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: JUST ONE WISH. All our iives are some of longin’ Some are longin’ for their youth, Some for eyes that locked in their eyes, Eyes alight with love and truth; Some are longin’ for the hilltops ; That the sun of youth did gild; But I'm jongin’ for a shortcake Like Aunt Esther used to build! For a great, big, thick, old shortcake, Like what she knew how to do; . With the top crust brown an’ flaky An’ the berries peekin’ through "Tween the upper crust and under— Let them long for youth! I'll take For myself another shortcake : Like Aunt Esther used to make! It must be just inspiration That helps people cook like that! Helps them mix the dough and knead it, An’ to slide it with a pat In the oven in the kitchen, s An’' to know how long "twiil take— Swear, I'm longin’ for some shortcake Like Aunt Esther used to make!

If a fairy'd sometime whisper: " ““Here’s three wishes, bud, fer you; Wish fer three things you want hardes An’ they'll ev'ry one come true.” I'd say: ‘‘You keep two, your own self; Cne is all 1 care to take; . Just one wish; give me some shortcake Like Aunt Esther used to make!’] —J. M. Lewis, in Houston Post.

SIOTBTOOVOCAVTOODOIDTT | HEROES OF THE | & | ENGINE ROOM e

“' NE of the real heroes of the sea,” O said the manager of a transatlantic line, as he nodded at the retreating figure of his visitor. “One of our engineers, and he and his kind save many a ship many a time at great personal risk, and are not even thanked for their efforts by the passengers. _ “But that’s because the latter don’t know when or where or how the engineers preserve their lives, for their deeds are unheralded outside the engineers’ mess and the captain’s room. Yes, sir, it’s true that - “They’'ve words for every one hut me—shake hands with half the crew, Except the dour Scots engineer, the men they never knew."” The manger apondered a moment. “I'll prove to you that these men are the real heroes of the ocean,” he said, and these are the stories that he offered in proof: A certain steamship in the Pacific trade had been sent.out from her home port with the majority of her boilers out- of commission. In midocean one of theé few boilers capable of being fired got leaky tubes, and it became necessary, in order to keep the ship under headway in a h¥yrricane-swept sea, to repair the boiler %Jn{ediate‘.y. " The fire was pulled out from under it, the manhole lid was unscrewed and removed, and the first engineer, wrapped from head to foot in a thick coating of asbestos, crawled into the hot boiler, and with chisel and hammer began tearing out the defective tubes. For two minutes he worked, and as he worked heéld his breath, for a single gasp of the fiery air in his lungs would have killed him. Then he crawled to the manhole and was pulled out by. stokers. .

Five minutes later he again went into the boiler. This time,-after néarly two minutes’ work, he succeeded in cutting away two tubes. On the third entry he removed three, and after that he spent another five minutes resting. . Then came the task of reamingin new tubes. and to do this he was compelled io enter the boiler five times. In each case he stayed inside nearly two minutes, and as he crawled out the lasttime hie barely had breath and strength enough to say to his chief before he fainted- dead away: A “[t’s done, sir.” - -

As a result of his experience in that hell of heat, the man was laid up in the ship’s hospital for over a week. And to this day his sleep is constantly disturbed by dreams in which he is roasted in red-hot furnaces. - :

This same engineer was in the boiler room one day when suddenly a vaive, in among a great coil of pipes above the boilaers, began leaking badly and filling the room with scalding-steam. Instantly. and regardless of his own safety, he scrambled upon the pipes and breathlessly began making repairs.

He had almost finished when, as unexpectedly as the valve had got out of order. a pipe joint, below the one on which he was standing, broke, and a stream of hissing steam enveloped his foot. When he endeavored to pull it away, he found it to be tightly wedged in the joint. B

He had on low shoes; and before his cries brought aid his shoe and sock were burned off and his foot and lower lez were parboiled. He was unable to resume work for three months, and today he walks with a perceptible limp. Yet he looked upon it all as a part of the day’s work, and uttered no complaint. Ten years ago, just around Christmas time, the Umbria broke her thrust shaft and floundered helplessly in midocean. The part that broke was 26 feet long and weighed tons. -

ARID ACRES RECLAIMED. 1 Vast Section of Idaho to Be Opened for Settlement Because of New . ‘ ! Irrigation Canal. - } Seventy-five thousand acres of arid land will be reclaimed and opened for settlemnet in Idaho as the result of a deal just made by an irrigation company. A big canal is to be constructed from the Snake river, about 12 miles above the town of Blackfoot, in Bingham county, and it will run southwest 58 miles. It terminates just below the American falls, Blaine county, where it discharges its surplus water back into the Snake river. ' The country that will be traversed by the canal is considered one of the most fertile valleys along the river, and for years has been an object of envy to agriculturists. The canal will be 85 feet wide a: the top; 60 feet wide at the bottom, and capable of carrying six feet of water, a river in itself. It will have the capacity of irrigating 75,000 acres of land. Ten thousand acres of school land will be watered under contracts made by the company with the state of Idaho. o The Snake river has a watershed of over 10,000 square milés. At the time when the g:eatest amount of water is required for irrigation purposes there is the greatest amount of water available. When the river is the lowest

t Under the direction of the chief engineer, the pieces were secured and suspended by chains from the top of the “shaft tunnel, and then, although the shaft threatened to fall on him at any moment, he crawled into the tunnel, found that the shaft was broken off square, so that it could not be riveted together, and spent hours .in taking measurements for a collar to be fastened over the break. . ~ He spent other hours in making and putting on the collar, all the tinie either lying on the flat of his back or working in a squatting position, so smali was the space. All told, he labored unceasingly for two full days.

