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The Dolores star., 1902-10-24
Shah as Shopkeeper.

When a certain late shah of Per-
sia became temporarily embarrassed
for money he had quite a unique meth
cd of filling his purse. He would go
to the marKee, where, after examin.
ing the shops, he would select one,
and turning to the proprietor would
say: will you take me in as a part
ner in your business for the day?"
The offer was, of course. eagerly ac-
cepted. The shah would take his seat
near the shop entrance, and say to
his courtiers, whom he always took
with him on these occasions: Now.
I'm the salesman. Who'll buy?" The
latter, not daring to refuse the offers
of the royal merchant, set about clear
ing the shop of its contents, paying
sometimes $3.50 for goods that were
not worth $50. No one was allowed
to beat down prices or to leave the
place without making purchases,
When everything was sold the shah
had list of the cost price of each
article made out, and Loyalty shared
with the shopkeeper the amount of
the profit realized.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Dolores star., 1902-10-24
HUSBAND IN NAME ONLY.
Curious Contract Between Couple Re-
Gently Made in Berlin.

SurIouS contract 6etween Couple Re-
Gently Made in Berlin.
Here is a curious advertisement
which recently appeared in a Berlin
paper: "A distinguished lady desires
to marry a genuine count; will pay
well for the title"
A few days after 1t appeared a
genuine count called on the "distin-
guished lady" who was divorced
actress, and told her that, If they
could agree as to terms. he would be
most happy to marry her. He admit
ted that his income was only 5000 a
year, and that, therefore, he was con-
stantly in need of money.
In a. lew minutes the two came to
an agreement, and a contract was
signed. The count will receive $500
on the day of the wedding. and as
soon as he receives it he will leave
mis- wife and never again approach
her. Moreover. he pledges himself to
give his wife. within two months after
their marriage ample cause for pro-
curing divorce from him, and she in
turn promises to pay him $4,000 on
the day when the divorce is granted.
This singular contract was drawn
by lawyer, whose office is in the
Friedrichstrasse, and is said to be per-
fectly valid.
The Dolores star., 1902-10-24
A Retributive stina.

man who was engaged in writing
anecdotes and such things for publica-
ton read his latest effort to his wife.
Don't you think that's pretty
good?" he asked.
ut is good. but it's not new. /
have heard 1t before" she answered.
Eyes. know you have; but you
heard it from me. 1t has never been
in print"
II have heard it more than once,
and have told it several times my.
SELF" she insisted.
"Oh, well, | am going to send it
along" he snarled. Il don't care
II you have told It, That doesn't of
absolute necessity spoil it. although,
it does. must confess, initiate
against 1t good oeal"
And that was the reason why he
had to subsist on cold victuals for .
week thereafter.
The Dolores star., 1902-10-24
PRECEDENT SET BY AMERICAN.
Mrs. Samuel chauneey Of New York
Astonishes Britishers-

1t took a pretty American woman
to tell the British railway servants.
who are notoriously stupid. that 1t
was their business to direct passen-
gers to the right trains when asked.
and the course she took to teach the
lesson has made railway officials open
their eyes.
Mrs. Samuel Chauncey of New York
has lately been at Berwickon-Tweed.
On her way there she had to change
at York. She lost her maid and gov.
erness altogether. while her mother.
Mrs. Carr. and her little daughter
also disappeared and did not turn up
until the next day.
Mrs. Chauncey found herself put
into the wrong train by a guard, SO,
without any hesitation. she rang the
alarm bell and had the train stopped,
much to the amazement of the train
men. whom she blamed for allowing
her to travel by the wrong train.
She then alighted calmly. and walk
ed back half a mile or so to the next
station, where she caught another
train.
Society is convulsed with mefri-
ment whenever Mrs. Chauncey's story
is told. Some people look at her with
awe, for it is a British tradition that
only cases of life or death can prop
erly excuse pulling the alarm bell
New York Herald.
The Dolores star., 1902-10-24
Gave Good Advice.

During a sitting of the legislature in
the province of New Brunswick, Can
ada, few days ago, the then leader
of the opposition party. D. L. Harring-
ton, (now a. judge of the supreme
COURT, was arraigning the government
for some of its alleged misdeeds. Mr..
Harrington is man Of large stature,
with lungs to correspond, and always
speaks in loud voice. particularly
when in warm debate. On this oc-
casion, when making his charges, his
voice was like the roar OF a lion, and
he exclaimed: Il wish that my con-
stituents could hear me-" (some 100
miles away.
A supporter of the government par
ty, William Wilson. now Judge also,
called out Immediately:
open the windows, Mr.. Harrington,
and they certainly will"
The Dolores star., 1902-10-24
The Value of a struqaIe.

