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renrAns CHARGED WITH PLOT.
Alleged Attempt to blow Up the British
Navy Yard at Esquimnuit.

AncEch Atttmpt 70 ntoW OP th' Asfts'ai
Navy Yard at Esquimnuit-
Vancouver. B. g., May 10.-Feninn
sympnthizers with the Beers have
made nm attempt to blow up the British
fortlfications at Esquimault. The big
naval docks, where $4,000, 900 damage
could have been done, were the object
i've point of the leaders Of the plot who
barely escaped from the guard with
their lives.
Three weeks ngo the officer com
mandlng mt the Esqulmnult forts was
advised to look out for the possibility
of n Fenian outrage The Information
came from the military authorities mt
San Francisco and with II n descrip-
ton OF three well-known Fenlans who
were n few days litter recognized in
Vancouver.
Orders were given to sentries to
shoot after the failure to reply to n sec
ON challenge nnd to shoot to kill.
Wednesday night four men were dis
covered by thc, ,sentrles within the line
of the first outposts. Two guards chal-
lenged. there was no response and Sow
cral other sentries Immediately fired,
but the men escaped.
The guards have again been doubled.
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A new departure In which Mr.
Moody was deeply Interested goes Into
effect at Mount Hermon next month
Hereafter the school viii be in practi.
cally continuous session. the year be-
Ing divided into three terms Of sixteen
weeks each. The new church at Noun
Hsrmon. formed just before Mr.. Mood,
died. has already admitted thirty
young men as new members on comics
sion OF faith.
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A new bill authorizes tho secre-
tary OF the navy to contract for Krupp
armor at s545 ton. In the naval
appropriation bill of last year. the
limit OF 3400 ton was fixed upon the
price Of armor No contracts could
be placed at that price, and the result
u that none Of the three battleships
and three nrmored cruisers authorized
by last years bill have been contract
ed for. For the same reason the bat
tleships Wisconsin, Alabama and IL
lInols. which should have been deliv-
cred to the government complete last
year, have been delayed. and their
builders are seeking redress from the
government for the loss incurred
through failure to supply the armor
Under the new bill. the secretary's
authority to buy armor at $545 ton
applies to vessels before authorized
as well as those provided for In the
bill.
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-24
Knns,. city Convention Han.

Kansas City. May 2O.-Several crews
of artisans worked all day Sunday on
the convention hall The fourth set
OF trusses for the roof We're partially
In place. while contractors In charge of
the excavating and the concrete and
masonry work, supervised the con.
struction along these lines. To date.
the hall directors have awarded con
tracts for work that will cost $200,O0
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-24

A queer case came up in the Senate
recently, illustrative of the mixed re-
1atfon which Cuba bears to the United
States. Mr.. Stewart presented n pc
tition from certain citizens of that ISL
and In regard to the landing of cable
there. and moved that II be referred
regularly to the committee on military
AFFAIRS. Mr.. Morgan. of Alabama.
called attention to the Senate rule for
bidding the presentation of petition
from citizens of u foreign country.
Such a petition must go through. the
State Department. Mr.. Stewart argued
that these petitioners did not come un-
der the head Of foreigners. because
Congress had power to leglslate on the
subject concerning which they ap-
peaied. and this view finally prevailed.
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-24
Curiosity SAVES LIZ.

A package marked quinine w,s -.
to a woman, but being cnrian s sem
took It to a druggist who said i, ra. sa.
arsenic; A Ike inquiry into some "a, !.
the medicines offered will certainlS a. ~
tect the false from the true, Fa- .e, ue,
a century Hostctter's Stomach n p,,.a sail
has been curing Indigestion. eons,,sr
ton and dyspepsia. upa
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-24

Secret-service expenditures of Great
Britain do not seem to have kept pace
with the spread of militarism. They
have been less of late than they were
at the beginning of the century. The
money voted to defray the charge of
her majesty's foreign and other secret
services" in 1884 hardly exceeded
500 900. and for the last few years has
averaged about $l50.000 Yet in 1920
$500, 900 was appropriated for the pur-
pose and in 1914 and the year of Wa
terloo the vote was no less than $685.
600.
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-24

The son of William Waldorf Astor.
who lives In England. is 10 and VIII get
the bulk OF his fathers fortune. At
tho present time it is estimated that
fortune is $200.0O0.0o0. John Jacob
Astor OF New York, while not so rich
AZ his brother, has over $4,000 900.
most OF which will go to his 9-year-old
son, bright youngster-
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-24
strikes In Bcrlin.