After that he slept two hours, and the 99 hours following he' worked without pause until at last he had bolted the jacket in place. : " The job was finished late Monday night, and the ship was got under way. Early Tuesday morning the hLead of a bolt ‘broke off, the jacket slipped, and once more Tomlinson had to crawl into the tunnel and malke repairs. .

Again the ship got under way” and again after an hour of running. snap went two bolts. And once more Tomlinson risked life and limb in the shaft tunnel. : ;

To make a long story short, Tom!linson was crawling into the tunel continually

until the voyage ended, but while the passengzers did not know of his heroism until they landed and read of it in the papers, Tomlinson had the satisfaction

at least, of knowing that his work had prevented the shaft from knocking a hole into the ship’s side and leaving the vessel helpless and in peril of a stormy sea until tow should chance along. It was a Scotchman who pried open a safety valve and prevented a serious explosion. on a liner that is sailing the seas to-day. : For some reason ar other the donkey engine, used for hoisting cargo and luggage, had been started at sea and a fireman put in charge of it. 'An hour or so later the second engineer, whose watch it- was, distinguished an unusual noise among the multitude of sounds of the big ship—so keen is an engineer’s sense of hearing. He lccated it as coming from the donkey engine, and rushed thither. As he got near he realized that the safety valve had stuck and after he had slid down the narrow, oily companionway, he found not only the safety valve stuck tight, but the fireman asleep at his post, and the boiler all but ready to explode.

In less time than it takes to.tell it, he grabbed a crowbar and was up among the pipes, frantically trying to pry open the valve ! How long he worked ‘he does not know—it seemed vears,” he said; but he finally got the valve open 'in the nick of fime and prevented an explosion; which would surely have blown a big hole in the ship’s bottom. Not infrequently the engineers are compelled to work in water up to .thvé;i;‘ knees. The plates (of many a ship, when she straddles a sea, move and cut at their rivets and leak mightily. Then the engineer must wade around in an engine-room flocoded from port to port and give heed to naught but the welfare of his engines. He must not think about the manifold .dangers of sailing in a “leaky old tub,” or of rheumatism, or other ills that will come to him from working for hours in brine and bilge water. It is a trite saying of the sea that wh_erever there is a ship “engineer there also is a bad case of rheumatism. i

It is only when a cylinder head bursts or a large valve gives way, filling the engine-rooms with scalding steam before the opportunity can be seized upon to repair the damage, that an engineer is forced to leave his post. Then it is that he has to charge for dear life up steep, narrow companionways, made slippery by engine oil, to a place of safety. And all the time he climbs upward, the steam pursues him, for the companionways are in the only opening leading out of the engine-rooms.

But it is not often that escaping steam, gets ahead of an engineer. for hé is a man trained to act like a lightning flash in emergencies. The emergency is not always below decks.

An English tramp once came into New York harbor showing the queer-est-looking funnel imaginable. While several days out a storm carried away the funnel, and to keep their = ship from having to be towed in, the engineers rigged up a funnel out of pieces of old sails, twine, rope ends, flattened out tin cans, and all cther kinds of junk that they could make to serve their purpose. This wonderful work they held in position by lines made fast to the masts, and so well did it fulfil the duty for which it was constructed that the tramp made port only a day or so late under her own steam. refusing all offers of assistance and thus saving to her owners thousands of dollars in salvage money. “And suchk instances,” said the manager, are almost of everyday occurrence.”—N. Y. Sun. - +

there is five times more water available at the point of diversion than can be carried in the canal. The amount of water appropriated, if placed upon the land at one time, is sufficient in. quantity to cover the entire tract to a depth of over six feet. PROVERBS UP TO DATE. Sapient Sayings from Everybody’s : llégaz_ine That Are in Pace i A L with the Times. - " Better swallow your good jest than lose your good friend. Sweet are the uses of adversity, bitter are the uses of prosperity. The rising generation owes much to the inventor of the alarm clock. If vanity were a deadly disease, every undertaker would buy fast horses. When the last trump sounds some woman will ask Gabriel to wait a minute. : : A ‘good field of corn is one thing a farmer doesn’t care to have crowed over, The Dead March is not necessarily the one that the musicians have murdered. The oil of insincerity is more to be dreaded than the vinegar of vituperation. ‘ ‘ : A walk may improve your appetite, but a tramp will eat you out of house and home. ' The man who cannot be heaten is he who holds up his head when he haz been beaten, - )