1t is curious fact in the history
of nations that only those which have
had TO struggle the hardest for an ex.
istence have been highly successful.
AS rule the same thing is true of
men. One would think that 1t would
be great relief to have the bread
and-butter problem solved by ones
ancestors SO that he might devote all
Of his energies and time to the deyel-
opment of the mental and spiritual
faculties. But this is contrary to the
verdict of history and the daily OK.
perience of the world. The strugglers,
those born to heritage of poverty
and toll. and not those reared in the
lap Of fortune, have, with a few ex-
ceptions. been the leaders of civiliza-
ton, the giants of the race.-Success,
The Dolores star., 1902-10-24
On the Rance.


Far down the reaches of the broad
Southwest.
Where prairie grasses yield perennial
store.
Cool night winds lull the ranger to his
rest
When summer days are Ger.
Beside the tethered horse. near to the
herd
That now reclines in heaped. ungainly
ease,
He spreads his blanket: nor forgets .
word
His faithful friend will please.
Here, from the open. looking through the
dark.
AT the low-sproadinl vast star-pointed
dome,
The lights seem closer as he learns to
mark
The way that leads him home.
And then he. trusting. sleeps, and earth
and sky
Hold man and beast in strengthening
embrace,
While all the holy promises on high
Flame softly on his face.
Thus as he feels recurring nights de-
scend.
The herder comes to live in lone con-
tent,
Conscious that thoughts which guide him
to the end
Are stars from heaven sent.
Charles W. Stevenson.
The Dolores star., 1902-10-24

and of your fate. They believe their
mother is dead. and that she died a
true mother and an honorable womfp
And you are dead to me and to them"
Without further word he slipped a
bank note in the hand of the weep
ing woman and hurried into the sta
tion. where he boarded the train
which had just rolled In.
Five minutes later as the train
slowly moved out of the station Bart
man looked out of the car window
and saw the woman still sitting and
weeping where he had left her He
also saw the man whom he had
knocked down in the saloon approach
the woman, take the bank note from
The Dolores star., 1902-10-24
TWO KINDS OF QUOTATION.
One Inappropriate, the Other Made
Apostle by Death.

The memory of DR.. Sheridan, who
died on the 10th of September, 1873.
links together two forms of anecdote
that have a fascination for most peo-
pie. One is that of the inappropriate
quotation; the other turns on the ap-
positeness with which death some
times caps remark. 1t is said that
DR.. Sheridan lost all chance of the
promotion his abilities deserved by
quite inadvertently preaching on
George rs birthday from the text:
Sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof" He survived to enjoy the
friendship of Jonathan Swift and to
write his prose translation of Persius.
and then contributed an anecdote OF
the second kind to the store of poster
ity. One day after dinner the con-
versation turned on the force and the
direction of the wind. Sheridan said.
Let the wind blow east. west, north
or south, the immortal soul will take
its flight to the destined point" Then,
leaning back in his chair. he instant.
ly expired.-London News.
The Dolores star., 1902-10-24

went to the woman and, taking her
by the arm, raised her up and led
her out of the house. AS the loungers
began to follow he checked them with
an imperious wave of the nand.
The woman, with head bent down,
walked beside hartman until they
came close to the station. where she
sank down upon curhstone.
You can never forgive me-" she
sobbed. not raising her head.
II car fay t.is rluch.'' said Eart-
man, "whi' : ma Give you some g,
isfactior ~ ,ave ar goo, rc.
mainirr Your ''!re.
mine do otv of yo-r co ~
The Dolores star., 1902-10-24
The Living Dead.
BY GIDEON HICKS.