Berlin, May 20-This afternoon
crowds I'm sympathy with the tramway
strikers stoned the ears. The police
interfcred and We're themselves pelted.
They replied with blank cartridges and
shots were fired at them from the
houses. Several persons were hurt on
each side. Most of the people side with
the strikers, who demand ten-hour
day and increased wages.
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-24

The United States has recently con
cluded several arrangements for ar.
bitration- One is with Great Britain
and Germany to settle claims Of
American, British and German resi-
dents in Samoa for property damages
during the disturbances last year. An
other. with Haiti, arises from the col
lection OF tax which is asserted to
have been Illegal. There are. in all,
nve such arbitrations agreed upon.
and sixth is pending. Tho claims
which are the subject of these arbi-
trstions are not Of the kind which
usually lead to war. The friends of
peace throughout the world are urg-
ing that not only such civil suits as
these but national affronts and in
5uries be referred to peaceful tri-
bunais and settled by them.
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-24
Do Your Fec. Aeh. and B,,,,

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foo,.
Ease. powder for the feet. II tnsss.
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions. Swollen. Hot ana
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists ana
Shoe Stores. Csc. Sample sent FREE
Address Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy. N '
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Was your talk with pa satisfacto,u
RodneyT "Oh, yes. convinced h,yy.,
that there was not the least danpe- '.n ~
far as | was concerned, of our wedd,ns y
presents being levied on" 'ius
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zs PER CENT OFF.

Farm News, one of Americas best live
stock and farm journals, price so cents a
wear, has adopted new and original plan
to get into new homes by making au un-
usually low price on certain Bargain Days.
The best offer yet is to send 1t two years to
all who remit 25 cents to Farm News, Spring
e,ld. Ohio on June l, next Bargain Day.
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1t is reported that one of the west
ern states is using Its empty jails as
storehouses for its surplus wheat and
corn. That is not far from a reallza-
tion OF the beating of swords into
plowshares. and certainly indicates n
most happy state of both industry and
morals.
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-24

Daniel Murray. OF the Library OF
Congress. is trying to get complete
list OF books and pamphlets by negro
authors for the Afro-Amerlcan exhibit
at Paris. Already he has considerably
aver 1000.
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+ur wAR mi SOUTH AFRICA

is causing an increased demand for potatoes ana
eirrumstsnces promise better prices II ,ss
plant, you will save many backnches, much time
and expense by purchasing the Little Giant
Potato Cutter, n complete machine for only
500 fully guaranteed. Write for free circulars
Agents wanted. Dealers especially solicited
J. X Elliott s. Co, Plattevllle. Colo.
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nur.ylnr Provisions. Into rran.vaal.

Lourenzo Marques, May 17.-In an
ticipation of the closing OF the railway
from Delngoa bay to Pretoria, BoeI
agents are buying up all the available
provisions and forwarding them to the
Transvaal. Extraordinary efforts are
being made to hasten the work.
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-24

"Eliza. what do you intend to do
with all this rubbish you bought at
the rummage sale? why, next year
when the managers have another sale
I'll give II back to them.'
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-24
Her Renariea

&c f3t quite mad and told her a.
for sne had Two strings to her bow
She said to one she wouId No..
freierrins two bows to her st strinrls iS,,ls'
Yet, II he thought his chance 10 .u
A'e hhe" there were no strings ~ nu snu
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-24

aThat ten-year-old Jones boy is pre-
coclous." 'In what respectF' why,
I've seen him look the other way when
he noticed woman standing up near
him in the street cnr.'
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10 Tho ra.t and l,aol. for ono Fare.

