Ligonier Banner., Volume 43, Number 26, Ligonier, Noble County, 17 September 1908 — Page 2

The Ligonier Banner LIGONI.ER, INDIANA.

Record of the Most Important Events Condensed for the : Perusal of the Busy Man.

PERSONAL. Judge Alton B. Parker said he was not willing to make the race for governor of New York. “Billy"- Sunday, the evangelist, armed with a sledgehammer, destroved $3,500 worth of plates containing an edition of his sermons in the pressroom of the W. B. Conkey Paublishing company at Hammond, Ind. Congressman George L. Lilley was nominated for governor of Connecticut by the Republicans. - Orville Wright, in three phenomenal flights at Fort Myer, established new aeroplane records that indicate that aerial flight is now only a matter of development. He made two flights of approximately one hour’ each, and another flight in which two men were whirled through the air for upward of six minutes.

William K. Vanderbilt, Jr, on returning from Europe, announced that he had retired from automolile racing. :

;I‘he Independence party in Minnesota - named William H. Allen of St. Paul for governor. !

President Roosevelt's vacation, according to present plans,-will come to en end on September 22, when the chief executive and his family .will depart frdm Sagamore Hill to take up their residence in the White House at Washington for the coming winter and spring.

‘Harry J. Handy of the New Illinois Athletic club won the Marathon tenmile swimming race at St. Louis. Judge Taft left Middle Bass island for Cincinnati te begin active cam-

paign work. ) . Gov. Davidson of Wisconsin saved the lives of two men on Lake Mendota. The men were in a canoe that capsized. The governor rowed to the rescue.

Charles W. Anderson, the modern Jean ¥aljean, who was taken to Fort Leavenworth prison to serve out a sentence, after prospering in business, and who was released about a vear ago, was arrested in Kansas City, Mo., on a charge of keeping a gambling house. i

Roy Young, 15 years old, pleaded guilty to charges of burglary, larceny, arson and riot in connection with the race war at Springfield, 111., and was sentenced to the Pontiac reformatory.

GENERAL NEWS.

Batling Nelson clinched his claim to the lightweight pugilistic championship by defeating Joe Gans for the second time at San Francisco. The fight ended in the twenty-first round when Gans, ‘peaten down by a succession of blows' from his sturdy conqueror, failed to get upon his feet within the count of ten. .

A severe gale caused many casualties among smaller craft along the coast of Great Britain. ' The schooner Phyllis Gray, laden with coal, went aground and turned turtle and the crew of six- men were lost. .

Philip Lilienthal, manager of the Anglo-California bank, San Francisco, was killed in an automobile accident.

The Republican - squabble in West Virginia was ended by the recognition of the Swisher convention as regular. ‘ln view of 7,000 persons at the Richmond county fair, held at Dongan Hills, Staten Island, William Coby, a youthful balloonist of Milwaukee, fel from an exploded = balloon and was probably mortally injured.

Heavy rain fell in northern Minnegota, saving Hibbing from the forest fires.

"~ The McAlpin trophy in the national shooting tournament at Seagirt, N. J,, was won by the Ohio team.

The Belgian senate adopted the Congo annexation treaty and the colonial chsrter.. :

Pearson Talley of Wilmington, Del,, while insane fatally injured his wife, his adopted daughter and her husband with a broadax.

Capt. Walter Auble of the San Francisco police was probably fatally shot by burglars.

Fire nearly wiped out the village of Chickasaw, seven miles south of Celina, O. Loss, $40,000. The business section of Sumner, Miss., was burned and one man lost his life.

The Canadian Pacific railroad has decided to take back to work the mechanics who are now out on strike, at the wages agreed upon by the majority of the board of consultation. John Schwendinger, aged 45, and Louis Traut, aged 19, were drowned while swimming in the Mississippi river at Kimbel's park, near Dubuque, Ja. Traut was taken with cramps and Schwendinger went to his aid. Schwedinger leaves .a wife and seven children.

