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Evening journal., 1902-06-26
Legend of standing Rock.

The Indian legend Of the stone from
which Standing Rock gets its name is
as follows:
Years ago n buck and his squaw were
on q journey down the Missouri river
to visit some relatives at a distant
point. Where Fort Yates now is the
buck saw young squaw Of surprising
beauty, with whom he fell desperately
in love. In spite of the tears and en-
treaties of his lawful wife he refused
to proceed on the journey or in any
other direction. but resolved to stay
right there The deserted squaw ex-
hausted her entreaties and her tears
and finally arose to leave the place
alone. AS she did so she stepped back
in the spot where she had been sitting
and turned to stone. There she has re-
mained ever since, a standing reproach
to her faithless lord and master and to
all his kind. BY a faint stretch of the
imagination the standing rock from
which the agency gets its name can be
made to take the outlines of a woman
Evening journal., 1902-06-26
PANAMA CANAL ASSURED

After discussion and agitation cover
ing more than half a century, the
building of a canal to connect the At
lanuc and Pacific oceans is practically
assured. The early navigators and dis
coverers beholding the little neck of
land Joining North and South America
dreamed of cutting waterway that
should save many thousands of miles
to ships passing from one ocean to an
other. Now the time for consumma-
tion has arrived.
The Conference Committee reached
AN agreement yesterday under which
the Senate bill will be passed without
amendment This action was reported
TO the House. and the measure is GER
tain TO pass. The President has al
ready signifed his intention of sign
ing the bill and therefore we may re-
gard it as practically settled. The
route will probably be that of Panama,
since the bill provides for that selec-
tion if Colombia shall make the proper
concessions. and if the French holders
will make a complete transfer OF theiI
interests for the sum of S40,OOOOO II
these conditions fail. then the Presi-
dent is authorized to negotiate for tn,
construction of the canal along tn,
Nicaragua route, and TO proceed will
tho work
This is one of the most importanf
measures that Congress has ever ha,
to consider. No one can estimate th'
benefit this waterway will be to com
mercc and we may be certain tina
once the Government undertakes tn
work It wih be pushed TO speedy com
pletion. One OF the most energeti
champions of the measure has beei
Senator Morgan. of Alabama. He ha
been most energetic in his advocacy O
e tho Nicaragua route. but when defeat
Z ed in this. turned his energies toward
e convincing the House conferees tina
r thu substitute measure should b
o adopted. His name viii always be as
S ISOLATED with the measure in an hor
i orable way.
Evening journal., 1902-06-26

achievement. remarkable as it is, is the
logical outgrowth Of the fundamental
policy OF our Government as TO the
complete separation OF the affairs OF
Lne church and the state. and the absO-
Lutte equality of all religious rights
within our territory. 1t is because the
Pope and his advisers know with en-
tire certainty that no unjust advantage
of any sort is sought by the Govern
ment and that in the Philippines all
the true interests Of the church will De
guarded with fidelity and impartialiLy,
that they are ready to enter upon a
friendly arrangement as 10 the friars
and their property there
Evening journal., 1902-06-26
THE WHITE HOUSE

When President Roosevelt chose to
date his documents from the White
House" rather than the Executive
Mansion. NE evidently had in mind the
transformation which the old building
is now to undergo. When the Preei-
dent left for his vacation he did not ex-
pect to return until the changes have
taken place, which will take the oifi-
ciaa business to a building construct
ed for that purpose. This will leave
the White House as the residence OF
the President, and his home will no
longer be overrun by a swarm OF place
seekers.
1t is fortunate that this solution has
been adopted There would be regret
TO see the old building torn down OF
transformed. In its simple dignity and
with its traditions, it is dear TO the peo-
pie. And when the alterations are com.
plete il will be a residence befltting the
dignity Of any Of our chief magistrates
Only the interior will be torn out and
rearranged. the idea being to make g
home complete in all modern appoint
ments. and in which the Presidents
family may have the peace and seclu
sion 20 which any family is entitled.
Evening journal., 1902-06-26
THE BAPTISM OF BELLS.
A Custom That Dates Back to the
Reign of CharIemagne.