QUEER GOLDEN WEDDINGS. Men Who Were Bound to Show How ’ Young They Were in Spite . of Their Years. A golden wedding is not such a frequent occurrence that it can be allowed to pass unobserved, and one of the most remarkable celebrations lately took place outside Paris. Every year a contest in which only those couples who have celebrated their golden weddings during the preceding 12 months can compete is held, and takes the form of a race, each gray-headed competitor having to carry his wife on his back. This year no fewer than nine couples arrived to endeavor to carry oft the prizes of a hogshead of wine and & couple of hams which is given to the winner. The course is 450 vards long, and Jean Demorel, who passed the winning post first, covered :the distance in three minutes, 17 seconds, not baa time considering that his burden turned the scale at 15 stone. .

It is probable that a more unique celebration, as regards those who took part in it at any rate, will never be witnessed than that held at Magdeburg, in December, 1897. Herr William Reidl is the leading executioner in Germany, and on the same day as he attained the golden anniversary of his bridal day his only son Frederick notched his silver wedding. Accordingly all the executioners of the German principalities were invited to attend a banquet, and no fewer than 230 arrived upon the scene on the day appointed, thus forming the most remarkable assembly of guests or record. - _ ! At Grifrdelwald, in August, 1897, the unusual sight was witnessed of an Alpine guide, Christian Almer by name, toiling up one of the highest peaks with his wife on his back. Curiously enough, despite Almer’s fame'as a climber, his wife had never previously ascended a | mountain of any kind, so to celebratei their golden wedding he accomplished the prodigious task of carrying her to an altitude of 3,000 feet in the presence of a large gathering of spectators. j In La Sante prison, at Paris, a couple | spent their golden wedding anniversary a few years back, after having traveled half round the world for the express purpose of doing so. It was while undergoing sentence in this prison that John Dorman, an American subject, met the woman whom he ultimately married on his release, whereupon he returned to his.native land, taking his bride with him. When their golden wedding anniversary drew near they proposed that they should spend it in this prison, and having traveled to France managed to bring themselves within the grip of the law for some trifling offense. But had not the facts of the case been revealed their wish would not have been gratified, for they were sentenced to imprisonment in different penitentiaries; but the authorities, struek by the novelty of the request, granted it : : To prove that advancing years had not taxed his. strength, William Cantle, a Yorkshire farmer, on celebrating his golden wedding, offered to wrestle with and throw a youth for each yvear he had been married, two minutes’ breathing space only being allowed between each bout. Each competitor was compelled to stake half a crowu, to bécome the property of the winner; but, after throwing no fewer than 19 of the strongest - youths the mneighborhood could produce Cantle slipped and broke his collar-bone, thus ending the contest. Richardson, the veteran tight-rope walker, distinguished himself in a very novel fashion three years ago in order to mark the occasion of his golden wedding. He announced that he would wheel his wife, in a barrow, along the edge of the railway bridge which spans the:canal at Springzfield, 111. The track was only 11 inches wide, and all went ‘well until two-thirds of the journey -was accomplished, when the strong wind caused him to lose his balance, and it was only with the greatest difficulty that he saved his wife from following the barrow into the canal, 180 feet below. 3 i

TOO NMUCH GOLD. : That Was the Particular Objection That One Man Had to Washington. : An inquisitive-looking little man, whose condition indicated that even his eyesight was below normal, stood on the sidewalk near police headquarters one day this week and was attracted by the glittering gilt on the uniform of a member of the police department, says the Washington Star. e

“There’s so much gold about Washington now,” he remarked to a pedestrian, “that a stranger can’t tell whether a man’s a street car conductor, a steamboat captain, an army officer or an ordinary policeman. Even drivers and porters in business houses are wearing gold. Is Washington full of gotd bugs?” “I guess it’'s something of that kind,” the stranger ventured. ‘There is lots of gold to be seen on uniforms - about the city. : “I'm going to register a kick,” the partly intoxicated man said: ‘‘You see, I'm a democrat and a free silver man, and I object to these men wearing so much gold on their clothes when there’s no occasion for it.” : ,

“But it brightens the uniform, and gives people to understand that the wearers of the bright colors are more than ordinary people,” suggested the pedestrian who was addressed by the man who had been imbibing. The latter promptly announced that the last remark did not suit him. “Fine clothes may make fine birds,” he said, ‘“but a little gold en a man’s clothes don’t make him any better than I am. Who’s that man walking down there now?” = “He’s Capt. —.” : “Captain of what?” “Of police.” “I've got no more to say except thatl thought he was on a steamboat.” They parted the best of friends. } Wind Shields and Specd. | The idea that a great reduction in the air resistance of high speed trains would result from putting a sharp beak or prow at the head is continually reappearing. We are told that the last new design for a high ‘speed steam locomotive “made in Germany” is to have a wind-splitting beak; and in southern California Mr. H. E. Huntington is reported to be experimenting with stee] i“wind ‘hoods” for interurban electric cars, designed to run at 60 miles an hour,

FROM ALL OVER THE STIATE

THE STRIKE AT MARION. Wrath of Union Men Aroused When Non-Union‘ Men Were Imported.

