The Gastonia
Devoted to t&e Protection of Home and the Interests of the
VOL. XXIII._!n«forAA«SSfr.,.}_GASTONIA, N. C„ THURSDAY, JANUARY 1,
GREAT FOREST PARK.
flTBOJTOLY UROBD BT THE PRESI
DENT.
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(naiea laeoralnf lb* btaklhk
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Wmblngtco Post.
The eelabttabmaoluf ■ great national
forrat praaenra In Um Southern Stair*
received • greet impatu* yesterday In
th* rpacial ia«a*a|« which rreeldaht
Roosevelt aaol to Uongrea*. Tbv
President eat forth at some leuglli hi*
earnest I odors* Mml uf lb* project.
▲slawellkuowu.il l* proposed tu
purchase about 9,000,00 aOre* nr land
In tha Apnalaohlao Mouutaloe. wHIitn
the States of Virginia, North C .rullna.
South Carolina. Uanrgta, Alabama, and
Taonaaaaa, for wblch the eum of 88,
100,000 U proposed lo be appropriated.
This territory I* to he oonrerietl Into a
aatloaal forest reserve. The project
baa attracted wid* spread and favor
able eUeoUoo, ant1 a*‘lb* acanuot ap
propriated Is not lo be *ipended at
ones, but will exteod over a period of
tan years, tba aeoilmeat lo IU favor la
likely to be atrcog aoougb 1a asa aotna
results accomplished dnriuglba present
nation.
Tba Preaidant baglaa bis mtaaage
with tha followlag word*:
To the Senate and Houm of Ilaprv
HBtaUvaa:
I transmit herewith a rrpott of th*
Secretary of Agrteallarv. prepaied In
ootlabovatloo with tlie Dcp.rmeni of
tba In tailor, upon the foieat. nv.ra,
and mountain* of th* Sonthoru Appa
laehiao region*, and upon ita agri
cultural gltaatlun a* aCvetad by lhem.
Th* r*port_of tba Secretary preeanla
th* flsal results of an luvasligatiou
authorized by the last Cuogrvaa It*
conclusion points uumlaUkabty, in U>*
judgment of th. Secratary, and In my
own, ta tha creation of a euttoual
forest reserve in certain part* of th*
Soothers States Tba facta ascertained
sod hare pea*acted deserve* u* careful
consideration of the Uungrea*; they
hare already received lb* fall aUeniloc
of tba seieettat and the lumberman.
They att forth bo eccnumlc need of
Brims Import.no* ta Um welfare uf lha
Sooth, and baooe In that uf llm nation
a* a whole, and they point to tba
aeoaaalty of protecting through wise
ase a mountain region whoa* influenca
flow* far beyood ita bolder* with lb*
water* of tba riven to whlo.' It give*
rim.
XXKSVtTt T) BB OAIXID.
Amoeg;tb* elevation* of lh« eastern
ball of tbe Uulted Stale* the Southern
Appalachian* are of paramount inter**!
for geographic, hydrographic, and
forest reasons, and *a a ooosrqijeooe,
for coooomlo reasons as wrtl. These
great mount*,ni aie old la tbo b I story
of lb* eontlwent, wlileb lias grown op
about them. The hardwood fore*la
won bora oo their elopes, end bin
I sons over the ear loro bair of
Dent* More then vui la the
botaglc pen they Lev* elieap
Xor* sea oo the ease, south,
.end before the lee oo tbe
Sul here In this Soallieni Ap
i regloa they have tired on to
at day.
the railing oondlUon* of *oU,
tod climate many of the Ap
l tree ipecie* bar* dareloped.
to that In Uite regloa occur
that msrretoua raiiely and rlchueai of
pleat growth which bare led our
ibieet boalnew men end *c leu into to
lek for its preearrsOon by tbe govern •
■tent tor the edrenornaol of leteoce
Md for tbe Instruction end pletsore of
Lb# people.of our own nod of future
[eoeratlona Audit lathe ounce nU»
ion hare of so many valuable specie*
pith inch faruruble oonditloni of
growth which baa led forest experts
■ad lumbermen alike to ssmtI ihst of
ill tbeeootlnwot this raglun to beet
rotted to the purposes end plaut of a
ffaUooal Foraat Rosrrrc la the haru
reod region.
imdoiuuh iiLnernT vrnAOKt com
CLueioite.