Reign OF Charlemagne.
Bells were sOlemnly baptized like
children, a custom which is still ex-
tant in the Roman church. This is
probably not q primitive practice and
cannot be traced further back than the
kgn of Charlemagne. 1t is first dis
,Actly mentioned in the time of Pope
Nil. (9SS), when he gave his own
name to the great bell of the Lateran
church. Slcidan gives an account of
the ceremonial to be observed.
First of all, the bells must be so
hung that the bishop may be able to
walk around them. When he has
chanted a few psalms in a low voice,
he mingles water and salt and conse-
crates them, diligently sprinkling the
bell with the mixture, both inside and
out. Then he wipes it clean and with
holy oil describes on it the figure of
the cross, praying the while that when
the bell is swung up and sounded faith
and charity may abound among men,
all the snares of the devil-hail, light
ming, winds, storms-may be rendered
vain and all unreasonable weather be
softened. After he has wiped off that
cross of oil from the rim he forms
seven other crosses on it, but only one
of them within. The bell is censed,
more psalms are to be sung and pray
ers put up for its welfare. After this
feasts and banquetings are celebrated
lust as mt a wedding."-Gentleman's
Magazine.
Evening journal., 1902-06-26

be ayeise to another presidential nomi-
nation. Possibly he might not have re-
fused the honor That his friends sought
to confer had there been a greater prom
Use of success. but the Republicans OF
Nebraska have shown their ability to
triumph over both Democracy and
Populism.
President Roosevelt has had another
degree conferred upon him. This time
he receives theihonor from fair Harvard
h-s alma mater. Yale gave him an
LII. D.. and Harvard by conferrinl
upon him the same distinction sayI
THAT no mistake was made.
Evening journal., 1902-06-26

March, and played till it was thread
bare.
Nine years after it was written, Gill
bert Fox. an actor, was to have bene-
fit He was announced to sing a new
patriotic song. and got Joseph Hop
kinson to write words for him to the
tune On Washington March" A new
patriotic tune meant everything in
those times. The theatre was crowded.
Fox sang the song, and had TO sing il
over eight times, and then the audience
sang the chorus This was in 1898,
and it was called The New Federal
Song"
The oldest of our national tunes is
the English national anthem, God
Save the King" and even during the
Revolution people sang the tune with
patriotic words. Several songs we're
sung 10 the tune with varying success,
and in 1882 the melody was given in
good earnest by the Rev. S. +. Smith
at a children's temperance celebration,
at the Park Street Church, in Boston,
and it has taken such root that MY
Country, 'Tis of Thee" became our
national melody.
Now. word about what we call our
chief tune THE Star Spangled BAN
ner." The words were formed here,
the music abroad, and there is much
false history about it. 1t began as a
drinking song, in 1865, of an English
! club. which met at the Crown and
! Anchor Inn. on the Strand. Later, in
1902. 1t was used as a Masonic tune,
}, and in 1898 Thomas Paine, at Boston,
put words to it. called it Adams and
Liberty" and it was sung everywhere.
In the darkest part Of the War of 1872
y Francis Scott Key, watching the British
lombard Fort McHenry, wrote, in a
moment OF inspiration, this national
Song, "The Star Spangled Banner"
John Browns Body was first sung
J in a purely local way at Fort Warren
t but it became the chief marching sons
of our army in the Rebellion, and julia
| Ward Howe set to the inspiring tune
the great hymn. milne Eyes Have Seer
the Glory of the Coming Of the Lord,
and thus was a song of war trans.
5 formed to a song Of peace.
Evening journal., 1902-06-26
A Celebrated Goat.

On April %, 1872, there died at Mile
End a celebrated goat. She had been
twice round the world, somewhat Of a
feat in those days, once on the discov-
cry ship Dolphin, under Captain Wal
lis, and once on the Endeavour, under
Captain Cook. She was admitted to
the privileges of an in-pensioner Of
Greenwich hospital by warrant of the
lords of the admiralty, but before she
could avail herself Of the honor she
died. DR.. johnson wrote couplet
which the distinguished animal for
some time wore round her neck.-Lon-
don Opinion.
Evening journal., 1902-06-26
9. f. RUDOLPH,
Market and Forth St.
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

