, leads In the value of
live stock on farms, .with. 517.954.S30.
Lancaster County leads in tho value of
farm products, with Sl-'.!13,415; Chick
saw nation.. Indian Territory, with
110.770,000; McLane County. 111., 10.
MU.045: St. Lawrence County, N. V.,
f:).S20.02e. Lani'aster Couuty leads la
j-the amount cf gross Income, with
BRIBERY IN TOLEDO, OHIC.
Two Men Indicted Grand Jary Bays It
Kipecta to Cet More Scoundrel.
Toledo, Ohio. After having been In
lession several weeks Investigating mu
nicipal scandals, the Grand Jury has
made a partial report. In all fifteen
Indictments arc returned against ten
men charged with bribery for munici
pal deals.
Heading the list is the name of Moses
R. Brailey, City Attorney, who is In
dicted on four counts. E. D. Eckert".
claim agent for the Traction Company,
n'ho has charge of franchises and other
legislation, is indicted on three courts.
Two counts are returned against Tcr
Purtel cf the Board cf Ecjuallzatlcn,
and one count against T. S. Dawti.i,
Ueorge Stoper, Frtd J. Young and Mlkj
Howard. The Grand Jury report ends:
- "Wc yet have hopes of rounding u
another bunch of Bcoundrela before we
adjourn."
OUTBREAK IN A WORKHOUSE.
Man Shot lcnd, a Guard Fatuity und a
rrlsoncr Dur.Rrromly Wounded. ,
Cantcn, Ohio. George Jacob was
shot dead; Guard Homer Stone was
fatally wounded, and Charles Glp.-itl
was dangerously wounded at the .Stark
County Workhouse na the result of
Uiganti's attempt to escape.
Giganti snatched a revolver from tha
guard and began shooting. The first
man to fall was George. Jacob, an ex
guard at tho workhouse, xjuard Homer
Stone promptly came to the rescue and
shots were exchanged between hi mi and
Giganti. .
In the midst of the shooting an at
tempt wa made by the other prisoners
to escape, but the guards managed to
hold them until the Cantou .polio of
ficers arrived. , .
MISSOURI 'MURDERER LYNCHED. .
Tlio I'alher and Uiother of Hla , tlm
Lender of the Mob, ,
Tavls, Mo. Abo Wlthorup, the mv.iV
d.rer (f William Grow; was lynched
here. " Ue was haniveTl from the. railing
of. a bridge. The letim v as shoved
over to his death 'by the fa the: and
brothc'of the junsr iuaj,h. had m'.iv
tlereij, . -
Wit hemp ma,de a -statement In which
he. admitted having killed young Grow
as tho result of u quarrel, and then
thrown the body into the crock weight,
ed with rocks.
The mob overpowered tho Sheriff and
Ms deputies and battered In the jail
tloors with sledge hammers.
Shot Sweetheart, Her Mother and Self.
Alfred Petty, living near Areola, Mo.,
shot Mrs. Friend and her daughter anil
and then himself. Both women. Wcro
shdt twice. Mrs. Friend bad ohjecteil
to Petty'! attention to her daughter
MRS-AW'SBIRTIIIMT
Bill's Wife lias Reached Three Score
Years and Ten.
ACTIVE
AND SEE IS STILL VERY
Arp's Birthday Comes In Two Weeka
From Now, and He Thinks He Will
Jat a Nice Present.
Birthdays are very common things In
this sublunary world. Th?re are sixty
millions of them every year and that
means about one hundred and fifty
thousand every Jay7i six " thousand
every hour. Just think of it every
minute one hundred mortal souls come
into this world-rto live and die... for
good or .for evil for happiness or mis
ery. As far. hack 'as we have any his
tory, sacredV or -. profane, kings an 1
princes have celebrated their birth da:
with feasts and wine and song and
evtn the humble and the poor take
note of their annual return. Pharaoh
celebrated his in Joseph's day and it
was on Herod's birthday' that the
daughter of Herodlas danced before
bui Ouii aeainl uiiii firi Luc Ut.u
John the Baptist.
I was ruminating about this because
today is a notable, birthday in my fam
ily. The matenlal ancestor has at last
reached ber three-3core years and ten
the alloted age of man and woman
kind, and from now on every day she
lives will be one of graes. David says
that the days of our. years are three
score years and ten, but if by reason
of strength they be four score years yet
Is their strength labor and sorrow.