Tba Mo ooooluelone ut the Secretary
>f Agrteltura an* then prawn ltd by
frwMaat Roosevelt. Tbe drat of
Aaaa aosarM that tba Booibarn Ap
Miaablao ration embraces tba highest
paaki and largest moaelaln mm
Mt Of tba Booklea. "No loch lofty
asaaMtoo,” It to Mai ad. "«r* covered
etth ban!wood foreet in all North
kHerfea.” Tba rainfall upon three
ooaataloa la Bbown to be tery heavy,
tad tba fact la eeephaaliad that where
ba tail it dminded of lu forrw*. It la
vaabtd down In great ateeaea, borjtng
bd lowland», obatrwellBf tba rlvgro,
tad fitting up tha hatbota “Mata
(Ood toil,’’ Baja I be Prealdeot, “Is now
ra*ad trota theaa elaared mouatalu
ilia flatde during a tingle heavy rain
darloM catilarlea coder foreet
It la aleo pal Died out lb«t
bo rtvare tehleh dote through a very
ItaM from Ohio to the Oalf a7 Mexte
tod fro* tba Atlantia la tba Mtteaalp
4 rlae la tbit atoanMIn region
tloag tba Oouraaa of tbeea Mean ara
grkiultoral, waist-power, and naviga
te teoraiU. wboaa preservation to
baoluMly Sana at la I to tbo well-bain*
f tba nation. Tba regolatloa of tba
low of tbaaa river* oao bo aecowMlehed
oly by tba oo nee i ration of tbn
Tbo ■mm ol>u wptiMbw tboot
M*M» lo Him nou a Lais rations ft
babayft na moat baaatifal bard
food fMaat of tbo aooUaaM. -ror
aaBiwta nmom.» i>ji tba p,Mvimt,
•It* (xaaoi ration t»f lhaao foraatt to la
araUra. Tholi txiot.aoa lo svuo cum
lUtoo loaaataUa) to tba piaapam* «r
bo low Wads Ura^h 9£Z ‘{JJ
rsltrs ran. Malototaad la prodooUsa
oodltloa, lbay wIN supply ludiaprw
■Ma caototlola wblab mast fail at th
at IhrB. Tbalr wauoaowaut urtfar
waauoal ltd aoaaaroaiiva faraatm win
•Mato aad U araaia tba raaaaiaBa of
Mb ragtoa. Bad of tba naUao at >ai pa.
VlHaoiaaBBan iayalaatda olfretkawiB
Bibo BdOBBtataa and pratmaaMIH*
Baraat priaarraUaa hy am, sad wifi
roon la talf eupyorting from tba aale
of Umber."
why kqibti near ua rataanvED.
Tba t'rtaMuat alio asye that tba ag- 1
rlooltural root)ran of Ilia Boutbanj
Appalachian region mart be proUoted
and preeeived “To (bat end," be
add*, “ibe preservation of tba forests
lean Indispensable condition, vbleh
•1U lead not to tbo reduction, bnt tn
the loeraaaa, of tba yield of egrtoulla
ral product*." Th» message ounclndra
aa fallen:
The ducd« In three mountain-born
flrreon, II thla r or rat dmtruotloo ouo
tlaoaa, •111 Incraaaa la frrgoeuey and
vlolvoca, and In tba orient of tbelr
damage!, both •ttbtn Lhii region and
acroaa the botdeiiug Mateo. Tba **•
lent of three damages, Ilka tfama from
thawasbiugof tba muuotaia field I aud
road*, can n rt be eel I mated with par
fact aceuraey, bat during ibe preaant
year alooa tba total bai approximated
ten million dollars—nun aafflolml tn
pore base tba aollra aira reoummeoded
for tba propoaad reserve. But lAle loaa
cannot ba aatlaatcd In mosey alone.
lUcoollnuaneamaaaiauriy daelrucito* .
of ooadltloai moat valuable to the !
nation, and which neither aktll nor'
•ealtb can real me.
The prvaervatlou of tba fureele, of
tba ttrvams, aod Ua agrloullaral lu
teraala here described, oaa ba auecaaa
fully ecoompll brd only by tbu purebaaa
and crvatlonof a national rarest reserve.
Tba Mates of the Hnalhvru Appalachian
region own little or DO land, aod tbelr
tuveuure are Inadequrle to carry oul
Ibis plan. Kaderal action la obviously
neomaary. it fully Justified by laaaon*
of public neceaany. aod mav ba expretad
t« have moat fnrtuoata multi.
With tbeae oooelualon! 1 fully agree;
aod l baarttj enmmaad thla mealore to
tire favorable cooildarallou of tba Con
|M»
Theodors Roosevelt
Whit# Honan, Dae. IS. 1901.
■raal'a TH—p».
VajtUttllt CUi n-fr.
.Tb» prrmi utepelcbe- on Sunday In
formed Urn world that Signor Mareool
bail succeeded In aeudiug atgoal* from
hi* alalioo at Poldhu lu Coro wall
to St. John's. New Pouodlaod, a dl*
lanes of 1.700 mile*. Even I be scien
tific world was unprepared for toeb ao
aariouncemeot. It waa (ba prevalent
belief Uat Maroool waa riper intent lug
with tba ot-Jrct of comoiuolcatliig with
ships at a distance at aaa. So Ire baa
been, but, before leaving England, re
cently be mad* pretraiatloos for whet
be ha* accomplished. a* arranged
that the etactricUu at Poldbn should
begin seeding signals dally afUr be had
perfected bis arrangements ou this this
of tl<e ocean Acoordlugly, when lie
was ready with a receiving appaialua
at Sk JuUo's he on bled hte operator at
Poldhu to begin hta tigoals. These
alguala consisted of repeating at later
vals tba latter •8,” which la Matennl's
ood# I* mads by three dots, or quick
strokes Oo Wadnsvday of lust week
the tigoals began; they were continued
during the tbn-e hours agreed open;
and Marcoal bad tba profound sattafac
Uon of leeatvlog theta at bis ataliou at
St. John's. The next day, as agreed,
lb* Puldbu operator repeated the sig
nal* during tba day, aad they were re
ceived as on the previous day. Tbu
ass armuca of the genu in su am so to speak
of the signals Being thus complete,
Maroon I cabled his eucocot to bU prin
cipals la England, and also Informed the
Governor >4 New FoundUod. who
thcroufon Informed I he British Cabi
net
MMI IUI ftTMtH LB MS
yet but Id aa ewUyo rtage, u !■« i«
now toipioylbg oaly crude eod Impvr
feot loetrumanta. He rwlurna to Bog
land tbla week for ttie perpoae of ar
ranging for tba banding at St. John*a
of aa powerful an apparalna aa tba one
at Poldbo. Ua will remain la Bog
laud ooill after tba oorooatioo of King
Bdarard, neat aummer, by wblsk Uwa
be hopae to bae* hta Inatromaula ao
ooeopteto that be atiali be able to read
the newe of tbetevent eoroee theoeena.