. Armour & Co.’s immense woolhouse and fertilizing plant at the TUnion stockyards at Chicago were destroyed by fire, the loss approximating $500,000. A. S. Waters of Tampa, Fla., killed himself at Hot Springs, Ark., by jumping from a hot%r window. : Salt Lake City won over Washington for the forty-third encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic next year by a vote of 461 to 104. Peter J. Schollert of St. Paul, Minn., fis wife and her brother, Lewis Christiansen, were asphyxiated by illuminat-

D. R. Anderson, former cashier of the First National bank of Masontown, Pa., died at the pepitentiary from paralysis. He was serving a fiveyear sentence for embezzlement. Factions of the union and non-union stogie makers of ‘Gallipolis, 0., met on the street and fought a desperate battle which resulted in serious injury to John White and Clarence Bayes. Hibbing, the largest town on the Mesaba Range, was threatened with destruction by forest fires and a desperate fight was made to save it. Grand Marais also was reported in great danger. Mrs. Abbie Rice testified at the inquest over Dr. F. H. Rustin of Omaha that he had planned for her te shoot him and kill herself and that wher she weakened he told her he ha made the same arrangement with C. E. Davis, a bank clerk. Mr. Davis admitted Dr. Rustin gave him drugs with which to commit suicide but denied any knowledge of the physician’s death. .

Republican standpatters in the lowa legislature blocked the election of Gov. Cummins tc the United States senate. |

~ Rev. Leonard W. Snyder of Norwood, 0., was arraigned in the police court at Richmond, Va., fined $l5 and sent to jail for six months omn a charge.of disorderly conduct. Berthe Claiche, who killed . Emile Gendron in New York because he forced her to sell herself to support him, was paroled from Auburn prison.

One boy was killed and two were seriously hurt at Hammond, Ind., by the collapse of a cave they had dug. While the parents were away from home the residence of J. C. Burdette, near New Brighton, Minn., burned and five small children met death by suffocation. '

William, the 14-year-old son of Leander Sheetz, a hotel keeper of Lancaster, Pa., committed suicide because his -parents compelled him to go to school. . 3 [

Kansas City is in fear of a race war, the negroes having purchased firearms. . ‘

Mrs. Joseph Pitts of Lisbon, N. D., was burned to death in a sleeping car that caught fire at Staples, Minn. The Eucharistic conference of the Catholic church opened in the Westminster cathedral, London, with Cardinal Vanutelli presiding. An attempt was made to turn a meeting of unemployed workingmen of New York into an anarchistic demonstration, and for half an hour the big meeting held in Cooper Union was the scene of wild excitement, during which red flags were raised, the police denounced and incendiary speeches made. Alexander Berkman and a young woman were arrested. Stanley Ketchel of Michigan, former middleweight champion of the world, was knocked out in the twelfth round at Los Angeles by Billy Papke of Illlinois, who is now middleweight champion of the world. : A crank armed with an antiquated “bulldog” revolver was caught near the president’s house ‘at Sagamore Hill by the secret service guards. Paris Fletcher, member of a wellknown real estate firm of St. Paul, Minn., and prominent socially, was instantly killed and Mrs. Fletcher was severely injured by the overturning of their automobile at Minneiska, near Wabasha, Minn. The steamer Rutledge, the largest excursion craft in local waters, was badly damaged while attempting to pass through the Northwestern drawbridge at Winona, Minn. : Forest fires broke out anew in northern Minnesota, destroying the village of Snowball and threatening several large towns. The Union passenger station at Memphis, Tenn., was destroyed by fire.

At Mayfield, Ky.,, Henry Hyatt, 50 vears of age, shot his wife twice, perhaps fatally, and then committed suicide. : e

Carroll Hall, aged 14, of Danville, N. H., accidentally shot and killed his 16-year-old sister. » A large force of police used batons on 2,000 Socialists who attempted to storm the cathedral at Glasgow during service. There seems to be no doubt now that the recent fight between the troops of Abd-el-Aziz and those of Mulai Hafid resulted in a complete victory for the Hafidists, under E. Glawi, ond that Abd-el-Aziz's last hope is gone.

A gasoline explosion in the basement of the Taylor-Palmer garage, a three-story structure in the Backbay at Boston, practically ruined nearly 80 automobiles and wrecked the interior of the building, causing a loss estimated at $200,000. , “Want” advertisements have been found helpful by the navy department in its recruiting work, and hereafter most of the money available for that purpose will be spent in that class of advertisements, in preference to the display forms.