Marion, Ind. Aug. s.—Twelve nonunion men arrived in Marion from Chicago " Tuesday morning and were marched to the plant of the Gemmer engine and national sweeper works. The union forces attempted to persuade taie men not to take their places, but they marched on. As the nonunion men entered the factory they were searched for firearms by the police. One of the non-union men turned to the mob and shouted: “We are not stone throwers.” ‘‘Neither are we” repliecd one of the strikers. “You're 'a liar,” yelled the non-union man. -

The non-union man was then pulled into the factory and the door bolted. It was expected that serious trouble would occur at 6 o’clock, but it was avoided by the company. Cots and bedding and a cooking outfit was purchased by the manufacturers, and the non-union men were kept in the factory, where they will be guarded. Quartermaster General Oran Perry, of the Indiana national guard. arrived in Marion Tuesday, and was present at the factory Tuesday night when the union men made their demonstrations. He will report the conditions to Gov. Durbin. ; .

The Central Trades Council held its regulat meeting Tuesday night.. Owing to the large attendance it was necessary to occupy the largest hall in the city. A referendum vote was polled, boycotting the product cf the two firms that have locked the workmen out. A number of police detailed to guard the factory was doubled Tuesday night, 14 officers being on duty at the plant. ‘

It -is thought the 12 men imported from Chicago are strike breakers who were employed in the Homestead strike and the Cleveland street car strike. - e

THE MOB GATHERED. They Scemed Bent on Lynching a Man 7 ‘at Aurora, Ind. ‘ Aurora, ind, Aug. 4—A riot and possible lynching on a principal street was averted Monday only by the determination displayed by Marshal Frark Doerr. Peter Fahey, it is alleged, used improper language toward Mrs. John Rosenbeck, and resisted when Marshal Doerr attempted to arrest him. Though unmercifully beaten about the head Fahey succeeded in gaining the officer’s mace and attacked Doerr, who pulled his revolver and was about to shoot Fahey when County Clerk John Ulrich struck Fahey below the ear with his fist, knocking him down. 3

Doerr, with the assistance of Officer Thompson and County Clerk Ulrich, bound Fahey hand and foot and deputized four citizens to carry him to the city prison. A crowd of about a hundred citizens demanded the prisoner, but the officers with drawn revolvers succeeded in landing Fahey in jail. Fahey threatens to take tae life of both Marshal Doerr and Clerk Ulrich when he is released. . SWEETHEART JILTED HIM. On the Doorstep of Her Home Ballard Winfield Killed Himself. Evansville, Ind., Aug. s.—Brooding over the fact that his sweetheart had jilted him, Ballard Winfield, aged 23, went to her house early Tuesday morning, and, being refused admittance, drank a bottle of carbolic acid as he .stood on the doorstep. He lived but a short time. Winfield recently came here from Woodbury, Ky., where his father owns a large farm.

Drowned in Central America. Bloomington, Ind., Aug. 4.—A message was received from Central America announcing that Horner Massey had been drowned. He was a wellknown young married man of this city, the son of A. T. Massey, and was employed with a lumber construction company. The body has been recovered and will be sent home for burial Crusade Against Spitting on Sidewalks Evansville, Ind., Aug: 4.—The women of Oakland City, Ind., have organized a crusade against spitting on sidewalks of the town. They will endeavor to have an anti-gpitting ordinance passed, such as is in force in this city. The women say they are tired of dragging their skirts through filth. : : Not Likely to Honor the Requisition. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. s.—Accordtag to Col. Lockwood, private secretary to Gov. Durbin, rthere is little probability of the chief executive’s changing his mind and honoring the requisition for Taylor and Finley, which, it is said, is again to be made by Gov. Beckham, of Kentucky.

Dr. Emanuel Anthony Dead. Indianapolis, Ind.,, Aug. 5.— Dr. Emanuel Anthony, one of the oldest physicians in Indianapolis, died Tuesday. He graduated from the PhysioMedical institute of Cincinnati in 1869 and for many years was a member of the faculty. 2 Sent Back to the Reformatory. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 4.—Earl Spain, who attempted to sell Detective Gerber a stolen horse, was several days ago returned to the reformatory to serve nine years of a 14~yeau"‘< sentence for grand larceny. Either Malice or Jest. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 4.—Either through malice or jest four men, who had been drinking with William Donnell in a: West Michigan street saloon, poured alcohol on his clothes Monday night and then ignited the alcohol. Donnell was seriously burned. To Meet in, Warsaw. Andersos, Ind., Aug. 3—G. A. R. men have been advised that the next state encampment may be held in Warsaw or at Winona I.ake. The council of administration will meet in Warsaw wexi Tuesday. ;