Plus So, via Union Pacific. on June 18th,
18th, 23d. July 18th. Goth and August 4th.
Rate applies to Chicago. St. Louis. St.
Paul Duluth. Omaha Kansas city and
intermediate points. Ticket Office, sil
l7th street.
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cbea, Excur.iops East

The Burlington will on June 18th and
18th put on sale tickets from Denver to
Chicago, St. Louis Peoria and all Mis-
souri, liver points at rate OF one fare plus
81 for the round trip. Tickets good for
return till October 31st. This rate open
to everybody. @. W. NALLERf,
General Agent.
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-24

A law now under the consideration
OF the congress Of the Argentine Re-
public provides for the reading Of the
Bible In tho public schools.
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-24

When 2ss. s.6s1 families had been vis-
tied in the tnking OF the religious cen
sus In Philadelphia only TWENTY-FIVE
persons had been found who claimed
10 be atheists or ngrostics.
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We've gone to housekeeping" IN,
you enjoy itT' II do; but my wife |.
worrying about what we'll do with an
our things when we break up and r.
to board"
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-24

Barbara Frietchie promises to be-
come almost as mythical as the man
who struck billy" Patterson.
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-24
$4,000 A WEEK AND EXPENSES
toagents selling our household goods. Sell or
sight. Write c. II. Marshall q Co., Chicago

Dealer-"well. madam. you can have
this old lamp for what 1t is worth to you.
Madam-"Oh. | can't afford to give you
that much; you must put your own price
on it."
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-24

''Why don't our novellsts write about
the life they know best?' well. one
very good reason is, they would get into
hot water with all their nelghbors.
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-24

81 don't believe in working by sys-
tenn" 'Why not2" "Why. If you work
thing you will have to keep your mind
on"
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-24

He-''what makes you wear shoes that
hurt your feet? She-"Dcar me, If they
didn't hurt my feet ! wouldn't remember
that they were new"
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-24

That's Just like Mayme." what a,s
she dor Game along and offered te ,sn. ".
me to a matinee when she knew / had r.
clean house" e :"
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-24

Mrs. Winslcw's Soothing Syrup,
For chflfHn toething, softens the gums reiur.. r.
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-24

W. N. U.-DENvER.-No. 2i-Ieoo
When Answering Advertisements Kindly
hention This faper.
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-24

CULVER STATE TYPEWRITER AGENCY, I7o9
DChampa ST.. Denver. Tel. 9itA A VIII buy, SELL ex-
change, rent, repair any typewriter. sell supplies
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GAS AND GASOLINE ENGINES

III pv"ot m yuuI IrIhtng officc VIII save you
manufacturing Write for cataiogue and prices
Mining Machinery and supplies, FAIuBANK 5
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TvOc WRITERS, All makes bought, sold. cx-
IlTL changed, rented and repaired. Write for
prices Denver typewriter Exchange, i6ss Champn
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-24

pRoMPr ATTENTION GIVEN TO man orders
i for anything in Line. THE WESTERN
BOOK a STATIONERY CO.. 1i2d sixteenth street
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-24

THIS Is 1T CARTIER, RICE 8 CO. Den.
paper In the country for printers aud publisher
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-05-24
Denver Directory.
SADDLES !! s!a! AAp 70. HARNESS. A!!!

EIDEAIlIY & SAVINGS A:;s:siIss 9saSs. sss:.
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POST. GOOD PHOTOS slI's.a;a sHsasi ess sss
Lawronce Send usyour Kodak work

OXFORD HOTEL b.ps. h.ss 50, r,..sssss ssss Union
q H Morse. Mgr, J. W. TenEyck. II. A Trlplett.
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mind that my dream was vision OF
what will happen. There Is no ques'
tion but that after Sunday shall not
be with you. This Is Wednesday. How
lightninglike the days have flown
How precious the moments are! How
many Of them have wasted In foolish
selfshness! Mary, should go mad
with the thought If l did not feel the
necessity Of making this week the best
week Of my life. only | do not know
what Is most important to do. If II
had been seven months or even seven
weeks, l might have planned more
wisely. Oh. 1t is cruelty brief, the
time! But I must make the wisest
possible use Of 1t. This accident. Sc
unexpected. has complicated the mat
ter. l had not reckoned on It."
How many of us do reckon on acci'
dents? They always come into our
lives with shock. Yet it seems posi-
BILE that man who lives very close to
God every day might be so ready fol
everything that not even the most ter
rible catastrophe could make much
difference to his plans for daily life
least Of all deprive him Of his reason
as it has so often done. Robert Hardy
was just beginning to realize dimly
that life Is not one thing, but many
things, and that Its Importance is the
importance which belongs to the char.
acter Of God himself.
He began td talk calmly with his
wife concerning what he would do that
day and was still talking about it when
James came IN with a doctor who al
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-06-06
WHAT TUNDRA" IS.