Copyright 1902. by Daily Story Pub. COD
George Bartman was travelling west
for the rest and recreation he needed
after some years of absorption in a
successful business in an eastern city.
He had stopped over for few days
in Colorado town and was standing
on the platform of the railway sta
ton awaiting the arrival of the train
which was TO carry him on his jour
ney farther west. The train was TWEEN
ty minutes late, and he was Willing
away the time watching the scenes
about him.
There was some commotion in front
of saloon near the station. man
and a woman seemed to be strug-
Cling. while an interested crowd of
loungers laughed and ieered.
Moved by curiosity the traveller
walked towards the saloon. and as
he drew near he heard the woman
pleading:
You've drunk enough, Jim. Please
come home"
At the sound of her voice Bartman
stopped suddenly. and then on i'm
pulse hurried forward. Making his
way through the crowd he saw a
brutish-lookins man-red-eyed and
bloated-and slatternly woman
holding to his arm and trying to
draw him away from the saloon. The
woman. 1t could be seen. had once
been beautiful, but she was now a
pitiful wreck.
"Is she his wife?" asked by
stander.
81 s'pose So" answered another
She come here with Jim Shofter
bout five years ago He 'peared to
have lots o. money, and they lived a
high-fyin' lfe. Jim got to gamblin
and drinkin' and goin' all the gaits
at hell-roarin' rate til he went down
into the gutter and she went with
him. l s'pose she's one O. them fool
women thatll stick to man and go
go to the devil with him, no matter
how much he abuses her."
Does he beat her?'
Treats her like a dog, and she
hangs to him like dog in spite of
pended on him"
Shofter shook himself free from the
woman and made his way unsteadily
into the saloon. The woman followed
him and others of the crowd went in.
Bartmau also entered the saloon.
Shofter was standing at the counter
as the bartender prepared to serve
him drink of some vile. cheap stuff
for the nickel he had placed on the
bar The woman took hold OF him
again and said,
Jim. you shan't drink any more.
Come away"
Shofter turned fercely and mutter-
ing an oath, struck her in the face.
To the astonishmeut of ali Bart
man stepped quickly forward and
with welI-directed blow felled the
drunkard to the floor. Then with his
hand at his hip, facing the people
who had crowded into the saloon, he
showed himself ready to meet any
attack that might be made to resent
his action.
to his feet and skunk away into a
corner of the room.
No one else moved except the
woman, who rushed up to hartman,
gazed a moment intently in his face
and then, covering her own face with
her hands, covered down by the
counter.
Seeing that no interference was at.
tempted or contemplated, hartman
The Dolores star., 1902-10-24
Long Delay on Brooks, st,tu..

Immediately after the death of DR..
Phillips Brooks in Boston in Janu.
ary, 1893. a memorial was proposed
in his honor. In few months $50 900
was subscribed and contract for the
proposed statue was given to Angus.
tus st. Gaudens. The work has not
been completed yet and the subscrib-
ers are beginning to wonder why. Il
was stipulated that the statue shovlA
~ completed by May /. 1901.
The Dolores star., 1902-10-24

Only an amateur artist would at.
'empt to paint toper's nose in water
colors.
The Dolores star., 1902-10-24

This thing on which thy heart vas set.
This thing that cannot be.
This weary. disappointing day. tina,
dawus.
My friend, for thee:
Be comforted, God knoweth best. the
God whose name
Is love.
Whose tender care is evermore our pass
fng
Lives above.
He sends thee disappointment? Well.
then.
Take 1t from his hand.
Shall Gods disappointment seem less
good than
What thyseif had planned?
The Dolores star., 1902-10-24
GODS APPOINTMENTS.

God bids thee tarry now and then. for
bear
The weak complaint:
Gods leisure brings the weary rest, and
cordial gives
The faint.
God bids thee labor. and the place is
thick with
Thorn and brier:
But he will share the hardest task. until
he calls
Thee higher.
So take each disappointment. friend; tits
at thy
Lords commando
Shall Gods appointment seem less good
than
What thyself had plannedg"
The Dolores star., 1902-10-24

tied his mind.
A settlement has been reached OF the
strike of union pressmen and press feed
ers employed in the big job printing
houses of New York. Demands Of nv
strikers, who numbered nearly 2,Ga
were granted in regard to increase o
wages, but non-union men will be re-
join the union.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed in Maine by the Chartered Com
pany Of Lower California. Capital, wv
100000. The purpose is to build steaMl
and electric railroads and "buy and sel
land In Maine and California and an!l
other place in the world" Paul Fap1
OF Boston is president.
1t is announced that plans have D., ~.
perfected for supplying Detroit W.
electricity from the Canadian 800.
The plan is to convey the current y
means Of cables carried on towers siau
feet high. 1t is proposed to furnish "
troit with 10000 horsepower at niss|
increasing the amount later to 20o.uU
horsepower. Transforming station
along the route. will reduce the voltas'
for the use Of smaller cities.
France is having coal strike harovl
less acute than that in this counu!5
and 1t may even extend across the po
ders. On the 18th inst. the nation
committee of the miners of four Of y
great Belgium coal fields met and y
passed resolutions in favor Of demsn
Ing an increase Of fifteen per cent
the wages Of the coal miners, the
ject Of the demand being to create
version In favor Of the striking
miners In France and to prevent
supplying Of Belgian coal To f'rane
The Washington times., 1902-07-07
DIR. BAGBY TALKS OF
ROYAL MANHOOD
MUST BUY THEIR PAPERS.
Secretary Moody Cuts Out Perquisite
of Naval Officials.