It is announced that.as a result of Samuel Gompers’ recent visit to Texas a political alliance has been formed between the National Farmers’ Union and the American Federation of Labor. g Daniel Godell of Omaha shot and killed Miss Edna Kennett because she was about to marry another man.

Provision is being made at the war department to increase the garrison at Yellowstone National park. It is proposed to double the force. The recent hold-up by a lone road agent of seven tourist coaches with 120 passengers calls attention to the necessity of a more thorough supervision of the park precincts. . ! Robbers dynamited the post office safe at Breckenridge, Mo., and got away with $l,lOO worth of stamps and a small amount of cash. OBITUARY. " “Dr. Frederick Rustin came to his death by a pistol shot fired by a pergon unknown,” was the verdict of the coroner’s jury in Omaha. The jury recommended - that Charles E. Davis, who .was implicated by Mrs. Abbie C. Rice, be held, and that his conduct on the night of September 1 be thoroughly investigated. Dr. Cabell Whitehead, general manager of the Seward Peninsula railroad in Alaska, was killed at Nome. . Mrs. Sale Ruthford died at Topeks, Kan., aged 113 vears. :

BIRD LIFE HUMAN ESSENTIAL

NECESSARY TO MAN’S EXISTENCE —WORK FOR HIM. DAILY FROM DAWN TO DUSK.

PRESERVE THE FOOD SUPPLY Activity of the Robin, Wren, Kingbird and Nighthawk—Sparrow Is Condemned by Expert Clark in Treatise on the Subject. BY EDWARD B. CLARK. (Associate Member American Ornithologists’ Union.)» (Copyright, Joseph B. Bowles.) Science has shown that bird life must be counted as one of the elements of the wealth of nations. . Science has shown further that the annihilation of bird life means.the annihilation of human life. This latter confident assertion failed of its effect when it was given to the world, for no other reason than that of its startling nature. The people put it down for a bit of scientific buncombe.

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mass of the people finally were moved to consider ‘“the fowls of the air” by pure sentiment rather than by any fear that the disappearance of -the birds would be followed by the depopulation of the globe. The feeling of humanity has done much to check the thoughtless slaughter of the song and insectivorous birds. '

Their close companionship may be won by him who will seck it in sympathy and in kindliness. .

Possibly the use of storyo and illustration will make an impression upon the mind. With the exception 6f a few berries and cherries, the food of the common robin consists entirely of insects. The robin at certain seasons of the year eats about doubli. its weight in insects eyery day. At first glance, the robin b‘:i‘ng comparatively small, it may not seem that.this gustatory performance is anything remarkable, but stop a moment to make a comparison. A man, in order to satisty an equally well-developed appetite, 'would have to eat about 300 pounds of food all told at his three daily meals. To have the capacity to care for this amount of provender he would needs be 30 feet high, ten feet thick from front to back and five feet broad across the shoulders. If he were to remain as thin as he is today .his stature would have to be increased until he towered above the Washington monument in order to give him room within his body to put the food which it would be necessary to eat to sustain life. It must be borne in mind that the robin and its brother birds breakfast, dine and sup largely upon noxious insects.

L.ook at the accompanying cut to see what the midget of a house wren (Troglodytes aedon) does for man in the way of checking the plague of creeping and flying things. You will search the record of the house wren in vain to find any evidences of fruit stealing. He dearly loves grasshoppers, cutworms, weevils and the unpleasantly named stink bugs. The wren loves spiders, too, and, while spiders have a use, they are not overpleasant companions, and there be few men or women who will blame Jenny Wren for depopulating the webs. -

There is another bill of fare on the printed page. It is that of the Englisbh sparrow. In a chapter on necessity of the preservation of the birds it may seem strangeé to read the recommendation that one wide-spread species of birds be _condemned to death ‘. and executed as rapidly as means may be found. A glance at the. daily foog list of the Engligh sparrow (passer domesticus) gives sufficient reason for his death sentence. As a

SHE PREFERRED THE PEARLS

Perhaps That Was Reason for Girl's Aversion to Pets. - A “No, 1 don’t want this griffon. You may send it back,” said the girl graduate. Her father patted the priceless dog's rough head. “But why?’ he staminerea - “Keeping pets is too brutal,” she replied. “I can’'t see how a person ef delicacy can keep pets. It is as bad as living in a cemetery vault. You get a dog. Its puppyhood is charming. But it matures; it grows old; in a few years, decrepit, gray-faced, it dies. Then you get another dog and watch it also swiftly grow old and die. With cats it is the same. With birds it is the same. . '