Meroonl'a ayoUia to that deaerlbed :
"It dova not require tba oaa of thn
etoetrlo current In the reties that tba
ordinary telegraph or tetopboee done.
The etgneto era daabed from one Ha
lloo to another by meana at tba Han.
elan wera—magnetic rarer haring tba
aaiaa reloeity aa light. aaylM.000 mlWa
aaecood. Three waraa an Identtoal
with light warm, eaoapt that they ara
•aapr- Wbeaarae aa etoetrie apart,
aa from an lad not loo 00U1 to made to
)nmp book end forth between two
ntaolTadaoor polsa theaa Hart elan waraa
aramadooad. Tba radiate from tba
producing point In arary dtrcutlaa
eod enough of them may betataraaptad
I# mm aa a tlgaal, )aat aa the ear
ealchaa tba moad worn.
•‘By Mopplag .od Marling the lien.
I but waree Mai row I la ahto to tiaaa
mil maaaagae by the Harm coda. There
are In the Matoool eyatem two die
Unci ptoom of apparataa, a irenamlttar
and a rroelrrr—analogo.ie lo a tala
pbone ,for Iaetenon. The tranamitter
atarte tbe HerteUb waraa golur. ue
rwoalrer lateroepta them at a dlatent
■tat km. Marco o I aaea a Ire trie colli
that prod non a apart! tea toebea long
“I<> order to prevent any bat tbe
proper peraqn laurorptlng Hie HertMaa
waree Me rood haaloreated aradeetor.
By putting tbit behlad the trauimlUer
•wd polo ting It towarda tba reoeirlHg
etalluc. the mmengi to prevented from
^ °°^r dlreollou. The
preewi.ee ef high bill* between etattooe
don nut a Beet Urn aaeaaaga and bad
weather to oo hindrance
■ The teealrer to aa ordinary tiaaa
lob* Bllvd with nickel and Oliver Slfnga
The preaeooe of a Henman wav* ea tiara
I brat dndloge to onhera and tinea the
circuit. Turn they fall apart and open
the circali. The tongtb of the daeh or
dot drpeiido npow the prraaara a poo I be
key at the tending Motion. . .
Gogltrlmn Marconi waa horn at Bol
ogna, Italy, aa April tt, 1874. Ha drag
perfected the tyaUm at arlretaaa
PrreSaat Ljnma Rail «f tba Oeonrla
Will of Technology, dectorra that
Hwml'i prverat aentorement la the
ermarkaUa the world lea aver
•cam.
WHEN THE STARS FELL
BILL TELLS OP THE SHOWEB IX -33.
Mia ••Mar Bari7 SxallnllMU — Mia
Jaana| teBaiaaaafc, «btnhe lean
A BaMtaw Vernal Per Beelaa Ms—SW
MV leal.
Mil Am la Atlanta CeuatltaBoa.
Shak.eepeer« Mils of men's eeleu era
but bis sevec does not at our day—nor
mdssd with soy dlotlnct lists of de
marcation betwceu the as. Titty gilds
Into ssefi other aod It Is herd to loll
where the »os quits and the other be
gin*. Wn bare Infants sod school boys
and lurrrs, but very few are soldiers,
sod not ose to s tioudrad reef batonra
s Issues of the pseoe His sixth eg*
dors ni.t do Jastlo* to out sms snd wo
men of three too re years sod leu. for
most of Uwm grow fat Instead of tseo.
and our big manly r iloes have not
turned to treble, nor do they pipe aod
wlitalla In their sound. I sau still slag
bass lo tbs long meter doiology snd my
wlf* ess stag "Mary bad s lull* lamb"
to tbs baby. As to th* seventh ass
which be plot aria as tbs second child
hood and more oblivion without treib
or tests or sys* or sets vr anything,
wa never sea them —oar old psopls dio
before they get U> I but Bui In the Ilf*
of every man sad woman tbsrs are
epretta. events. mile stonrs as it were,
Urat aland out prominent In memory
aad mark tbeir progress from yuath to
old eg*. My earliest reeellsctloo is
Vb* biUiug of oor dog Hr-etur. who wsa
aupposod to bn Dad, and It grieved us,
for •* loved him and its loved us. Nrtt
I rsoall (be falling ol the stirs In 1HJ3
My father held me up sod with my
fast upon lbs top imliiug of tbs bannis
ter* 1 i«w them cams down Is
myriads as quietly and softly ss show
fl-fces sod tbsy treut out as they as irsd
lbs SAith. Tbsy vers asnsrsts and
distinct a* (be aura, bet a* near Luge in
er u lbe sparks from the chimney of
an old time blacksmith simp. George
Leeler was tay playmate aud 11rod clo-e
by and tba oast mum log he sod 1
bunted all over bla ■wilier'* gardes to
Bud aoor slgua of the stars that fell Oat
fuaadnoue. Whit# tbey were falling
our negro oook, Aunt Allery, was
down on bei knees praylagusbe clung
to my mother's bight rows the cal IS4
00 Jesus to oona sad lake us all to
hearra. Thai bight was an epoch sad
It tg worth being 78 yean old to have
witnessed It. fly pest rrtaembranc*
of oet* lea Joureey. to Harannah with
my father and mother and brother,
where we took a sail reasel f ir U jxtua.