Secretary Moody and not the Govern
ment buys the newspapers which the
head of the Navy Department reads now
adays. Chiefs of bureaus and other Of
ficials of the navy, who have enjoyed
reading the news at Government ex-
pense. are also paying for newspapers
with their own cash.
Since Mr.. Moody entered the Navy De-
partment he discovered placed upon his
desk every day newspapers of the large
cities. They were in such numbers as
to attract his attention. and he asked
who paid for them. He was informed
that they were paid for upon requisi-
tions which he signed. Mr.. Moody
promptly expressed the opinion that
those papers he desired to read he would
buy, and that he did not propose to put
the Government to this expense. He
further directed that the officials get
ting newspapers should pay for them.
Moreover, the Secretary has let 1t be
understood that he does not approve of
reading newspapers in office hours In
the case OF te hnical newspapers, the
Secretary Will. of course. authorize their
purchase. The size of the bills for news
papers rendered to the department will
be understood when 1t is known that
the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
alone recently made requisition for
81 100, the amount of bills for papers for
single year.
The Washington times., 1902-07-07
BAPTISMAL CEREMONIES.
Annual Exercises of Asbury Church at
Bathing Beach Yesterday.

The annual baptismal ceremonies of
Asbury Church took place yesterday
morning at $50 o'clock at the public
bathing beach. Ten candidates for ad-
mission into the Baptist Church were
immersed, and although the hour was
an unusually early one a large crowd
was In attendance.
The services were conducted by Rev
NJ. W. Clair, pastor of Asbury Church.
who was assisted by Rev. C. Z. Jack
son. the resident preacher Of the congre-
CATION.
Precisely at the hour named Rev. Mr..
Jackson went into the water some dis
tance and planted the staff marking the
depth. He returned to the shore and
escorted Rev. Mr.. Clair out and the SER
vices began. Each candidate was led
out. and after the regular baptismaI
prayers prescribed by the church. the
ceremony of immersion was gone
through with. At the conclusion of the
baptism Rev. Mr.. Clair offered up a
prayer and the service was brought to
close.
The candidates who have been on pro-
baton for the paEt six months and who
Joined the church yesterday were Miss
es Mary Sailatt. Clara Craig. Lily
Brown. Maud Winfrey, Mary Colbert.
Sarah E. Winters, Louisa Holland. and
the Messrs. Prince A. Hill, Benjamin
Gan, and Walter Baker.
The Washington times., 1902-07-07
THEY FEARED THE BIBLE.
Perjury Increases Since Jerseymen Quit
kissing the Book.

TRENTON. July G.-On account of the
danger of Infection. the practice of kiss
ing the Bible when sworn as a witness
in court was abolished by act OF the New
Jersey legislature.
But since the abolition OF the solemn
custom Of kissing the book, public prose-
cutors declare that perjury is greatly
on the increase. Only last week Prose-
cutor William J. Crossiey, of Mercer
county, attributed the failure of justice
In two important criminal ,rals direct
~ TO the absence OF impressiveness in
the administration of the oath to wit
nesses.
The prosecutor says that since the SOL
emn practice of kissing the Bible has
been eliminated from the oath, witnesses
in criminal trials ''recklessly equivo-
cate" He added that the witnesses In
criminal trials usually are from a class
that Is not given TO truth-telling except
when III fear of eternal damnation Of
the soul or in dread OF thirty days In
Jail for being caught lying. Many OF this
class OF witnesses were awed by the old
form Of oath. which included kissing
the Bible.
When a criminal intended to commit
perjury he usually avoided kissing the
Bible by declaring he had conscientious
scruples." He would then raise his
right hand and affirm to tell 1.-THE truth.
the whole truth. and nothing hut the
truth" The witness knew he was com
hitting statutory perjury. OF course.
But the criminal argued that he was
not ''goin agin' tn Bible, though" $50
he Willingly aided his pal with any sort
of story and took chances OF being
tripped up by the State.
The Washington times., 1902-07-07
CABINET MEMBERS LEAVING.
Postmaster General the Only One to
STAY in Washington.