“Aunt Jane has kept cat and dog and bird pets all her life, and her life has been one long succession of little pet funerals. Two or three times a month ever since I can remember we have found her in tears over the corpse of a French bull or over the fresh grave uf a love bird, or over

matter of fact, however, the bill of fare does not tell half the tale. | The sparrow, not content with being almost wholly a grain eater, does its best to kill off the tribes of brrdg\t_hat,ignoring grain, seek as food the pests which prey upon the -vegetation. A pair of house wrens started to build a nest in a box which haq been nailed on the top of a post in the rear of a city residence. The person who put up the home for Jenny and her husband made the mistake of cutting too large a hole for an entrance. After the nest was completed and the eggs were laid two English sparrows came along during the temporary absence of the wrens, broke all the eggs and threw a large part of the nest out of the box. The wrens are fighters and would have thrashed the sparrows if they had caught them at their tricks. They viewed the destruction of their home with dismay and anger, but soon started in to build again. A cleat was nailed over a part of the entrance hole by the owner of the yard, making it so small that the sparrows could not enter, while the wrens. had no difficulty in slirving in. They now have a second nest full of eggs.

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This instance is given simply to gshow ‘the nature of the sparrow and to point out what it is doing to our native insectivorous birds all over the United States. : : This kiagbird, called in some parts of the country the tyrant flycatcher,

the grotesque but reverent burial of an Angora cat. No pets for me. I desire to be surrounded with objects that make me forget old age, decrepitude and death. You may exchange the griffon, if you like, papa, for a string of small but perfect pearls.” Under Suspicion. - For three Sundays in succession the pastor of a Philadelphia church was gladdened: by the appearance of a backsliding husband in his wife’s pew. Then suddenly this gratifying exhibition of an awakened conscience ceased. One day the pastor met the delinquent in a street car. “I have not seen you at church for some time,” said the preacher. “No,” was the candid reply. “I had to give it up. My wife got so suspicious I couldn’t stand it.” “Suspicious!” exclaimed the pastor. “Yes,’ sald the man; “she got it into her head that I was up to some awful deviltry outside that I was trying to atone for by going to church.

lives almost wholly on winged insects of the injurious kind. It also has an appetite for bees, and it was this marked taste that made trouble for the bird. Its numbers began to diminish under persecution, and then some of the members of Uncle Sam’s biological survey who had a suspicion that the kingbird was being treated badly, began an investigation. It was necessary to be éruel to some hundreds of individuals in order to be kind to the entire family. Kingbirds were killed and their stomachs were examined. It was found that nearly everything they ate was something which, living, was inimical to the farmer's interest. Bees were found in some numbers in the stomach, but strangely enough -the Kkingbirds had distinguished between bees and bees, so to speak, and had left the workers alone to dine off the worthless drones. When this statement of the authorities was published in bulletin form by the government the bee-keepers thought the matter was a huge joke and laughed at the investigations of the scientists. The bee men were induced to do a little investigating themselves, and after a few months’ close cbservation they were willing to let Tyrannus stay unmolested on his perch above the hives. : There is a bird of the sky which the government of the United States regards so favorably that there recently has been issued and sent broadcast through the land a special plea for its protection. This bird in the northern states, for practically the whole breadth of the continent, is known as the nighthawk' (chordeiles virginianus), while in the south it is called the bull ' bat. The nighthawks are residents both of the city and country. They may be heard after sundown emitting a peculiar squeaking note far up ahove the office buildings of the great busy towns. It is only within comparatively recent years that . the nighthawks have shown a liking for city life. They have found in gravelcovered roofs a fair substitute for the stony country field in. which in former years they made their nests. Their eggs are now found frequently upon the roofs of office buildings in all the large cities of the country. The nighthawk zigzags its way across the sky in a flight that @it makes the head swim to watch. It hasg long wings and is thickly feathered, a circumstance which gives it an appearance of. size that is not real.