1 remember th* wgclfisael doable row
of Chios trees la the long street erri 1
wonder if there Is s person liytag In
8aysonah woo «*e llying there than
and remembers that low of beautlfal
trerw that are lung slues deed sod guns
I temember Ural voyage of thirty three
day* aroarid Cap* H ittaras arbvrn our
ship was almost wrecked, sod mother
held felt onto bar children aud silent
ly prayed fur dehrersooe. I remember
wbeu we reached Button and bow attar
our visit was dyer, father bsogbla car
riage sod a pair of borsei. and w*
jourm-jed by laid from Boaloa to Geor
gia aud uaeer crooned a railroad, foe
there w l* uooe to Croat. 1 remember
our atop at tb* natural bridge la Vir
ginia and bow wa w~lk*J away down
I the gorge and looked up aud after*
ward* stood o« lb* bridge and leaaad
down from llm dlsxy bright.
i '-»u i was bduui irn jrete via i
had an alter epoch, for l had a fight
on 8ouday al a camp marling and
got licked and my flo« Sunday
clothes were all spoil'll tltn taud
sort dlit. A OuDDtry boy,sald I was a
town bey ai.d was dieased loo Bne and
be was (wine to take tits starch ouiea
my roffl d sblrt. And Ite did. I fought
as hard as I ooukl hot liyllcktd one and
1 cried. 1 had gnne to I he spring to get
■otoe aalrr and the tight oawroff down
there. My father whipped me next
morning and the school Issehsr got
ready to whip «- -gala, hat I showed
him toy lege sod he let me off with a
talk. My eext episode has fell so In
delible impression. We had to walk
two miles to school and aboil half way
there was a big gaily that ws a and to
slide dowo In. Oau moraiog Bill
Meltiile aed Oeertoa Youug end Jim
Wilson end myself stopped to slide
down and Mil Malthle polled oat a deck
of cards aad said ho would show as
how in play. 1 had Dover tees a dock
before la my life, bat t had bears toll
••f Va. They were mighty pretty aad
he taught us how to she* reed eat aad
dml aed lere Jack aad May twee up
Oaa morulag Tam Wltaoa am) Jim
Airxander cams aloof ae they wore gu
lag tn school aad heard oar racks* la
the f ullyaad they caught ss plryleg
cards. They dipped up on us for wo
were completely absorbed le I be game,
and Turn said . -Well, foe arc the
youngest set of gamMvr* 1 ever pa* In
my Ufa. Tb# sheriff will gel you all
end put you Id jail before night.’ I
»• rer waa soared so bed In all my Ufa.
1 aoulda’t study my lessons nor oat my
dinaer at school aad watched for
the sheriff all day long Hot that
cured SCO of oard playing nod I never
handled a dock again uatU I get to «ml
••d* College was a good place to play
canto Iboo; It Is a good placelo klok a
ball now. Tom Wilson and Jim Alex
aader were good hearted boys aad cower
Udd on uo. Tom died years ego and
Jim died last month In Atlanta. He
got to Im a grant doctor and everybody
laved him. When I receiv'd the relo
gruw that told mo be was dmd 1 felt
like east her prop wee gone sod that
now oalyono wue left—his brother Tom
la Hose*. Mai tide le dead end Yjoug
aad Jim Wlaea. Al my ■ehoeimatm
are dead except one a«d my school
leoobeta and enltege profreroru era
dead.
Fur severe! years them wee no epoch
—aoepteode. Every day wa alike as
(tl f began to notice the glrlt with a
poaolter longing emotion aad brushed
lay hair more eartfollv aed serried a
oiaaoer handkerchief aad were tighter
bums wrB pultebrd. la fact 1 got la
hr a dandy le my drear Obskeeperrw
mehm lue of I ho lover ted dMmhmm
Mm with a Uao. day* ha dghad aad
• rota poetry shoe* hie swvethemVe
eyebrows. Wi beat that la our
day. I didn't slob a btt for ar twest
besrt waa aa bad off about at Ml
waa a boot bar and we warn l no
Happy to MgU. We soon beoams cc
guyed and tba Aged tba day away on In
Jan*, bat t Judged It backwards to
May and than to April aad at last la
Marek, to all of wblab aba blushing)/
assented. I wrote poetry, too—net ta
her ayabrowa—bat la bar from band lo
foot. Hare la tba laot raraa, wbicii la
only aawaipteof what I eoaM do la
those holeyoa days.;
• Wbtn Inoaoaa oo tba saerad tluii
turned
It* odor* trained lo fray root oloada ta
riar.
So may my wlahaa all to heaven
turned.