One of the words that the people of
the United States will hear a good
many times this SUMNER" said men,
ber of the Seattle chamber of COM
merce, "is tundra 1t is the tundra
or where it joins the beach that the
easiest gold digging in the world is
found at Cape Nome, and everybody
will be talking about that before six
DAYS, as the first ships have started
northward with their loads of gold
seekers. The tundra as everyone
knows who has visited Alaskan coasts,
is tbs low ground lying between the
mountain and the beach. 1t is marshy
and covered with grass and moss dur
ing the summer, and it never thaws
more than a couple of feet below the
surface. While everybody talks about
the tundra and knows what it is by
sight, not one in thousand or more
knows where or what the word is
from. I am free to confess didn't
know myself until an eastern friend
wrote out to Seattle making inquiries,
and 1 began to make inquiries in
Seattle. Not man of all the miners
and others 1 asked could answer my
simple question until found Rus
sian. He told me the word was Rus
sian and meant low and marshy
land. Tundra differs from 'steppes'
in this that tundra is used to describe
the low, fiat and ordinarily valueless
land between two streams and in COM
mon along the coasts of Siberia and on
the American side of the Behring
Straits, all of which is tundra
'Steppes' originally meant sandy
desert; but, by long custom, it has
come to mean grassy plain as we'll. 1
don't know whether the word is in the
American dictionaries or not, for I
haven't had time to look it up; but 1
know haven't heard it a dozen times
In my life till the later gold discoveries
in Alaska. New York Sun.
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0I1TWITTED BY HIS COACHMAN.

The carriage horses Of Chief Justice
Marshall were exceedingly. thin, and
his family told him that 1t was cur
rently hinted that Jerry, the colored
coachman, exchanged too great pro-
portion of the horse feed for whisky
for personal use to allow the horses
food enough to keep them in a good
and creditable condition. The Judge
went to the stable and directed Jerry's
attention to the poor appearance OF
the horses, told him Of the rumor
about his exchanging oats and hay for
whisky and thereby depriving the
horses Of their necessary supply Of
food and spoke Of the sleek, fat team
driven by his neighbor Brewer.
Laws, Massa John," said Jerry,
"it's the natur' Of the animals! Look
at Mr.. Brewer Msself, sab, short,
fat, greasy gentleman, that amt seed
his boots after his feet was in 'em for
yeahs, while you, sab, is tall and roun
shouldered an sees your feet all de
time youse walkin, an look at his
coachman, thicker through than he Is
long, whiles Use only skin an bones!
OF course his critters Is fat, while
yours Is thin. It's their natur, Massa
John; it's their natur'. They belongs
to the fat kin, and we all belongs to de
lean kin. It's natur'."
perhaps that Is so," said the judge
ref1ectively and walked away as If well
satisfied with the explanation.-Chica-
go Inter Ocean.
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STORIES Of CONDOLENCES.
They Account for Some Things That Seem
to be Entirely Inexplicable.