In reporting on this bird the government expert said: ‘“This enormous stomach must be kept filled to supply motive power for the long wings, which are kept in' motion so mady hours. The food consists of insects taken on the wing and the bird fills its great stomach almost to breaking. The wholesale killing of the nighthawks entails an almost incalculable injury upon agricultural interests.” The instances which have been given are .sufficient to show the necessity for the preservation of certain forms of the bird life of the United States. The examples lof the birds’ usefulness to man might be extended until they comprise nearly every family of birds on the continent. There are of course, some injurious species, but these all taken together would number, as somecne has put it, but few more birds than were found in Lord Dundreary’s famous flock. :

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The Sparrow’s Diet.

¥ There is another side to this bira preservation matter. It is, if you will, the sentimental side. The bird adds both color and music to our lives. In Ithe birdless day that summer will be drear indeed when song !s hushed and silence reigns.

Nothing I could say or do could convince her otherwise; so, to show her that I was living a square life T had to stay away from church.” ~

Queer Notions Abcut Bees.

The idea that bees knaw their keeper, says the Suburban Life, has led to a foolish custom which prevails in certain parts of Europe. When the keeper dies some one goes out to the hives and whispers in each entrance the solemn fact, in order to keep the bees from leaving it; in some Instances the hives are even draped in black. A certain beekeeper died in Austria, and, as the coffin that contained his remains was carried from the hoiuse to the hearse, his bees in large’ numbers clustered on it. Every one present was deeply touched by this mark of their grief, little realizing that it was the fresh varnish on the coffin that had attracted them, and not love for their departed keeper. Anything for Peace and Quilet. A one-armed man wants to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. Well, let him, p he says nothing - more about it. {

ADULT

QUARTERLY REVIEW

Sunday School Lesson for Sept. 20, 1908 Spucially Arranged for This Paper :

SCRIPTURE READING.—PsaIm 18. GOLDEN TEXT.—“And David perceived that the Lord had established h% king over [sraei, and that he had exaMed his kingdom for his people Israel’s. sake.'—2 Sam. 5:12. Lesson Texts, Titles, Places, Etc. Lesson 1.--1 Sam. 8:10-22. Title.—lsrael Asks for a Xing. Place.—Ramah. Persons. —Samuel and BElders of Israel. Golden Text.—"“By .me kings reign, and...... I.esson 2.-1 Sam. 10:17-27. Title.—Saul Chosen King. Place.—Mizpeh. Persons.— Samuel, Saul, Israelites: Golden Text.— “Fie that ruleth over men mu5t......

lesson 3—l Sam. 12:1-5, 13-25. Title.— Samuel Warns Saul and People. Place— Gilgal. Persons.—Samuel, Saul, Israelites. Golden Text.—'‘Only fear the Lord and serve....,. ; Lesson 4.—1 Sam. 15:13-28. Title.—Samuel Rejected by the Lord. Place.—Gilgal. Persons.--Samuel and Saul. Golden Text.—“The Lurd, Our God will we...... Lesson 5.—1 Sam. 16;1-13. Title.—David Anointed at Fethlehem. Place.—Bethlehem. Persons.—Samuel, - Jesse, David. Golden Text.— Man looketh on the outward. ...

Lesson 6.—1 Sam. 17:38-49. Title.—David and Goliath. Place.—Valley of Elah. Persons.—-Saul, David, Goliath. Golden Text.—*“ln the l.ord put Imy trust.” =

Lesson 7.—1 Sam. 18:6-16. Title.—Saul Tries to Kill David. Place.—Gibeah. Persons.—Saul and David. Golden Text.— “The Lord God !s a sun and shield.” Lesson 8.-—1 Sam. 20:30-42, Title.— Friendship of David and Jonathan. Place. —Giheah. Persons.—Saul, David, Jonathan. Golden Text.—‘/A friend loveth at all times...... ¥

Lesson 9.—1 Sam. 26:17-25. Title.—David Spares. Saul’'s Life. Place.—Engedi. Persons.—David and Saul. Golden . Text.— ““Love your enemies, do g00d...... o

Lesson 10.—1 Saruel 31. Title.—Saul and Jonathan Slain in Battle. Place.—Mt. Gilboa. . Persons.--Saul, Jonathan, Philistines. Golden Text.—‘“Prepare to meet thy God.” z . Lesson 11.—2 Sam. 2:1-7, 5:1-5. Ttitle.— David Made King Over Judah and Israel. Place.—Hebron. Fersons.—David, Elders, Israelites. Golden Text.—‘David went on and grew great......