Procure rich bhtaaiugs for I boa from the
akin.”
Thto l« pretty food, I tblak. lo
lfldd Mini yaakee aoldlaraeama along
and Mela tba album aad serried It oS
aaa trophy aad f»va It to kla}»wadlb«aru
9ha kept It twaoty ye.rs, and married
another fallow and aant tba album baeb
lo him, aud be mailed It to ay wife
with a nlea epvlogr. He la a gentle
man, I bough It took hint long time lo
repent aad reform. OC coarm oar
marrWge wee aa epoch - a big mile
atoar. Mr wife waa ooly II aad aa
docile ae a pat lamb. I could train
ber If she nerd ad training For a year
to two I eould make bar do juet aal
ideated, bet later on I eould make bat
do )eat aa aha pleated aad new tba
stakes ma da Just ae aba pleases, loo.
Dul It la ell right, aad t bavu got need
to lu Teeterday I received a letter
fr»m a frtand ask lag am to help him
about choosing a wife. Ha la a
widower, with ooa child aad wanted a
woman am >0 aad aadcr 40 -a aa tied
wom«n— tad ha said lie woeld make
bar a good, loriny buadaad.ate. Well.
1 talked it oeor la tha family a»d
named several food old aetlled a trie,
and my wife Mopped sawing aad ssM:
"I don't tblak yna me a very g--<1
Jndgvof marriageable ytrte. Von had
better 1st this wetter atone." I didn't
like that ramerk,end replied- "Well,
whan 1 was a young man aaaybr I waa
a poor jedge, but f think I eoaM do
better nnw." 1 am aorry I said U, for
a woanaa cao’i uka auch J Are aad
keep oalm aud aaioaa. I’ll be mom
oarxfut lo tba fatare.
Dot I suit raaeree was epochs far
another letter. Tba birth of our first
child was *n aposh. bat atwrwards that
busioaa) ceased tobj • mi up tty * > I
bee tine aonotatwa*
HAli.tr U DIKNtWIU.
fmlliHiliiliH pimimi I tf imitt't
■ »II|HW 1‘ltll lirttn Halo lain
ilatlrt fee fraaawni mrmiii i
WaaHiAfftoo Peat.
HicnUty Long hatdMcbargad ld|ir
tUanieo Ifaoiiy from bM puaiiloo ai a
•killed laborer la ihe Uruuklyn Mavy
Tard, Mr. Maalay bavlog rrfuaed to
reatge when requeatrd to do ae.
Mr. Maclay la tbo author of a nrvrl
bletory, aod In Ita laat Tala me tharply
oriLlclerd Admiral. Schley and de
nounctd him aa a ealllft. p-iltruoo.
and oeward.
Secretary Long’a »oUou wag taken
by dlreotlon of the Preetdiot. and fol
lowed a conference hrtwaaa the Prval
dent, and the Secretary, who took to j
the While Uuake wltb bus a letter
from Maclay In raapooae to tbe r- quart '
for lile reelgnatl in aant by the Hee-a
tary Ua'tJaiurday. In Mr Inter M »•
clay eubumtrd that I- could hot tor
removed nr tor oo in palled to nwi»
without drtnlta chirgea being mrda
agaii.at him and wlllarut baring an op
porliirlty toaoewmb-ua ehargad. Al
though ihe etell err rice re t* glee am
ployee of tlie public earrlaa the uponi*.
nity of anaweilug ohirgae that miy b>
preferred igtlnat them, it* Prretdeot
rkeicleed bu prerogative in ttoapraao-it
luataoee and dlreetad Maelay'a r«mer
al. It being bald that the latter wae
aware uoolhetally, ir not oMclally. of
the rraaona which actuated the Ir
ecu tin In tab tug Ihe eourae determined
upon.
uui| VIM Mil HtHII MItll
yeatorday would dtepoea or tbe eui
LKTTEH DBCUIMIKO TO nwaiOx.
Meolay'a Utter to deereliary Long,
ropfj log Vo HU mlgntlao, to u |j|.
lews:
Hery Yard, Haw York,
OAeet of lb* Oaeeral dteraheopor.
Dae. ». i*oi.
Rear Admiral Albert f. Baker, U. 9
X . C >mwaodatil Naur Yetd. Mew
Sir: I berk tba honor of aaknowl
edging tba rrorlpt of yowr eomeaeei.
nation of tbla 4aU. lo which yne
forward tba full >wlaf oomwetiletihiu
of tbla data fra* tba bon or able drotv
Ury of tba Mam *'l m directed by
tba Praaidrat to ark JC ly«r d Mteler,
apaatcl Ubotar, general etorrkreprr*e
odlaa, nary yard. Hrw York, to aa> d
In bla rcoifiiBtlob.*1
I raapartfully auhaglt ik«t 1 waa
recntarly appointed to my prwMet
peatUce after hay la* duly pa Mad •
elerk'a examlaaWon lo aeeaadanee wllb
aH tbe itQilre mania of the elrtt aervUe
reyelattona bad tberafora eaenot ba
oom pa Had te raelgn wltbeet dednRe
ebarfM being made afalnet aae, aed
without barlog as opportunity to
ana war lboa* ebargaa. 1 Inn been In
tbla ode* for drteee eaenlbe, hire been
promoted for MUelaocy. eed ao far m 1
a iew, my war* baa been eallafaetnty
to my *u parlor*. 1 bare aMatsd an
rule* or r*yaleUene of tbla oMee er of
the nary yard, ao far ea 1 aw aware,
dneb being tbe earn, I faal tbat It
would not (/ttty be ao lajuatioe to
myaelf la raatg a under aeeb ekeem
•toiteae, but it would ba eeteblteMng a
preeedeet tba: at la My eeaeeree ibuua
cede of (dwll tfrrtee rmployre. bath
netloaal aed Stele. Vary reapeotfaUy
your*. Bmu S. Maolay.