Poor old man. he did have a troubled
life. He sinned and he repented in
great anguish, as. he exclaimed, "My
6in is ever before roe." Solomon saith.
"The day of one's death is better thao
the day of his birth." And Job " said,
"Cursed is the night when I was. born."'
Jeremiah's life was one of lamentation.
The maxims and precepts of these old
prophets and preachers are wonderful
ly beautiful and have never been equal
led, but great men are not always wise,
and even Solohion fell from grace and
! d'.eJaecursed. The man who said. 'Rc
fjoice In the wife of thy youth and be
thou always ravished with her love,"
.forsook IMs own and consotted with .a
! thousand "other? Of all nations; -creeds -
and colors. He reigned eighty years
and died a disappointed, dishonored,
degraded and miserable old man.- But
old age is not necessarily unhappy.
I nc poet spcaKs oi
"An old age serene and bright.
As lovely aa a Lapland night,"
and another noet says: "Th world Is
very lovely. (3h, my God, 'I thank The
that I live." Our old age Is veVy much
what we choose to make it. It iVa sad
thing to be weary and tired wltVt'je
weight of years. It Is pitiful to lok
upon ah old man who nev.r ami!
whr has outlived 11 social pleasure
and whose company Is neither sought
nor desired. For the sake of our neigh
bors and- friends It is our duty to h
cheerful in their company. Wc should
sometimes smile even if we have to
force it. Let us grow old gracefully. I
have now In mind Just stun an one
a hale, healthy old time gentleman of
four score years,, whose presence is al
ways welcome and , whose children,
grandchildren and neighbors and
friends give him glad greeting when he
comes. He will be missed when he
dies, for the world Is better that ho
lives in It. His Christian faith, his
moral, conduct, his, good example and
his cheerful' disposition are a benedic
tion to the community.
But I was thinking about my wife a
birthday. There are thirty-seven, birth-'
days In our family, and she knows
them all and never forgets them.
They average about three a month, but
this one of hers Is a very no;able one
for she is the materrnal Ancestor, and
this day fulfills her years and crosses
the line. Seventy years ago she was
born, and not long fter that the stats
tell. Of course they did. Seventy Is a.
numeral of sacred significance. There
were seventy elders of Israel and se
cfitv wise men compiled the Old Testa
ment. The Jews' were kept in captivity
seventy years. The Lord sent
out seventy of h'W 'disciples
to preach - and fetich tho peo
ple, and seventy years is the allottel
age of mankind. But my wife U not old.
Time has not written no wrinkles on
her brow nor furrows on her cheek nor
silvered her raven hair. If the long war
had not Intervened .-he would not look
more than .50 years now. But the we.ir
and tear of the wai' and anxiety while
fleeing from the fo il invader, with s'.x
little hungry children tagging- aTtc
her, mad years of moiUhs and weeks
of days. But women, especially moth
ers, can endure more ltstr,te and- sut
fering than men. The matrnal Instinct
keeps them up. They can suffer and b
strong. It looks like the motherhood of
ten children would wear a woman out,
but they seem to thrive on it, and late
In life they take on' flesh and round up
all the corners. But they never stot
work. My -wife has mado 'over five
.thousand little garments and Is still
making thenV'foc 'he, little grandchil
dren, keep coming on. Her reputatU n
tor nice needlework, and making but
tonholes has been long established, an!
she Is proud of It. She never stops sow
,lng until Bh9 loses her spectacles, and
then she borrows mine. No, she la not
old. James Russell Lowell uald of Jull
Ward Howe on her seventieth birthdd
that it was better to, be "ft years youn
than 40 years old. It is this endurane
this cheerfulness, in adversity , th
makes the woman jutlive the tme
There are three times as many widow
in this community as widowers. Then!