A Story Review.

Let the members of the class tell the following stories, or, having writ ten them out at home, read them to the class. Put them in their most dramatic form: el .

- Story One. How a Farmer’'s Boy Became King (1 Samuel 8-10). Story Two. How Saul Saved the Eyes of the Men of Jabesh (1 Samuel 11 4923, o ; Story Three. A Brave Young Prince (1 Samuel 13, 14). ; Story Four. What Came to.a Man Who Disobeyed God (1 Samuel 13, 15).

Story Five. How a Shepherd Boy Became King (1 Samuel 16, ete.). Story Six. A Young Man’s Battle 'with a Giant (1 Samuel 17). : . Story Seven. Why a Little Boy Went Out Into a Field to Look for Ar rows (1 Samuel 20). Story Eight. The Story of a King Who Tried to Capture His Son-in-Law (1 Samuel 24-26).

Story Nine, The Story of a Beautiful Friendship Beiween Two Young Men (1 Samuel 18, 19, 20). Story Ten. A Song' Called “The Bow,” Found in an Old Book, and Why It Was Written (1 Samuel 31— 2 Samuel 1). David. One of the greatest advantages of studying the lives of great and good men is fcund in discovering the way in which they attained their goodness and their power to make the world better.

Many of the old=r biographies told us rather the heights to which their heroes climbed, but showed us very little of the way. Like Emerson they bade us, “Hitch yorr wagon to a star,” but the star was beyond our reach, and they did not teil us how to reach it. Our need is to trace the path up which they toiled. David’s story » one of the best of all hero stories, because it shows and implies the stairway of faithfulness by which “with painful steps and slow,” “thiough peril; toil, and pain,” “he climbed the steep ascent” and reached the blessedness of his great work for all ages. We can teach it best perhaps by the following diagram, the scholar noting that each feature or act of David’s youth was a means to its attainment. David Was Chosen, not so much for the excellences of character he al ready possessed as for the possibilities of excellence to be developed by the grace of God, through his obedience. It is like the vision of the sculptor who sees the possible statue in the marble; as Michael Angelo once said of a piece of beautiful marble, out: wardly defiled and thrown one side, “] see an angel there and must get him out.” :

- All These Endowments and opportunities were useless to him unless he was faithful and true. God laid the warp of his life in fair colors, but the pattern God designed him to weave in the loom of life could not be formed unless he sent the right threads through the changing lines of the divine providence. & What a Vision of Blessedness this sets before every man! There ever follows close upon ' faithfulness a larger sphere of usefulness and responsibility, increased power, greater influence, because one is fitted for them. ; i

But when he had wrestled, then he was fitted to reign. The Way with All God’s Kings. Maclaren, in the Sunday School Times, speaks thus: “It is a parable oOf the King and the kingdom--small in its beginning, ‘a handful of corn . . . upon the top,of the monntains,” having long warfare to wage, slowly but certainly ‘waxing stronger and stronger,’ like as did the house of David, while the rival waxed weaker and weaker—but sure at lasgto triumph, to possess the land of the forgotten competitor, and to fill the earth with peace and bliss.” '

Habitual Criminals.

Most crimes—thefts, burglaries, assaults, etc.—are committed by a small number of professional criminals: ‘They adopt crime as a career. It is their means of livelihood. They are caught, sent to prison are reiurn when they come out to the same lawless career. They become so expert that they commit many crimes hetosre they are caught. In prison they gre artful hyocrites; becoming quite maactimonious and earning good characirrs from the govwernor and ‘chaplain-—in order to get out sooner.—Lloyd's News. 3