MH MbUBUL POLLOWe.
Saar alary Lemg*e dlapaieb to Rear
Admiral Barter din oil** MaeUy'a re
w*y«I waa aa lellowat
WaabUgtoe. Dan 'M
i Te Rear Admiral A A Bilker. V.
B H.,Oomwai.d*ni M«ay Yard,
Hew Yarbi
. By dtreello* of IYreidenl, Kdgar A
Maolay la dUebaryed Hoilfy bjW
AWCrCHIHTIU,
Mil Aff IkM IM IMWJ •(«•<—
——I raoUret.
BulArpla AttuUOoMUtytiwo.
Nearly Uiteeti hundred yeara kara
paaaid alow Chrlriasae waa drat oete
braird by (JfcnetUoa Dartagell Uses
loeg centuries tbey have not felled to
MrtwawwtmMdpay to——aa to
tha day that ao—haw waa ibaatu aa
ibe birib Ilf tha Havior. It la aaa at all
orrtaia Uiat ibettth of Deo— waa
Ota birthday, bat that dan no* MeUer
■Molt, aa that Christian people ubearer
aa— day aed ahow Uialr (ratltade
Indeed tha Urerka aad tha Baaeleaa
•till aelebreta the Kb id January aad
call It CbrtatiaM for they keys aerar
yet adopted the Bear oelender rotaUieh
ad by Pope Oratory Xlll la the yaar
Utt Maw, Itie I sported tar tha
yeaag people aad —ay of tha old eaaa
to kaew that tot nearly Plateau aaa
turiaa eM Pother Tl— bad baao
gala lag a little every yaar «e tha reset
U— that It tehee the earth la pa
roaad the aaa. Thle pale had
a—aotod lo about taelr« daya, aa the
pope, aha le a gnat aad wtee —a.
I s aid hla — adate that tl— ri—ld be
aet back, aad It waa — beak All
the B—aa Cetbohcoounwleseoaferia
ad at eooe to tba aaa data, bat tha
Prvteetaat eouutrlaa ware Jwbu OC
tha papa, aad w Or—ay soald aat
conform until the rear 1700, Ureet
Urtialn and IrvUud ref need to eea
form ubt'l the year 1763, aad tha
A—rleaa Ootoetaa put It off a few
jeera later. Ortroa end Bead a kara
cot eotifor—d yet, bet tbey wUL
Tbpy are geuleg tired M hevlag to pat
tea datre u all tbalr let ten a«d ooa
mereUl trenetet—• with at bar
eoaotnri. When Ueoer*] Voene waa
nur c -Dtul at Hu Petersburg Ml bit
WUare Ihel were artttaa he— hod
two detee that were twetre daya apart.
Oar lie marked ‘ N. U ," tor arw atyla,
aad tha other “O. &,•• tor M4 etyle.
Bnglead had to ebnidee another
—Man of u—, for aatil ahuat two
hundred tears ere the aea yaar began
OB the Doth id March. g •— oouutrlre
»“« tamer q.y. i leil rum,
B> yoang (rtende. wtd Father ft Me
ItM fuel » twrphrxaig problem ta keep
Me calendar atralgfcl. Tha day aaed
Ut locln at 6 o'clock la Iba Morning.
Tha week hrgan no Uouday. The
Jew* bad twelv* kaoar month* of
lw»aiy wgfa' day* aod every third year
bad thirteen to a.ke ap for hat tune.
For osalarla* there ware only tan
Moult is iu tba yaac among tba ttn«U
aad Boaasi, and Ternary tied thirty
atx day* Jaat like all lha other mouth*.
But popaa aad kmparora ruled tha
cIvil'CM world, aad rhaagad tba
naaaaaraa of tuna u> salt tbamoalvaa.
P-pa U re gory waa a aebolar. matba
matlolan aad a promoter of public odw
eatlo». aod ha knows that tha ealeudar
wet wiooz. and waa gcUlog aeere so
every year. Il waa a bold Strut* «.f
bower, but ho Wat baokad by nil the
rrval eMrunomar* of Ken pa, and ba
set tba cloak back, awl It aland*.
