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self creditably in all respects in this en-
terprise, and the preparations for the COM
fort of the visiting military and others are
said to be perfect. The fullest co-opera-
ton on the part Of all interests, including
the street car companies has been secured
The camp has been named in honor of the
governor OF the state, and his adjutant
general, Gen William A Mabry. who, by
the Way, is the custodian of the Galveston
semi-centennial championship cup, is to be
the ruler of the troops under canvas.
Washington's interest.
Washington Is very deeply interested in
all this because a company Of the District
National Guard is going to San Antonio
Tor the purpose of winning and again
bringing back the military championship
title and the coveted Galveston cup. This
organization Is the Morton Cadets or. as
II Is officially designated, Company B, I'd
battalion The company now holds the
championship title and Is going to far-awly
Texas to make a very strong effort to
demonstrate its right to hold the title an
OTTER year In competition with the flower
OF the military Of the United States. and
thereby add to the credit Of the national
capita. and the reputation Of its volunteer
sCldiery. All Washington has every con-
ndence In the company, and the Company
Pre- misses that the confidence will not be
violated.
Only those directly interested In the Nor
ton Cadets and the National Guard, per-
maps, nave any idea Of the really prodig-
icus undertaking that the youthful organ
ization has begun. Composed for the most
part OF school boys, with very little in the
way OF financial backing, the Morton
Cadets have practically completed arrange
ments to travel almost 1000 miles in order
not to allow the championship to go by
default-a journey Of greater magnitude
than ever attempted before by a washing
ten military organization. The company
VIII take possession of a special Pullman
sleeping car next Wednesday evening July
IA, and glide away to Texas. The bows
will travel continuously day and night
until Saturday morning. when they are
scheduled to reach San Antonio. The re-
turn trip. OF course. will be of equal dura-
tion, the company reaching Washington
about July q. The journey back is cx-
pected to be one Of triumph.
Obstacles In the Way.
Great have been the handicaps that have
confronted Capt. Shilling and his men, but
perseverance and determination have over
come every obstacle that has presented it.
self to date. The internal dissensions that
manifested themselves last winter left the
company in a condition Of extreme financial
depression. The expenses of the San An
tonic trip will fall but slightly shor. of
0.VO. The estimate almost staggered these
forty school boys when 1t was announced
but Capt. Shilling. with his characteristic
optimistic disposition. has maintained all
along that something would turn up where
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days ago. IT have always been under the
impression that Texas was only a few de-
grees removed from his satanic majesty 8
abods In the summer time. reached San
Antonio last Sunday morning. and instead
Of oppressive heat, ! find 1t cooler than in
Chicago when I left there. In all my
travels have never found anything more
refreshing and invigoraring than the breeze
that blows here constantly"
The National Guardsman Of Omaha,
Neb.. the organ Of the western National
Guard. and. It seems, particularly of the
Thurstor Rifles, has the following to say:
Something Is liable to happen az soon
as the Morton Cadets and the Thurston
Rifles meet at San Antonio The Morton
Cadets have been saying some rather bad
things about the Rifles lately. which they
will have tc prove GREAT crow"
When shown the foregoing Captain 4hilI-
ing quietly remarked: "The Morton Cadets
will not eat crow
Sponsors and Chaperones.
Tho sponsors for the visiting companies
at San Antonio have been selected. and
they win constitute q most important fea-
ture Of the big drill and encampment. The
Morton Cadets are somewhat In doubt.
however. regarding the identity Of the
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championship contest and grand military
ball will oe held at night. Company d Of
Minnesotas LIST Regiment and the Sealy
Rifles drill Tuesday; the Belknap Rifles
Wednesday, the Governors Guard and the
Morton Cadets Thursday. The program
will be interspersed with drills in the other
classes. including zouave and artillery ex-
hfbitions and band concerts. The arrange
ments provide for far more in the way of
entertaining features than at any interstate
drill of recent years.
There will be about sixty companies of
the Texas Volunteer Guard alone in camp
with about eight or ten bands of music
FavOrites In the Betting.