STRANGE MARRIAGE CEREMONY. En Route to Funeral Services in a Cemetery the Couple Were United. Aurora, Ind., Aug. 4—An unusual marriage ceremony occurred when Rev. Mr. Davies united Charles Sheldon, aged 21, an employe of the Royer wheel works, and Miss Mary Kirkpatrick, aged 17. The couple have been keeping company for about a year, and notwithstanding the objections on the part of the bride’s parents became engaged. Sunday the couple, with the license in the groom’s pocket, were hunting for a ininister to perform the ceremony when they- met Rev. Mr. Davies cn his way to a cemetery to attend a funeral. Informing Rev. Davies of their desire to marry, he invited them into his carriage, and while driving to the cemetery they were pronounced man and wife. Upon their return to the bride’s; home to seek forgiveness the mother refused them admission, so they drove to the groom's home in Dillsboro, Ind. HIS VOICE RESTORED. An Indiana Man Recovered It in a Singular Manner. Elkhart, Ind., Aug. 3.—lmpressed by a dream that resort to bleeding at the wrist would restore his voice, Valentine Marx, a farmer near here, had Dr. J. B. Greene, of Mishawaka, make an incision just above the right elbow. He firmly believes the restoration to practically full power of speech was due to the operation, which took place Wednesday, though the doctor was skeptical and hesitated to comply. In June, 1899, Marx lost the power to talk except in a faint whisper. Saturday he surprised friends in Elkhart by greeting them as of old. Physicians had told him that a bullet in his ileft lung, received at Stone river, as a 'soldier of the Ninth Indiana, probably caused voice paralysis. : KILLED BY HIS FARMHAND. ‘ The Murderer Then Fired the House and Both Bodies Were Cremated. Rensselaer, Ind., Aug. 4.—Charles Medworth, a farmer living near Mount Ayr, eight miles west of here, was murdered Monday afternoon by his! farm employe, known only as Johm. The murderer set fire to the house and the bodies of both were found in the ruins. The man had worked for three vears and had always refused to give his name. There was a quarrel over a settlement which was overheard by another employe who was told by John to leave or he too would be I§illed. Medworth was shot, fled into the house, was followed and killed by the hired man, who then set fire to the house and killed himself. THREW HIS MONEY AWAY. Ran Through the Tcwn and Then Drowned Himself in a Creek. Clifford, Ind., Aug. s.—Buck Garrett, an Edinburg Negro, drowned himself in Flatrock creek Monday. He was demented and went through the streets yelling at the top of his voice and throwing away coins, declaring he had no use for money. Later he left town and a party of men followed him by the marks of his bare feet to the banks of Flatrock creek, at a deep hole, where the footprints ended. His body was recovered Tuesday morning,

Chemical Coal. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 3.—The organization of the Chemical Hard and Soft Coal Manufacturing Co., with a capital of $500,000, is the first step of a number of well-known capitalists to apply an invention of Anton V. Hassman, a tailor of Elkhart, to the production of fuel to take the place of coal. < Honeymoon Interrupted. Anderson, Ind., Aug.- 3.—The honeymoon of Mr. and Mrs. Louis May was disturbed Saturday midnight by Constable Hallis going to Muncie and arresting May on the charge of beating a board bill in this city. He pleaded guilty, paid the fine and squared the bill. : Preferred Death to Forced Marriage. Lebanon, Ind., Aug. s.—Because he was coerced into marrying the daughter of Wm. Sample, of Sheridan, last Thursday, to compromise a suit, Chas. Roberts, aged 27, the son of a wellknown farmer of this county, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head, dying instantly, Seventeen Paroles Granted. Jeffersonville, Ind., Aug. s.—Gov. Durbin concluded his visit to the reformatory and returned to Indianapolis. The board of managers adjourned Tuesday afternoon granting 17 paroles. Orders were given to abolish the guards’ dining room September 1.

Bids For New Courthouse, Evansville, Ind., Aug. s.—The commissioners of Boonville opened bids at Boonville for a new courthouse. There were eight bids and all were rejected because they were higher than the $50,000 appropriation made by the city council. ; Engineer Sutton Dead. Muncie, Ind., Aug. 5.—S. L. Sutton, 66 yvears old, in the employ of the Big Four since he was 18 years of age and one of Its best known engineers for many years, died at his home in this city ‘'Tuesday night. His Head Severed By a Saw. Frankfort, Ind., Aug. 4.—Oscar Tansey, a farmer, Monday evening, with a force of men, was cutting wood with a buzz saw. As Tansey stooped over to adjust it the saw frame gave way. The saw hit him in the neck and severed his head. _ To Wed An Heiress, Elkhart, Ind., Aug. 4.—lnvitations are out for the marriage of Charlotte Bucklen, an heiress, to J. P. Brady, a Cleveland attorney, on August 15, at the country home of. the bride’s pa rents, Redfield farm, just acrth cf here

Head®of French Parliament Group Writes of Conference. Says Time Is Opportune for Making ~ Agreement with England—-0b- : jects of New Poliey. Paris, Aug. 6.—Baron d’Estournelles de Constant, who headed the French parliamentary arbitration group on its recent visit to London, has written an important letter to Foreign Minister Delcasse, setting forth the results of the recent exchanges of views in London and Paris between 'members of the British and French parliaments and the leading ministers of the two governments. " The new policy has three essential objects: First, the conclusion of a reasonable arbitration treaty,?similar to that negotiated between Great Britain and the United States, and in accordance with clause 19 of The Hague international arbitration convention; second, a reduction in the overwhelming naval expenses, in agreement with France and Russia, concerning which the baron claims to have received categorical verbal and written assurances; third, a friendly settlement of outstanding differences which for 20 yeaps have exhausted the resources of diplomacy.