The Secretary of the Treasury and his
family and the Postmaster General ant
Mrs. Payne are all of the Cabinet circle
that remain in Washington.
Mr. Shaw expects to leave today for
Lake Champlain. He will be accom-
panied by his wife and two daughters,
and will remain about three weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Payne do not find Wash
irgton a bad summer resort, and their
stay is indefinite.
Mrs. and Miss Knox, wife and daugh-
Ter OF the Attorney General, left Wash
ington Thursday for a months stay at
Atlantic City. They were accompanied
by Miss Mohler, of Pittsburg: Reed
Knox and Philander Knox.
Mrs. Knox has not closed her Wash
i1gtcn home permanently. as the Attor-
rey General and Reed and Phil Knox
will remain here for a month longer.
Mrs. Knox and her daughter will go to
Europe about the middle of August,
when the Attorney General hopes to be
able to Join them.
The Washington times., 1902-07-07
SECRETARY SHAW SILENT.
Returns From New York Without Or
dering Sugar Investigation.

Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, who
returned to Washington from New York
Saturday, would not say whether or not
his visit there had to do with the al
legged customs irregularities at the port
OF New York in connection with the i'm
portation of sugar by the American Su-
gar Refining Company. When asked
about it he said:
You may quote me as asking II it
would be thought wise to announce in
the papers that the police would raid a
certain joint in the evening, or wheth-
er 1t is wise to so hunting foxes with a
brass band
This was all the Secretary would say
about the inquiry. 1t may be stated
however, that no investigation has been
ordered into the alleged Irregularities.
and that Treasury officials here, as we'll
as customs officials in New York. depre-
cate the publication of the preliminary
work.
The Washington times., 1902-07-07
WARSHIPS ALMOST
FREE OF CHOLERA
Only Three Deaths So Far Reported to
Surgeon General Rixey-Half
Dozen Stricken All Told

The naval forces on the Asiatic sta
tion have been singularly fortunate or
careful during the prevalence OF the
formidable outbreak of cholera in the
East.
So far only three deaths from that dis
ease have been reported to Rear Admiral
Rixey, surgeon general of the navy. Two
were privates of the Marine Corps and
the other was an officer of the navy
Moreover, there have not been, it is
said, over half dozen persons attacked
by the disease in the naval establish
ment in China and the Philippines.
This is unusual. considering the fact
that the men cannot be cooped up aboard
ship, but must have shore liberty, with
its attendant danger of contracting the
disease
The Washington times., 1902-07-07
Movements of Naval Vessels.

The training ship Hartford has ar
Fancisco at Grayesend. the Topeka at
Laguayra, the Albany at Southampton.
and the Alliance at Queenstown. The
battleship Kentucky and the cruiser
New Orleans have sailed from Kauchau,
the dispatch boat Dolphin from Wash
ington for Norfolk. Rear Admiral
Rodgers reports the Frolic. Paragua,
Piscataqua. the Arethusa. the Isla de
Luzon. and the Yorktown at Cavite; the
General Alva at Manila. the Calimianes
and Quiros at Miabun. and the Arayat
at Zamboanca.
The Washington times., 1902-07-07
NAVY YARD NOT YET CHOSEN.
No Decision as to Where Battleship Will
Be Constructed.

Secretary Moody has taken no active
steps toward coming to a decision as
to what navy yard shall build the battle
ship authorized by Congress.
The Secretary IS awaiting the return
of Rear Admiral Bowles, chief of the
Bureau of Construction, before calling
his bureau board into consultation on
the matter.
The Navy Department has been in
formed that the first consignment of
armor for the new battleship Nebraska
had been shipped. The armor makers
are turning out their product at the rate
Of 10000 tons a year. with expectations
Of considerably increasing this rate.
The Washington times., 1902-07-07
JESUS, THE GUARDIAN,
MR.. KLINE'S THEME


impels us to turn to her with loving
care.
In concluding the Rev. Mr.. Kline told
very interesting story of an incident
in the life of a Swiss shepherd boy. An
American, while travelling in Switzer-
land, met n shepherd boy. The traveller
could speak the Swiss language, and
taught the boy the words OF the text,
THE Lord is my Shepherd"
Several years afterward the traveller
again visited Switzerland and thought
he would look up his shepherd boy. The
boy was dead, but his mother was found
by the American. She told him that her
hoy had died holding the fourth finger
Of his left hand with his right hand
She explained that the boy believed that
the fourth finger represented the word
my in the text. and because of that he
liked 1t best. so when he died he was
clinging to my shepherd"
The Washington times., 1902-07-07
PRIEST ON BOARD OF TRADE.
Father Halpin President of the Insti-
tuition of Herkiner.

HERKIMER, n Y, July 6.-The pres
ident of the board OF trade in this
town is Roman Catholic priest, the
Rev. James H. Halpin. of St. Francis
de Sales Church
Father Halpin is keen business man
and has secured many advanta geous in
dustries to the village. He has just
celebrated his twentieth anniversary in
the priesthood. Seventeen years have
been spent in his present parish.