The gentlemen of San Antonio seem to be
Sports" if they are anything, and the
pool room quotations there on the COM
panies entered in the big drill were day
or two ago as follows: Morton Cadets, 2 to
/; Thurston Rifles, 21s to 1; Belknap Rifles,
to 1: Company B, LIST Minnesota Reg1-
ment, to 1; Governors Guard of Austin,
to 1; Mccarthy Light Guard, Sealy Rifles
and Company A, 1st Regiment of Texas
each to l: Fort Dodge Rifles, 10 to l. and
Shaw Rifles and Lloyd Rifles. each 20 to l.
The explanation of the figures Is that II
person visited a bookmaker and should
say II want to bet that the Morton Cadets
will win the drill,'' the bookmaker would
reply:
-. I'm give you odds of to l that they
Don I.
The bookmaker will give odds of 21a TO
on the Thurston Rifles, 3 to 1 on the Belk-
nap Rifles and SO on all Of which goes to
show that tie Morton Cadets are favorites
with the bockmakers, and the bookmakers
usually have pretty good idea Of the true
condition of things
The heat of the past week or two in some
OF the southern cities has been unprece-
dented, but what made 1t worse was the
insufhciency Of the ice supply. the ice man
ufacturers not having anticipated the ex-
IRENE heat which arrived so suddenly and
unexpectedly. Heat prostrations, heretofore
almost unknown in the south, have been
very numerous for this first month of the
summer. 1t may be pleasing to the Morton
Cadets ard these interested in the COM
pany to know that San Antonio has not
been included in the extreme heat wave
Some Of the days have been warm but all
Of the evenings and mornings have been
cool. Where there are cool nights there
are no heat prostrations. it is said, except
in cases of unnecessary exposure to the
suns rays and excessive imprudence.
Come down in the tropics and get COOL
was the message Chicago man sent one
of his friends from San Antonio few
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no volunteer organization I'm the world
From their record they willingly submit 10
all proper orders. and have shown IN tIrcs
past that they conduct themselves well I'm
critical situations. Yet theirs is a volunteer
orders, they are bitterly opposed 10 the
attempts. as they denominate IT, OF certr in
Officers of rank TO force them into the poSi-
lion OF enlisted men of the regular army.
ihey complain of too strict application
OF the old law. They say they for.4se
n.och trouble as the outgrowth OF the new
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gether with the troops of the entire volun-
teer guard of the lone star state and re-
nowned companies of the National Guard
from all sections of the United States as
far north as Minnesota, and eastward to
the District of Columbia, will be pour
ing into San Antonio in great numbers. 1t
remained for the San Antonio Interstate
Drill Association to demonstrate to the
outside world that the spirit of patriotism
is not dead In Texas. At an enormous ex
pense the public spirited citizens of the
Alamo city, aided by the officers at the
head of the army post at Fort Sam Hous-
ton, are going to supply a sad omission of
the legislature, in not providing for a state
encampment. From July II to %. so the
arrangements would seem to indicate. San
Antonio will be the scene, not only of the
grandest encampmcnt and drill of the
south, but the most extensive in point of
numbers anywhere in recent years.
Gov. Culberson and staff will go into
camp, and that fact promises to give the
affair the broe dest possible significance.
San Antonio has determined to acquit her
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Mnnx Huuo..

The Marx people are very plain spoken.
Hall Game. who is their acknowledged his
torian. tells good story of grumpy old
Methodist woman In the Isle Of Man who
could never be satisfied with her preach
ers. One Of them. being about to leave.
called to say goodbye well, good bye, !"
she said. "and God bless We, and may the
Lerd send better man In your place. !"
Next day his successor came to see her.
We'll, hope the Lord has senr a good
man." she said, but there's mono so good
that comes as them that goes. !"
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Morton Cadets Are Confident Of
Carrying Off First Prize
at TEE Big INTERSTATE DRILL
Preparations for Their Long Trip to
San Antonio.
HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD

HE G. r Z A T F. s T
militrry encampment
and interstate drill
the south has ever
known will be a vivid
reality a week from
today. For some tire
preceding the open
ing of Camp Culber-
son, troops of caval-
ry, batteries of light
artillery and compa-
MES of infantry OF
the army of the
United States, to-
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From Puck
He-'sWhy. Miss Passeigh q eligible to
join the Daughters Of the Revolution. isn't
siae?',
Ehe-"Oh, yes: but shes 20 sensitive that
she'll never do It, unless they let her In
n great granddaughter
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The company will be in a sleeping car
three nights on the trip to Texas, and the
young soldiers will be very apt to be some
what out Of condition on alighting in San
Antonio. An opportunity for limbering l,p
will be afforded. however, for the Mortons
are not TIC report for the drill for the prize
until Thursday. July ~. That will be a.
gala occasion in the camp 1t has been set
aside as governors day, and Immediately
preceding the appearance of the Morton
Cadets the famous Governors Guard of
Austin will face the judges.
Preliminary Drilling.
In anticipation of the San Antonio drill
the Morton Cadets have been drilling con-
stantly since the return from Fort Wash
ington June 10. They were also at work
Tor nine days before going into camp The
drill ground Of the company is In the VI
cinity Of New Jersey avenue and N street,
and there interesting maneuvering may be
witnessed several hours each evening.
Monday last being holiday. Capt Shilling
put in some extra work. He had the COM
pany on the Georgetown College campus
from o'clock in the morning until noon.
and at $50 In the afternoon the boys were
at 1t again on New Jersey avenue They
continued drilling until long after dark
The hour set for the formation of the
company Is 6:3O o'clock, and the members.
such Of them as are going down to San
Antonio for the honor of the District Ma
tiohal tuaru. commence to drop in at the
armory about that time. When Capt Shil-
ling appears he sometimes scolds the boys
right merrily because they are not ready to
fall in. But the captains scolding is al
ways alloyed with good nature, in which
lies an important distinction. A National
Guard captain can Jaw with little nasty
edge to his voice that soon arouses hos
tility and hate, and many a captain has
been exceedingly unpopular by reason Of
manner that Is nasty. But the Mortons
know Capt. Shilling thinks Of them before
he does of himself The boys laugh and
chat as they discard their bicycle suits
and store clothes and get into nondescript
attire. But 1t Is to be noticed that there is
always a moderation in their play, and
this again makes them differ widely from
the average military company. The Nor
ton Cadets never howl nor yell.
At last Sergt. Taite yells fall in" The
pany Of the street parade and competitive
drill?
Where are its nice clothes?
A Nondescript Lot.
Capt. Shilling appears In pair OF trous-
ers, black sweater and an air Of busf-
ness Lieut.. Tralles l. an ideal tough man
about town, appearing collariess and in
suspenders. Lieut.. Danforth wears a pic
mic sweater, ana has a general raspberry
look. One man falls IN with gloves ard
shirt Another's attire consists princi-
paliy OF q green sweater Some wear caps
and some campaign hats, and. all In all,
the champion company presents . most
var1egated appearance. But every man Is
quite ready for two or three hours CT
hard drilling.
In marching to the drin ground Capt.
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tional Guard particularly realize that 1t lie
an extremely difficult matter these days to
carry away the same forty men on two
trips, each Of a duration Of q fortnight,
within a period Of six weeks.
Preparing for the Trip.
Other difficulties too numerous to men,
ton have loomed up in the path of the
Morton Cadets. but all have been more or
lees promptly moved down. Above all it
should be borne in mind thst the boys COM
pesins the company have been drilling
about three hours each evening since the
LIST Of June. with the exception of the ten
days spent at camp, when the maneuvering
was of different character. Those inter-
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Much Trouble is Foreseeu.

The Illinois National Guard is noted for
the soldisriy qualities Of officers and men.
The members have always taken a just
pride In their efficiency a. soldiers ana gen.
tIemen. They have q reputation for q
proper regard for military usage second to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-10
The Second Lieutenant,

The resignation Of Second Lieutenant
Charles NJ. Robinson, jr., who served with
both the Memphis and Savannah drill
teams, several months ago, left the COM
pany without a chief of the second platoon.
To meet the emergency First Lieutenant
Charles il. Danforth of the supernumerary
list of the District National Guard was
called upon and promptly responded. He
Eas been directed in special orders to
report to Capt. Shilling for duty, and in
all probability will remain with the Nor
ton Cadets as permanent second lieutenant.