FOR INDUSTRIAL PEACE. Hanna Says Object of Civice Federation Is to Bring Employer and Employe Together. Cleveland, 0., Aug. s.—Senator Hanna, in an address devoted to an explanation of the purpose of the Civic federation, of which he is chairman, delivered before members of the Cleveland Builders’ exchange, said in part: “Since the organization of the Civic federation the working people have been prosperous as never before, and 'so has the employer. The wage earners, however, thought to themselves: ‘Are we getting our share of this prosperity? I must admit that in many cases they were not. We aim to remedy that condition. Where there is a difference of opinion between labor and capital, we try to bring them together. The federation does not act as a board of arbitration. We only want to make it possible to get the employer and the employe together to adjust their troubles. A failure on the part of the federation to bring them together has been very rare indeed. We have been instrumental in settling nearly 100 strikes in “two years. The only failure of importance was in the great anthracite strike. I made a propositon to the mine owners to settle the strike on a basis of five per cent. advance to the miners, and they refused. The arbitration board appointed by President Roosevelt gave the miners more than twice as much. If our offer had been accepted, it would have saved this country $200,000,000.” MUST SPEAK ENGLISH. Néw York Judge Lays Down New Qunlifications for Applicants for Naturalization Papers. . Albany, N. Y., Aug. 6.—Judge Cllifford D. Gregory, in the county court, in rejecting 60 applications for naturalization papers, established a precedent by making the following declaration: ; “I will not naturalize any person who comes before me and is unable to speak the English language sufficiently to make himself understood. I will compel them to answer questions reganding their age, place of nativity, when they arrived in the United States and other questions which I deem essential to good citizenship, and if they fail to make satisfactory answers, I will refuse to grant them necessary papers. When a man has been in this country five years and is unable to talk our language, in my opinion, he is net fit to be admitted to cit}izenship, and I will act accordingly.”

Increase Is Large. Chicago, Aug. 7.—The action of the Rock Island Railroad company in granting an increase of wages to its conductors and trainmen completes the success of the railway unicns in the movement for better pav which they began a year ago in Kansas City. It is estimated that $10,000,000 has been added to the yearly payrolls of the 50 western railroads, and that 40,000 men will share in the increase. Mob Kills Negro. i ~ Lewisburg, Tenn., Aug. s.—One negro was killed and another fatally wounded by a band of white cappers Monday night. There were between 15 and 30 in the mob. A negro preacher named John Millikin was the man killed, and John Hunter, a son-in-law of Millikin, was fatally shot. No cause is assigned for the killing, as. both Millikin and Hunter bore good reputations. X Dowie a Cltiz_e—;. . Chicago, Aug. 6. — John Alexander Dowie, general overseer of the Christian Catholic Church, was made a citizen of the United States Wednesday by Judge Gary, of the superior court. Dr. Dowie, by his affidavit filed, renounced all allegiance to the sovereign of Great Britain and Ireland and swore to support the constitution of the United States.

’ Salary Is $75,000. New York, Aug. 6.—The salary of William E. Corey, president of the United States Steel corporation, who was elected on Tuesday to succeed Charles M. Schwab, has been fixed at $75,000 a year. . This is $25,000 less than the salary which Mr. Schwab received. Money for Senator. Jackson, Miss., Aug. 7.—Returns from the state up to midnight indicate that in the democratic primaries held Thursday Senator H. D. Money received the nomination for the United States senate and James K. Vardaman the nomination for governor. Gold Found in Porto Rico. San Juan, Porto Rico, Aug. 6.—Dr. John Clayton Gifford, formerly of Cornell university, who is exploring the new Luquilla forest reserve in Porto Rico, reports the discovery of new gold streams, the soil in which is crudely panned by a few natives. . Convicted on Third Trial. St. Louis, Aug. 6.—Harry A. Faulkner, former member of the house of delegates, as the result of his third trial on the charge of perjury, was convicted and his punishment fixed at three years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary ; o