They Account for Some Things That Seem
to be Entirely Inexplicable.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
"Luck and coincidence explains
away many mystery" said one of q
group of late workers in a Royal street
cafe the other night. ~ remember
a queer story along that line," he con.
tinued, (which I once heard from the
elder Herman. In his earlier per.
formances, as you may recall, he made
a great feature of a very clever second
CALL or mind reading act. He would
request people in the audience to Sc,
lect small articles, which would then
be described by blindfolded assistant
on the stage. AS matter Of fact,
Herman really gave the cue to the
description in the way he framed bis
questions but it was very dexterously
done and not one person in thousand
caught on
One evening, as he told me the story,
he was giving an entertainment in an
Ohio city and was just returning to
the stage after the mind reading spec
ialty, when an elderly man suddenly
jumped up at the other end of the
house. If this thing is genuine he
called out in a loud voice, Il want you
to tell me what card l am thinking
about at this moment The man was
wealthy merchant and known as
somewhat of a crank on spiritualism.
Of course, Herman had no idea what
he was thinking about; but he replied,
without hesitation, 1T is the deuce
of clubs his intention being to turn
the laugh on the old fellow by some bit
of repartee when he declared the guess
was wrong. But, to the magicians in
tense amazement, the man raised both
hands in the air and beloved, Correct
by thunder This miraculously lucky
and wholly unexpected bit made pro,
found impression on the audience and
no doubt converted many people to q
belief in the reality of mind reading.
Herman told me that the proprietor OF
the theatre, who was an old personal
friend, was very curious to know how
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had been obliged to discharge Herman,
but he felt that he had done the right
thing. The company could not afford
in any way to employ men who were
drunkards, especially not just at this
time, when it began to be more than
plainly hinted that the result Of the
accident on the road was due to the
partial intoxlcation of a track in
spector.
That accident was complication in
Robert Hardy's seven days. 1t was de-
manding Of him precious time that he
longed to spend in his family. At one
time in the afternoon as he worked at
the Office Mr.. Hardy was tempted to
resign his position and 60 home, como
what might. But to his credit be II
said, even in his most selfish moments
formerly he had been faithful to his
duties at the Office. At present no one
could take his place at once. He felt
that his duty to the company and to
the public demanded his services at the
time of a crisis in railroad matters.
So he staid and worked on, praying
as he worked for his dear ones and
hoping, as no bad news came from
home, that Clara was better. He had
been to the telephone several times and
had two or three short talks with his
wife, and now, as 1t began to grow
dark in the office, just as the lights
were turned on, the bell rang again,
and Mrs. Hardy called him up to tell
him that the minister, Mr.. Jones, had
called and wanted to see him about
some Of the families that were injured
In the accident In the foundry room.
'"Telf Mr.. Jones will try to see him
at the meeting tonight" On Barton
the church meeting fell on Wednes-
day. "And tell him will have some
thing to give him for what he wants.
How Is Clara now?"
"No change yet. Will is suffering
some from nervousness. He says he
had q horrible dream Of the accident
this afternoon. Bess Is about the same.
Her escape was miracle"
"Has George come home yet"
"No. l am getting anxious about
him. I wish you would inquire about
him at the Bramleys' as you come up
to supper"
81 will. l must leave very soon. This
has been a terrible day down here. God
keep US. Goodby."
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resting without pain, only that strange
mark across her face made them all
anxious. II was not Drulse, but 1t
lay like brand across the eyes, which
had not opened since her father found
her lying by the frozen stream.
James had insisted on staying In the
house to be Of service, and Mrs. Hardy
had felt grateful for his presence as
she watched for returning conscious.
ness from Clara, who still gave no
more sign of animation, although she
breathed easily and seemed to be free
from pain. Every doctor and surgeon
In town had been summoned to the
scene Of the accident. But Mr.. Hardy
felt so anxious for Clara as he came In
and looked at her that he went down
stairs and asked James If he wouldn't
run out and see If any Of the doctors
had returned.
Eyes, sir; I'll 60 at once. How Is she
now, Mr.. Hardy| James looked him
In the face with the look that love
means when it is true and brave.
"My boy" replied Mr.. Hardy, laying
his hand on James shoulder, Il don't
know. There Is something strange
about 1t. Get doctor If you can. But
know there must be many other sad
homes today in Barton. Oh, 1t was
horriblew
He sat down and covered his face,
while james with brief God help us,
sirw went out in search Of doctor.
Mr.. Hardy went up stairs again and,
with his wife, knelt down and offered
prayer of thanksgiving and of ap'
peal. 20 Lord" said Robert, grant
that this dear one of ours may be re-
stored to us again. Spare us this an.
guish, not in return for our goodness,
but out Of thy great compassion for
our sins repented Of"
Will and Bess lay in the next room,
and now that the reaction had set In
they were sleeping, Will feverish and
restless, Bess quiet and peaceful, as If
nothing had happened out Of the usual
order Of things.
| WHERE 10 NSOlSS6 uShSu III. k4oi
| dy as he rose from his prayer.
81 don't know, Robert He started
down to the train a little while after
you did. Haven't you seen him"
"No, Mary. God grant he may not
Mr.. Hardy did not dare finish bis
thought aloud.
His wife guessed his thought, and to.
gether the two sat hand In hand,
drawn very near by their mutual trou'
BILE and by all the strange events OF
that strange week. and together they
talked Of the accident and Of Clara and
James and their eldest son, and then
Mrs. Hardy said as she trembling drew
her husbands face near to her:
Robert do you still have that i'm.
preston concerning the time left you
here to live? Do you still think this
week is to be the end?'
Mrs. Hardy had a vague hope that
the shock of the accident might have
destroyed the impression Of the dream,
but her hope was disappointed.
"My dear wife," replied Robert,
''there Is not the least doubt in my