Lieutenant Danforth began his military
career in the fall of 1890 as private in the
Gonzaga College Cadets. year later he
was the second lieutenant. and in 1892 was
captain of Company B of the battalion of
cadets. He remained att Gonzaga College
until 1894. when he was elected first lieu
tenant OF Company B, 4th Battalion, Dis
trict National Guarl. Lieutenant Danforth
performed yeomanj service with the 4th
Battalion company for nearly three years.
and when In connection with the recent
company was dishanded he was consid-
cred too valuablelian officer to be dis
charged from the SERVICE and SO was re-
canned on the supeTnumarary list. During
the camp at Fort Washington fortnight
ago he acknowledgement duty with the
9th Battalion. Lieutenant Danforth was
captain OF the Corps ofoEngineers at the
Bliss School Of Electricity during the past
wAi.eA. DuIiHS tnot pra&tlCe Of1llS OF the
Morton Cadets he has proved his ability to
the satisfaction Of everybody. and he and
Lieutenant Trailes constitute as intelligent
ana thoroughly trasned pair of subalterns
as could be picked frem the National
Guard OF the entiretcounfry.
The NOn-Commissioned Omcers.
The first sergeant Of the Morton Cadets
is George I. Taite. who. by the way. has
successfully passed the brigade board OF
examination. and in general orders from
Headquarters was. few days age. an
nounced as a candidate second lieutenant,
which means that he b fully competent
to hold . commission. Sergt. sTaite has
controlled sort Of corner on first ser.
geantcies: He graduated from the Bust
ness High School, and was the first SER
geant Of one Of the cadet companies there.
His frst experience In the National Guard
was with Company c. Sd Battalion, and
tor two and q half years he was flrst Ser
gsant OF that organisation. He uas trans
ferred to the Morton Cadets, and soon con-
WINGED Capt. Shilling that. thu. frsts SER
gehntcy was his natural position. Sorgt.
Iatte has been q meHber.of all the driH
teams Of the Morton Cadets, and at San
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-02-13
How The World IS Fed.

The extensive shipments OF frozen
poultry recently made from New York
to Europe suggest the vastness of the
scale on which the improved arrange
nCnt for feeding the world are now
carried out. When America was dis
covered buyers in the largest European
produce markets counted hv the dozen
at wholesale and had mind, infatuated
to the great gross as the largest
We are Obliged to count cur eggs and
chickens not merely by the gross, but
by the million dozen. Last wear Eng
land actually consumed b., 900, Geo eggs,
paving so, 600, 900 for them. Ten mil
hons OF them came from America.
IN 1895 England imported GO, O00
hundrcd~eicht Of frozen beef from
Australia, and over three times
tie amount from the United States. A
market in London or New York will
often show within the space Of a humid
req feet products from every part of the
world, the shipment and preservation
OF which over thousands of miles OF land
and water have been made possible by
the modern process of chilling"
Although the horrors of plague and
famine in India, existing while we have
. food products unused in this country.
sho" that the machinery Of distribution
Is stiLI very imperfect, it is better now
Ihan Ii ever has been in History.
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As to Genius.

In a recent article on literary genius
Mr.. Andrew Lang recalls Dr. Johnson's
definition Of geniu- as IAN infinite capa-
city for taking pains" This is not ade-
quatc. 1t takes 10 note of the ''divinc
spark" without wiIch infinite pains
taking can do the work of genius
Bat there is another and perhaps a bet
ter definition that he does moi quote.
which SAYS that genius is the "sun-olass
power habitualiy exercised by some
men in bringing every faculty of their
in;cuects to bear on a given point.
" >tonewall" Jackson had this aaculty
in an eminent degree, and be cultivated
it with the greatest care. Ills intimatcs
say that At Lexington he made habit
of sitting daily il, room alone. with his
face turned II the wall, endeavoring
with all the force os his Will to compel
his mind to concentration Perhaps
there was never a great man with less
natural quiekneSs, but in one way or
another lie gained such power that
many military critics rank !Hn. above
even lis commander iu-chief
The same faculty Of concentration IL
Illustrated in Tesla. Ellison and other
great inventors vas noted in Darwin, in
Napoleon. in y, ton and in many other
great notwithstanding the late Dr. Blackie,
who, being reputed little cracked
on on account Of il, gave vent to an I'M
mortal bit of Scotch Wit that cannot be
quoted to- often: Crackit? Yes: but
boot, mon. cracks let in tie light.