Are seventeen in .our little Presbyteria
church and only four widowers, an
the wsr was not the cause of It Ma
ternal'love Is a preservative of health
It is a tonic, a promoter of .digestion,
panacea, whereas a man' will pursu
raoney until he loses his digestion. St
Paul said that 'The love of money 1
the root of all evil, but he had n
thought of applying R to women, fo
she has mo love for money. If she get
any sa la not happy, until she spend
-i. The girls said their mother wanted
a, new bnnet so they bought one Xol
her birthday,, and .ill I had to do wai
to pay for it. She always lets' me d
that. She is a free trader and, will kee
me In decent clothes whether I wan
them or not. - She always was a frei
viaun. i was nien-nant nelore rr.
were married and she was mytbest cus
tomer. She never ask ad the price o
anytning, Dut just bought what ' sh
wanted and trusted meto tote fair and
aeai justly. -. . ,
Good gracious! What a long time ago
that was, and" how trim arid beautiful
she was. to me. She wore No. 2 shoes
and stepped like a fawn and flashed
her Pocahontas eyes bewltchlngly
when She said good by. She can flash
them yet. Seventy years old and gwine
on 71 trying to catch up. Maybe she
will when I am dead, but not Jill thea.
I remember when I was' twice as old
as she was. for I was 12 and she was
6. but she keeps gaining on me. I re
member when she was in her. early
teents and wore' short dresses and pan
talets and rode a 'ast pacing horse
while her long black Indian hair buns
in tresses down her back. She was a
daisy then and she Is a daisy yet some
times. But she can't climb 'siinmoti
trees any more. She is 70 the mother
of ten children and twenty grandchil
dren, and thef are scattered from New
York to the halls of Jie Montezumas.
She Is troubled now about her baby
boy. who- lives under the dark shad
ows of Popocatopetl, in Mexico, which
means the smoking- mountain and is
smoking now and naybe wilt burst
forth 4n these volcanic times and de
story the people as at Martinique. Two
weeks from today will be my birthday
and she will give me something, I
know not a bonnet, but perhaps a
summer hat from Porto Rico. A bird
In the air whispered that to me. Bill
Arp. in Atlanta Constitution.
CEWSY CLEANINCS. .
. a licm visuue tinny nines-win d
-put ou the dreaded Hatteras shoals.
An automobile stage line will shortly
begin-operations between Redkey and
Dunkirk. Ind. ...
. Two hundred furniture manufac
turers have formed a pool at Chicago
to regulate prices.
Cambridgeshire '(England) fruit grow
ers are paying children a halfpenny
for every wasp they capture.
Argentina has ordered two ironclads
superior iu strength to those recently
ordered by Chile from England.
n official report gives tbe estimated.
dditioual Cost necessary' to complete
icrlan railroads as 3',050,000.
The' Supreme Court o Soutb Dakota
has. been called upon to decide a case
growing out of the ownership of a
cat.
Watch thigs are to be purchased and
trained t) accompany the police on
their 1 nightly rounds at Schaerbeck, ,
near Brussels
Kingston -ou-rhe-Thames, EuglaaJ,
has Just cclebnVted tlx millennial of
the coronation o King Kdward the
KUler, sou and successor of Alfred tho
Great, -
On the summit of Mount Lpfty, near
Adelaide, South Australia, a white
monolith has Ih-cii erectVd and named
"l-'linders Column," In honor of the in
trepid navigator Avho named the peak
a century ago.
The United States Government Is
planning to secure the ground and
tomb ot William Henry Ilarrujon, at .
North Bend, Ohio, overlooking tho. Ohio
River, and transform ' into a burial
place, befitting that of an ex-Prealavut
of this country.
Isidore Newman, f New Orleans,
La., has just contributed a big sum of
money for the erection of a , training'
school for the boys anil girls of that
city. 'Mr. Newman will also give ah
ample sum for the equipment and per
manent cudowmeut of the institution.
A V. M. '. A,. Sugetlon.
Young men- living In London on
small means aud they are almost
numberless are likely to hear goal
news before long. The schema , for
providing a
central residential club.
which has been under the considera
tion of a special commUtfe of tho
Young Meu's Christian Association at,
Exeter hall for some ttine la now
practically settled. It Is proposed ;a
provide a-, superior ., kind of Rowtoa
House, with about 400 separate bed
rooms and let them at the modest rate
of 3 shillings a week This will glva
U.3 rptddent the free run of the Insti
tution; Including library, recreation
room, baths and gymnasium, together
with the use ' of storage accommoda
tions for bicycles. Meals wilt be sup
plied in a comfortable and commodi
ous dining room at a mere fraction
alHive cost price, and even the laundry
will be economically run. It Is likely
that this hotel for studious youth may
cost 25,000 an J will soon pay for 't-
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