NAME OF “FIGHTING BOB” P»LAdED " ON RETIRED LIST. Picturesque and Spectacular Figure Removed from Public Life by Act—Saw Variety of Service During His Career. - ~ Washington.—Rear-Admiral Robley D. Evans, after a lifetime of service aunder the Stars and Stripes, has retired on reaching the age limit. - Although he has been inactive for sevsral months on account of ill health he has merely been on leave of absence from the Atlantic battleship fleet which was lately under his command. The official . passing of “Fighting Bob” Evans removes one of the most picturesque and spectacular figures of American public lise. He practically closed his official career on. May 7 last when he participated personaily in an imposing parade of soldiers and sailors at San Francisco. - : The admiral has been in ill health for some time and found it expedient to reside in the healthful solitudes surrounding Lake Mohonk, : :

Admiral Evans has seen service of almost every variety in the marine fighting world. In times of peace he was a strict disciplinariar and conducted maneuvers and targel cruises; he ‘worked with the. light house board; he represented the .United States navy at stately gather ings wherg ships of other nations foregathered for pageant and display, and ‘he drove the seal poachers from the Bering sea. = He smelled gunpowder in real fight ing in two wars, the war of the rebel

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“Fighting Bob” Evans.

lion, where he was severely wounded, and the Spanish-American war; he did much to build up the navy and arouse the interest of the people in the fighting power of this nation, and, finally, he condueted the herculean task of guiding the greatest fleet over the greatest cruise in history. o “Fighting Bob” was born in Virginia in 1846, and during his boyhood lived the life of any other care-free American lad. . :

Upon the death of his father Evans went to live with his uncle, Alexander H. Evans, in Washington, D. C. Here he attended Gouzaga college. In 1859 he was offered an appointment to the Naval academy at Annapolis. . - . In 1860 he joined his class at the naval academy and afterward during the civil war he served as ensign-and midshipman. He scrved on board the frigate ‘Powhatan, in the flying squadron under Admiral Lardner and also in the east gulf under the same officer. Afterward he served in the north Atlantic under Admiral Porter and Commodore Schenck. =

It was during this sea service that he participated in the desperate assault upon and capture of Fort Fisher. A bullet’ through the right knee cep, neglect and ‘bad surgical treatment maimed the young fighter for lifg and even yet he limps badly and his wound often gives him much pain.

For a time after this Evans was compelled to give up active duty, but was shortly promoted by congress for gallantry. He then sailed.for China on the Delaware, the flagship of Vice:Admiral Rowan. Upon his return to the United States “Fighting Bob” was given ordnance duty until 1870, In that year he married Charlotte, the daughter of Frank Taylor of Washington. Until nearly 1873 he was stationed at Annapolis. Then he was sent to the Mediterranean as navigator of the Shenandoah. With this vessel he returned subsequently to Key West upon the threatened outbreak of the war between the United States and Spain in 1874. ~

He was returned to the Mediterranean and brought b#ck when the Centennial opened, and he was sent to Philadelphia. - = ! o In 1881 he was a member of the firSZt advisory board under Admiral John Rogers. It was about this time that he was made lieutenant-commander. In 1891 he was given command of the Yorktown and was sent to Chile, where the crew of the Baltimore had been ‘attacked in the streets of Valparaiso. : ; When the Spanish-American ' war broke out Evans, then captain, was in command of the Indiana. His historic utterance to Secretary of State Hay is well known. : > .

“If you will send me to Havana,” he said, “h— will -smell of garlic for some time.” s g

One on the Lawyer.

The following colloquy took place between Councilor Sealingwax and a witness who “would talk back.” “You say, sir, the prisoner is- a thief?” : :

“Yes, sir. ’Cause why, she has confessed she was.” - “And you also swear she worked for you after this cqnfession?”

S "Yen mir S “Then we are to understand that you employ dishonest people to work for you, even after their rascalities are known?” ’ : . -

“Of course. How else wouli I get assistance from a lawyer?" -

A TEXAS CLERGYMAN Bpeaks Out for the Benefit of Suffering E Thousands. : Rev. G. M. Gray,; Baptist Clergyman, of Whitesboro, Tex., says: “Four years A\f‘»\. ago I suffered mis&WA ‘ ery with lumbago. : 3 E very movement i @ '~ was one of pain. ‘a_ E@“ Doan’s: Kidney Pills S removed the whole - N=¥/). difficulty after only fi-.f' ""{,f/‘/ M a short time.” Al iy " w// “"! though I do mnot v ) like to have my ' : name used publicly, I make an exception in this case, so that other sufferers from kidney trouble may profit by my experience.” ° Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. - AN OPTICAL ILLUSION. PR Y W 2 S P o 5 ; ‘:-v. Loz y s st b ”’yf‘ S ¢ AR 4 ~Q P ///,,,; Ol ’/’ /Iby :’:”/”V off % al '\,;‘" I M *'\[h Z 1‘; .p ; s’/:'," D ' -"' i (7 ; sl R ) o 7 A s s The Professor—How remarkable! I tan distinctly see a man in the moon. What an exceedingly plain perslon.