Unfortunately they also let it out.
Many men of geEirS. like Byron, Shelly
and Keats, killed themselves long be-
fore their time by ignorance OF the
simple fact that mind which has gained
tile genius of Concentration can wreck
the strongest nerves by It's dlsort!erIy
use.
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j tsOol. Bill.

The house has passed the senate bill
relating TO the carving OF obscene mat
ter by express companies and 1t has
gone to the president for 81 Signature.
It is entitled: An act to prevent the
carrying OF obscene literature and arti-
clcs designed for indecent and immoral
use, from one state and territory into
another state ana territory" and is as
follows:
BE it enacted, etc. that il shall be IN
lawful for any person to deposit with
any express company or other common
carrier Tor carriage from one state or
territory Of the United States or the
District OF Columbia to any other state
OF territory of the nitcd States or the
District Of Columbia, any obscene, loud
OF Hcentious book or pamphlet, picture,
paper, letter, writing, print or other
nattcr OF indecent character, or any
articles or anything designed or in
tended 10 be the prevention Of concep-
ton or procuring Of abortion, or any
written or printed card, letter, circular,
book, pamphlet, advertisement, Of any
kind giving Information, directly or in
directly, where, how, of. or Of whom or
by what means any Of the herein before
mentioned articles, matters, or things
may be obtained or made, or any per
son who shall knowingly deposit or
cause to be deposited with any express
company or other common carrier tor
carriage from one state or territory OF
the United states or the District of Co.
lunbIa To any other state or territory OF
the nted States or the District of Co.
inmbia, or WHO shall take from such ex-
press company or other common car
rer with intent to sell, distribute, OF
circulate any matters or thing therein
forbidden to be deposited for carriage
shall Ter each oIiense, upon conviction
thereof, be fined not more than > 600
or imprisonment at hard labor, H0t
more than five wears or both, at the dis.
erection OF The court
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A I.nEGh hing Discnse.

From Austria comes n curious ac-
nervous disease that manifests itself
in paroXysms Of laughter. The patient,
whose case was described before the
psychiatric and Neurological society of
Vienna was 80 years of age, and had
been subject for three years to fits Of
laughter, which occurred at first every
two or three months. gradually in
creaSing i'll frequency to dozen or
more a day. The attacks occurred eS
pcCially between 8 in the evening and
G:.1O in the morning. and in greatest
frequency between ) and $50. Some
occurred also during the day. however
the patient happened to be occupied.
In the intervals between the attacks,
and Immediately before and afterward,
the man was perfectly well. The at
tacks set in with a tickling sensation
arising from the toes of the left foot,
and the patient would fall TO the
ground unless he could reach some
place to lie down. When this feeling
reached the level of the left nipple
the patient lost consciousness for few
seconds. Often the patient lay upon
his face The mouth and eyes We're
closed systematically. the eyeballS
turned upward; the pupils We're di-
lated and unreSponsive to light. At
the height Of the attack the patient at
first smiled. and then laughed aloud
without ether sign Of mcrriment. The
"IIrrrr tsv,ssvr. 49,, sA'-~~- r.,ir,
utcS. ON two occasions there was pro-
tTacted loss of conSciousueSS.-Pop
A..ian"n Noue
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ment that they have been definitely
agreed upon. Neither Chairman Ding
ley n # any other member Of the Com
m.ttee Will consider any duty definitely
decided upon until the entire bill is
ready TO be reported. They do not wish
t. be commended or condemned for
fractions OF the bill bat for the whole
measure, which Will BE made public
when it is completed.
The Senate Committee on Elections
having decided not to reopen the bu-
Point case, no objection WAS made to the
swearing in OF Senator kenney, when
his credentials were presented although
Senator Chandler took advantage Of the
occasion TO state Ills belief that the seat
belonged rightfulIv TO Col. DUPONT, a
belief it is needless TO say, that is shared
by every Republican Senator, and which
was voted bv them 1t the last session
when the populists joined the demo-
Gratis and reused by a bare majority to
ALLOW Col. Dupont to be seated.