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. Lesson in the International Series for August 16, 1903—Saul ! Tries to Kill David. - . ; THE LESSON TEXT. : - (1 Sam., 18:5-16.) _ 6. And David went out whithersoever Baul sent him, and behaved himself wiseIy; and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants, . : 6. And it came teo pass asthey came, when | David was returned from the slaughter of | the Philistine, that the women came out | of all the cities of Israel, singing and danc- | Ing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with Jjoy, and with instruments of music. 7. And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. S 8. And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him, and Le =aid, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands;; and what can he Lave more but the kingdom? 9. And Saul eyed David from that day and forward, . 10. And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in -the midst of the house; and David played with Kis hand, as at other times; and there was a javelin in Saul's hand. . 11. And Saul cast the javelin; for ke said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presencé twice. ) ’ 12. And Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul. @ . ) 13. Therefore Saul removed him from him,” and made. him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. . 14. And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the Lord was witk him. 15. Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he wasafraid of him, i 570 16. But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them. i . GOLDEN TEXT.—-God is our refuge and strength, a very prescent help in trouble.—Ps. 46:1. )

OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION. Davi@ introduced to Saul..l Sam:, 17:55-33. Jonathan’s love for David.....l Sam., 18:1-4, David's p0pu1arity............1 Sam., 18:3-%. Saul’s jea10u5y................1 Sam., 18:8-11, Saul’s fear.....eeeeeeennnn....l Sam., 18:12-16.

Saul's p10t.......c..cev.e... ..l Sam., 18:17-20. TlMEO—Probably about its 2 B. C, PLACE.—Gibeah, where Saul had his royal residence, about four miles north of Jerusalem, . g NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Two different accounts are given of the introduction of David to King Saul, which are somewhat confusing. After his anointing by Samuel, David was summoned to court to charm away “the evil spirit that troubled Saul” by means of his talent with the harp. But the narrative studied last Sunday introduces David as a stranger to the king. -Of course David's visits at court may have been few, and Saul's failure to recognize him at Socoh may have been due to his older and altered appearance, or to the fact that Saul had seen him only during his fits of madness. David's appointinent as armor-bearer, ‘mentioned in 16:21, was doubtless subsequent to his victory over Goliath.

The! slayer of Goiiath had been promised the hand of tihe king's daughter. But he won instead the hearts of the king’s son and all the people. The adulation heaped upon him by countless admirers and-the honors bestowed by the king were a severer test of his sturdy character than was the conflict with Goliath. But David was unspoiled by success. “Behaved himself wisely:” This is emphasized three times in the narrative. “When David returned:” XNot from killing Goliath, but some time

later. This celebration was later in the same war with the Philistines, which had continued. The immoder-

ate flattery of the women was the beginning of David's trouble. *Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you.” His excess of popularity proved his undoing. -He would have been far better off without it, for it aroused the king’s jealousy. “And Saul eyed David from that day:” Anger, jealousy-and suspicion rankled in the king's heart because of the praises of the popular hero. Heretofore David had been but a shepherd youth in Saul's eyes. Now he views him as a rival. He remembers, with a guilty uneasiness; the keen words of Samuel warning him that Jehovah would *rend the kingdom from him and give it to a neighbor who was better than he.” The very thought brings on his- old-time madness, and when David, as beforg, tries to comfort and calm him with his music, the jealous king in a burst of passion hurls his javelin at him. David twice escapes. . Saul was superstitious (see 28:7), and because David so readily escaped his javelin, he believed him to bear “a charmed life.” Therefore he begins to fear him. ~He: feels constrained, however, to assign him to duty as an officer in the army, because of his popularity. When fear is added to jealous.suspicion, treachery soon follows. Fearing to oppose David publicly, Saul secretly plots to cause his death. His hope that he may die in battle is' not realized. so he urges him to special deeds of boldness in order to win in marriage the king’s daughter, Michal. The plot is a mean one, but David passes the ordeal unscathed and wins the prize, becoming the king's son-in-law. Constantly baffled in his jealous plans, Saul nurses kis wragh and bides his time.

AMONG THE STATES. In shipbuilding Pennsylvania stands first and New York second, while California is a good third. Oregon is contemplatinz the erection, at a cost of $lO,OOO, of a huge wigwam, 180 feet high, for its state building at the world’s fair in St. Louis. The wigwam is planned to be primarily an exhibit of the lumber resources of that state, and will be constructed of trees 200 feet long, crossing 180 feet above the ground, after the primitive houses of the American Indians. The proposed. structure would occupy a ground area of 50 by 100 feet. : : : '

Jean A. Crone, a newspaper man of Augusta, Me., Who is to visit every state capital in the United States, covering a distance of over 21,000 miles inside of three years and six months, is nearing Lansing, Mich.,, having already covered 2,194 miles since April 1. He says he is making the journey on a wager of $5,000 and is walking the entire distance, pushing a wheel-barrow-shaped contrivance which he calls a trolyette, which contains his clothing, sleeping tent, food; etc..

RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY. Congregationalists Will Hold Meectings at Pottawattamie Point, Near New Buffalo, Mich. - i Chicago, Aug. 7.—A large attendance at the Congregational summer assembly, which will be held at Pottawattamie Point, near New Buffalo, Mich., bgginniné August 15 and continuing to September 1, is assured by the cooperation of the United Brethren and the Methodist , Protestant churches, which are said to be respouding very-generally and favorabiy to the invitations sent out by the management of the assembly. While Congregational in name, it is designed to make the assembly undenominatioral, in that all will be welcome to attend and study under teachers that will be present during the time aliotted and participate in the organization of ithe assemply along national lines. The Bible teachers mentioned are President H. C. King, D. D., of Oberlin college; Prof. E. 1. Bosworth, D. D., dean of the Oberlin theological schocl. and Prof. Frank K. Sanders; D. D., dean aof the Yale theological seminary.

DESTRUCTIVE HAILSTORM. Sheep Struck Dead, and Cattle and Horses Severely Injured by Huge Chunks of Ice. - Denver, Col., Aug. 7.—Details of the storm which prevailed along the easiern slope of the Rocky mountains in Colorado and southern Wyoming Wednesday night show it to have been much more severe than at first reported. In some sections the hail fall was unprecedented. In the neighborhooad of Greeley and Eaton, in the northera part of Colorado, chunks of ice measuring, in some instance, ten inches in length, fell, and the damage wrought was immense. Sheep were siruck dead in the corrals, and cattle and horses were severely injured. Farm houses and barns were wrecked and crops uiterly wiped out of existence. Near Greeley a man named Johnson was severely bruised and rendered unconscious by the hail. Near Lafaverte, Col,. there were two storms. the second following the first within 15 minutes, and with greater severits.

DO NOT LIKE OUR MONEY. Coins Minted for Ise in Philippines ~ Fail to Circulate Freels—Bankers to .\i.d Government. Manila, Aug. 7.—The “efiort of Ihe United States governmcnt 1@ iniToduce its new currency inio the Philippine islands nas nol met with the success that was anticipaied. Although a large quantiity of the coins minted at San Francisco has reached the islands, there is considerable prejudice against their use, especially im the provinces. ~ The -bankers of Manila, having become convincad of the necessity of actioa in the matier, Teld a conference Thursday with Gov. Taft and after a full discussion promised 1o render the government all ithe 2id in their power to secure ths aceepiance of the American peso as “he sangard of value and the general use of the DEW coins. - DRAW THE COLOR LINE. Officerson Shih Columbia at Breekism Navy Yard Refuse to Mess 3 ’ with a Negro. New York, Aug. 7.—The color iine has been drawn on board the Unitad States receiving ship Columbia, at Ibe Brooklyn navy yard. The chiei peay officers have refused to mess witk 2 negro who has just been swomn iz as chief carpenter’s mate. Ther have asserted their unwillingness to associzve ‘with him in any way, or 1o Tecsive or carry out any orders that may come to thom through him in the lime of duty. Fon

Isaac Miller, the chief ~carpeniers mate, is not a full-blooded mezra. f=ta has been’in the navy many Years and has a good record. Capi. Szow said Miller's rights would be proiecied. as the navy makes no distinction as 16 color. : T Mob Lynches Rich Farmer. Asotin, 'Wash., Aug. 6 —Desmie Ithe cfforts of. the little wictim’s father, Sheriff Richards, of Asotin “eBTEErT. who had sworn 1 23 deputics 1o guard the brute, William Hamilion = well-to-do farmer, the seli-comiessad outrager and brutal murderer of linde Mabel Richards, was forcibiy taken from the -Asolin couniy jail at 31215 Wednesday morning and Irnched s a mob of over 1902 jnen wtich bad been congregating sll dsx from 231 parts of Asotin c¢ounty. : Mock War in Eaziand. . " London, Aug. 6 —War was decizred Wednesday between the home Sest under the command of Admiral Wilson ané the Mediteranean Beet, commanded by Admiral Domville. The annual British naval maneuvers thus commenced are regarded as the most interesting yet devised by the admiralty. Altogether 2% battleships and 43 cruisers will be entered in a contest for the commsné of the sea between two maritime countries. One Ceonviet Captured. - Auburn, Cal., Aug. 7—Convict Al bert Seavis, the colored convict ané one of the 13 who escaped m Faisom prison, is in jail here with bullet wounds in both of his légs. He was captursd shortly after wmime o'dock Thursday night when the train. which he took at New Castje. arrived. To Remain in Indis. Simla, India, Aug. s.—Viceroy Carzon has informed the council that he hes decided to accept the governmemts offer of an extension of his term of efice, with permission to take 2 wvacstior in England in 1904, should he so desire. " Mrs. McKinley's Unclie Deadl. .- Canton, 0., Aug. & —Joseph Ssxtom, aged 73 years,died of cerebral anaemus He was probably the best kmows mesident of Canton and was knowm %o the younger people as “Uncle Joe™ S and was a frequent visitor $o the M~ Kinley home. - e

Five Seamen Drewmed. ; New Bedford. Mass., Ang 7—3 sug arrived here %m anéd Teported the loss ‘barge Fiomie between Barnegat and Fire isiand @ ing a storm. Five persoss went Sowa with the barge. : : ,