‘“THREE CURES OF ECZEMA.

Woman Tells of Her Brother's Terrible Suffering—Two Babies Also Cured —Cuticura Invaluable.

“My brother had eczema threg different summers. Each summer it came out between his shoulders andidown his back, ‘and he said his suffering was terrible. When it came on the third summer, he bought a box of Cuticura Ointment and gave it a faithful trial. Soon he began to feel better and he cured himself entirely of eczema with Cuticura. A lady in Indiana heard of how my daughter, Mrs. - Miller, had cured her little son of terrible eczema by the Cuticura Remedies. This lady’s little one had the eczema so badly that they thought they would lose it. She used Cuticura Remedies and they cured her child entirely, and the disease never came back./ Mrs. Sarah E. Lusk, Cold‘water, Mich.; Aug. 15 and Sept. 2, 1907.*

, On Triai. f - A Scotchman. stood beside the bed of his dying wife, and in tearful accents asked was there anything he could do for her. | - “Yes, Sandie,” she said; I'm hoping youwll Lury me in Craeburn Kirkyard." v o 4 | “But, my lass,” he cried, “only think of the awful Fexpense! Would ve no be comfortable here in Aberdeen?” { _ “No, Sandie; I'd no rest. in- my" grave unless I were buried ir Craeburn.” ' 1] “It'’s too much you're askin'[ sald the loving husband, “and I cannot promise ye ony such thing.” ' “Then, Sandie, I'll no give you ony peace until my bones are at rest im my native parish.” = : - “Ah, weel, Maggie,” said he, ‘TIk just gie ye a three-month trial in ‘Aberdeen, an’ see how ye get along.”" " Critical Eye for Babies. The five year-old daughter of & . Brooklyn man has had such a large experience of dolls that she feels herself to be something of a connoisseur in children. e c . Recently there came a real live baby into the house. : ~ When it was put into her arms the-five-year-old surveyed it with a critical eye. | : ] “Isn’t it a nice baby?” asked the nurse. . “Yes, it’s nice,” answered the youngster ‘hesitatingly. “It’s nice, but ite head’s ]Joose.”—Lippincott’s. - ‘ Ethergram. = Language grows apace with the victories of applied science. Consider for a moment how many words: in the ordinary work-a-day vocabu- - lary were unknown -a quarter of & century ago and are the natural product of discovery and invention. With the perfection of wireless transmis‘sion of intelligence there obviously came need of a word designating a message conveyed by the new method. “Ethergram” has been suggested and, in fact, is being used in Great Britain. If not, why net? >

‘MOTHER AND CHILD Both Fully Nourished on Grape-Nuts.

The value of this famous food is shown in many ways, in addition to what might be expected from its chemical analysis.

Grape-Nuts food -is made of whole wheat and barley, is thoroughly baked for many hours and contains all the wholesome ingredients in these .cereals. 2 =

It contains also the phosphate of potash grown in the grains, which Natire uses to build up brain and nerve cells. 1

Young “children require proportionately more of this element because the brain and nervous system of the child. grows so rapidly. '

‘A Va. mother found the value of Grape-Nuts in not only building up her own strehgth but in nourishing her baby at the same time. She writes: “After my baby came I did not recover health and strength, and the doctor said I could not nurse the baby as I did not have nourishment for her, besides 1 was too weak. 7

“He said I might try a change of diet and see what that would do, and recommended Grape-Nuts food. I bought a pkg. and used it regularly. A imarked change came over both baby and I. f :

“My baby is now four months old, Is in fine condition, I am nursing her - and doing all my work and never felt better in my life.” “There’s a Reason.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read “The Road to Well_ville,” in pkgs. ’ = Ever read the above letter? - A new one appears from time to time. They —are genuine, true, and full of human Interest. e s