Bat what about Ohriatmaa t It haa
ta ba wtiusa about every llea* It
oerar* round,for there la a now giaa
rain mi *f young people coming on every
year, aad tbej Mast ba taught to know
aa inueh aa tboa* wbo art older. This
it Iba meat la*portent evaol (bat evar
happened la tha hlatary of tba world,
aad every Man women a>dl every boy
and afrl who can read thuuld ba ao
familiar with It aa Uwy era with Urn
spelling ln>*k. Tba word “au" dues
not • 1 totally ureaii litrtb It umatiB
“dl*MlMrC.”a>Hl c«Mv untoua IwwabUr
after auy anvlrs In ihu Kwiaw
Cwtboile church the Pi hat would aay
Urn oougreaction la uuw dteana.ed
In L«tla. It la "o«a" Benue, them
waa a high toaro- and low raaaa and
oaudlo mdna and Mletiral oiaaa aad
Chiiatniak—adiiiHMatou aad benedict
Fur t«u or tbraa eMilarter after
ChrM Hb Ul iem iml •> ewf uyi
aad they eoold uotraUMtabtoity
dsya or f*aaiB«r fratleala. tiomeam
perora wen- hind aad tolerant aad
■war ware cruel and perarealtd Uwn
Daring tlie rrlgo of the Km per or Dio
cletian the CbrtaUaaa of Ko ue deter*
■linn to eelabrata Oimlmss ia (Mr
oarn oliurob alter* they bad ban per
mitted ia worship, but Dmototua bad
Uhra a great dislike to them aad after
lb* obureh eae fall ba aat soldiers
there aad lacked Ike doors aad aat gro
to tha balldlug aad burned them ail
*11 ally*—men, worn** and ebUdice.
Tha wrrtcb died euun after, but it cm*
«*mj years before Ubrietlaus dared to
eal-bret* Ckrlauaa* agala. This waa
about Um ynar S10 Bet Ik* almdl
effort* of kings aad aiaparerr ta n
llnguisb Christianity failed. They
award to Ibrirc on prrseCeUua. aad
b*ae» it waa ail that "lb* blood sf
martyr* I* (be Card nt lb* Obareb."
Jett lbl<ih bnw meek we bars lu bs
ihatxiul for la this ago aad la this
land »f rrllgiv** liberty. Mo martyrs,
yrssicatiea. ao luquisitiou, but
rrsry msa aad wuarau eaa worship
(M according to Utsir own ooasoieacr
with aoac to mol Ml or tasks ibam
afraid. Tba turret* and apnea at beau
tiful ob tire hoc adore oar load la every
*Ky, towo or »U1*#», aad we arc a
•lieuI gusraataa of good will aad pro
UeUon to onry ctraagrr that onmna.
Bat OhrWlma* baa bad a good time
oomiag down to a* tbroagb lb* sge*.
Ia earn* caaauhm H waa mad* a
fro)to—a baechsaal tetri. The gay
aad dattiguicd daaoad to tba maaio at
dlly aad profane aerate, fauwlit the
dry with wlaa aad Inecatcwt aoag.
Tha Partisne refund leotmerv* It aad
■a did Um ptepW of BoeUaad. Tba
dODlOh do wot ubiiw It wow. Well,
H u a drarorutbm area hem, u( It It
more a day uf thought!*** reset Lag aad
frail* iuetmkd nr a day *f Ibaakfalawm.
Ctiriotma* treat and gift* to to* abU*
diaa era eery anger aad gift* to tha
poor hi* twpMWky ao, aat aM lb* day
Wwg ear granted* lotted far bla gee*,
arm obnuid to uppermott to Um mtoda
nf all lnu-kl#**,t iiialk. TbeobWdma.
«f oeerae be meat humor ts their lire*.
Ovkl faith lit Menu Ore* aad hi* feio
dmr. for h* la aeppoaod to ba a groat
aad giawl aW mao wit* leeei them and
la wauderfuliyrioh. Ola Bamlaaaama
I* St. MMboU* and hta Oaten anaw u
KfW Bring le. and Sir Mteoa head rod
ssifsrjs’acsr'a’s's
to Ui
__ bB
many. Tto atotora tatM at
ttrttaM Mm <wk tarn Ma, U a
«*M. to* ttmyoma* mm am mMm
will Hi*ut ihatr UoU>. that to toaatM
aagagto ta Cfarlataa* hay «hUt Mato
aawrtoratoTtto!?-*
Tito la lanto tor — to artte aha at
Chriataml na Mato tow aar
SwMMktotom^5m
ttfulaa*laprraaltaafttoaaffto tto
«M wrtUeo by Cieatot O. Ultra, to
Cicala* •‘Tvatito tight brlorvChrtti
aaa.” Tto am Mailt hr a TkcMa
My. “Kata VtttotMa." Oar aatftt
aaaa vat Xarly. tat ato tor an at
rattan a ****** it aC tor aaaa aat
I and tab h*. a atolt* mm that
1 toat aatottfwt. Htr waa a*
Cbrtoaat la ta raqalatu **a. Tto
loot im aaya:
a r.itmm upini->t
l». Coat* ItfsM*.
In Bgorlag ua PraMeut Baaao call's
baa Inn faqiueUy oeUtd te^hT’taet'
that ha had no practical paitUatan who i
coatd ■aaga hla Pare pa tern. Tha
PreeMat ba* apparally reaJimad this
anUaa by tha aimolaiiaai of fleory
C. Poyna aa Paatas aetar Osnstol to
aooaard Cbaria Breory dretth. A*
Via* CtMlnoan uf the BtpsUka
Katie*al Comiaittee Mr. Payee baa
laaraad rtWJ cap* hulia tha pasty or*
(anlsitlao. la Bataraliy ami tana i« ha
eerea tha ital Inlet to tha muawitaa
end. above alt, U said to ba aa adalrar
of HttoestrH.
do that lo tha Baal oaaMot belw. aa
danater Uaua* aad tha Prastdeet the
latter oiU nut ha fotHjd tackiag la
**as of the Machinery with which tha
Oh ai naan of thaQna.alttra UaupysiiB
ta reek# aalioaol o>a*ae:lj-ia 4u Ms
bidding. As Mr. P*y*w la aid to ba
opposed lota Urge doalhara dafcsse
ilnaa that base always boon aa aalbr
■eaatpalaird by thepraetwat ynMtlrtaas
of the Sanaa stripe, than wtH a io
! trtaatlei decrtopreeate toward osainy
■atl't Una nywmisUtt
Brpabll l n*a ara brytaalag to raalta
that Uhl ad Mr Mreaealt'e open
frank’ am and apparent guilt Willy than
I* a trCMilly acquired dtoprehlre to
yulry with data a. A tutreur af Mo
app>lui unite baa indioaUdthal to
d.M • not fmgattha BcpaMleaa nuulaa
tnm la IBM. !• dies lions >U not at ta
Stan* aa a caedMale «b> dose net
I ntn d t» ht the gnu* «iew aadar Ms
fret—niturae hts addaa drasaatru
thm uf frimdltxme to anloa tabor.
. It Is uarartanale that the nation*1
Ouarnaaani will to reade the IgfcUag
grutred of the tan aaylreals far
proud auttal bacwta. Payne’s atonies,•
reeat as* area* uotbiag MM. DU
MM fanettow ia WaaMagtaa amsl
macreartly to tha furwaidlas
BeoacMtlo polittaal latcreaU.
CBMtaui ttsaorA
Senator ttnmaa tauadaaad asraral
iiapoataat MM . aoop altar Ooagraaa
eanraatd. Amag Uaa waa ana
appraprWUag 1*0.000 to Mug the
rapraaaa of taa prupnard eairhra
Una east Jaiy at ttaanohr island.
Aaatbrr waa to appmprtata 9*9,000
kiwniiMa'U Pa ersatad at^bat
tha Wading of tka Prat Xagltdi a4uo>
lata lit Awarla*.
Tkwa waald ha a<i doubt aa t* Uw
I aaaaifla af thm t«» MM Indasd aaati
bull woald kata barn paawd yaan ago
—If Muau'ika IsUnd waa fan hat aortb.
Tka laadlng af BalatgkM ooMolaia
waa an araat of aaitaaal lotiisat and
Coegraaa aboald by all maw aid ta
appreptlatody aowmawraUaf »
Tha paat yaar waa tlw B rat of tha
aaw aaatary, awd waa mrbod wttk groat
program la tka arta god Waaaw aad
mnMinawphaorar aatara. I(a oMa
h* dart wata dgnaltatd by MaraewiM
•aaaaaaf al eBoat* to UaaawM pkpMM
Uwaagh tha atr aaroaa tha AUaatta
Oo*«a—a hat that aaaoM ■tfaaalaaa.
Oaa of tha amt aotabM faataraa of tha
paat yaar waa tka ttpatttdttMd
awoaat gl*aa by prlvata MdtatdaaM
ta adaaatlaaajfaatUailaaa tha In
•anaaaawnfrvooofloo. TkMMaea
af tka mat awaoaragiag rtgaa of Uw
lima and M MwpMaaa of a ama
gtartowafalara.
Wawara Wptalaa ta OwHidM.
UrwayM ladlaMaai aptoMa waa a
aplaadw uaarlag of aU aa tfaaMid
watara. Rad tt aa* baaa far that
•tdawi Uw aua'iln maid baaa kaaa
■nregad at tha void tat af tha aaart.
Aa It la, Uw paapM Mai Ma agraatag
Wkk D<«*y and MUlag drop tka wboM
ataadal, aa dttaaadluaM to tka a«gy,
n (mibiUaiNhi !• Um
I
MH* i ^
|. g
*Um oonoWt* aad ovfMt i
•fa* <4 *& k lNrtfe «M i
I* Bfi
fct
? g
Pit victor HnmimjL qttm
of Us oeurteona mamma. to rifted
with o Quick wit tad a sarooetfa
tongue at time*. Ho n. recently
regretting that ft woe almost »>
pnsriblsfor him to know irate whet
opinion hia people had of him. Om
of the courtiers anrrounding him
•aid it would he easy enomh if (he
king would disguise himself aa a
■talent and suit the cafes and
drinking shops of the pope tone and
added, “That to hew mar the
Greet acted.”
“That to tns’ retorted the king,
"but yon seem to forget that Hater
the Gnat need to bang those whom
bt thus overheard sneaking ffl of
I thfask ypU'had better abeam '
Marne Far AN ■atotom.
▲ remarkable soldiers' heme will
bo that now boUding at Johnson
Ofay, Tcnn, where both Union and
Confederate soldiera fat the eMl
war and selawtoem in the war with
Spain ore to bo barhoaad. TUa
home will comprise thirty-fire build* *£
inge, -among theta a memorial hell,
a mass ball, a chapel and a canteen.
They will occupy a alto » mBa and
tkrm-e traitors Iona and tb~aa mr
tSTo?e mile widfe In thaWt of
tbeyntetna. ^ The pemis wfll
and each bmHkrtllmtom
asprapatotod
000,000 for the Satan—Cbtoago
JoanaL ' : ' •- '