William COrcoran Icustis, formerly
third secretary OF the United States
Embassy in London, and Mrs. Eustis
are passengers on the steamer axonia.
which sailed from Liverpool on Tues
day for Boston.
The Sultan of Turkey never reads
anything but state papers-and such
Mandatory articles as an Industrious
secretary manages TO Gull from foreign
journals.
Carrie b. Hunter, of Snow Hill, Md.
has just received tine first license for a
female pilot issued by the Baltimore
Board of Steamboat Inspectors.
Hailstones nearly three pounds in
weight fell during a recent storm at
Jessorc. in Bengal. Metal vNanda
roofs were perforated, cattle MANNED,
trees beaten down and a man killed
outright by the downfall.
The Right Rev. James HART Van
] Buren,. d. d., was consecrated bishOI
of Porto Rico on Tuesday in j. Ste
phen's Memorial Church. Lyn Mass
where for more than ten yea he Of
iiciated as rector.
An ordinance to regulate and i'm
prove barber shops is to be introduced
into Philadelphia Councils. Mayb;
customers are pining for the Pitts
burg wash"
Miss Louise Imogen Quincy the Bos
ton poet, has been lecturing in IRELAND
on Raleigh and Spenser in Munster.
lShe has mentioned the fact that tour
lists may no longer visit the house a
Youghal in which Spenser found Raj
leigh Sin Henry Blake, once a Britisl
lOfficial at Hong Kong, now Occupie.
the house and visitors are excluded.
The solano is hot southeast wind
loaded with fine dust, which blow
across Spain.
Lieutenant-Colo Valery Havard
deputy surgeon general United State
! Army, has been detailed to represen
the medical department Of the army a
the second International Medical Con
ference at Brussels. July Is. Colone
lHavard is a FrenGhman by birth.
The steady increase in the price G
the necessaries of life has become
4 very serious matter to the poore
citizens Of Sydney, n S. w.
q Charles n. Herreld is the third MOI
wegian- American to be elected govel
{ nor Of South Dakota
4 President Loubert recently said at
cooking exhibition that the reason foi
/, eigners liked to visit France was b'
cause they got good things TO eat Their
Japanese coal costs about Sc a to
at Vladivostol1. while Cardiff coal cost
o more than $50 a ton.
@ Rose O'Neill, the artist whose woi
lin Puck was variously signed "O'Neill
}, ,l"O'Neill-Iatham," and again "O'Neill
}. Twas recently married to Harry L. WI
lson. also of Puck's staff and will no
illustrate books written by her hu
a. band. She was the divorced wife OF
" New York broker Gray latham.
Evening journal., 1902-06-26
Gas Works. June 25. 1902.

My dear Lauray: / haint wrote you
nuthin' about the big show down to
Delaware Collidge last week. They
call hit a commencement" because
the boys gets their certificates then
and commences to tear up things.
When ! heered them orashuns and
seen how much them young men
knowed. says l to myself hits danger
Gus to turn 'em out onto the world
without postin notises.
The Teacher Of the Occashun, how
Isomever. was a speech by the Chan
seller Of the Stait of Delaware. set
there on the platform alongside OF
Doctor Marshall and John HUM and
smiled and stamped my feet, but, Lau-
ray, they was malls in my hart. He
was a givin' them young men advise,
but. thinks I. if they was TO foller hit
and everybody else done the saim. S
Oldheld would soon be out of a jo5,
and Frank Alice would go back to
mendin watches.
He didn't speak our names rite out,
but when he talked of rascals in polly
ticks. Of coarse everybody lnowed who
he meant never could see no use
at hitten at a feller when he's down
and Mister Addicks is somewhat that
away at the present writin'.
Them young men is goin' forth into
the crate world; they have lanched
their barks ON the sea. of life. and
they don't want to go sailin' round
! lTrrff hn11 -.
like to no what's the use of gettin an
eddicashun and learnin' all they is &c
no unless they're goin' to fix their,
selves in this worlds goods? And tC
talk about bein' honest in pollyticks i,
all tommyrot.
Where would Gale LatIfn be if h,
had depended on his certificate allow
lin him to doctor people? Where't
Mister Addicks a-bin if he'd simply as
people to vote for him for richeouo
nesa saik? Echo answers wherel
When we come back we had a littl,
meetin' in the Sun offs. and Georg
said he guessed he could explane hit
l"Yes." said Mister Addicks, you car
explane hit. but it will talk about fv,
columbs. and nobody will beleev hi
when you've finished"
George said he'd put them into
hypnotic stait. and that would d,
about as well. Mister Addicks says
why do they keep hittin' at me-?
Every time them orators makes
speach has to put up moar money t
Offset hit Why don't they leave m
lalone?'
3 Doctor Marshall said that the Chan
selor didn't mean nobody in peticki
er that hit was just little hot sho
for ennybody who had done wrong
Evening journal., 1902-06-26
whnt AIIirntora Eat.

More than once curious things have
been found in the stomach Of a shark,
but never has such an extraordinary
collection been found as was discov-
cred recently in the stomach of an al
ligator.
This alligator was killed in the Su-
dan and was more than twelve feet in
length. In its stomach were discov-
cred eighty-fve stones. several birds
claws, two human finger nails and
three hoofs of a donkey, to one OF
which a piece Of rope was attached.
Evening journal., 1902-06-26

The readers Of this paper VIII be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
.ablo TO cure I'm all its stages, and that is
.Catarrh Halls Catarrh Cure ls the only
.poeitfve cure now known to the medical
fraternitv Catarrh being a constitu-
ronal disease. requires a constitutional
treatment Halls Catarrh Cure is taken
Internally. acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system, there
by destroying the foundation OF the dis
case. and giving the patient strength 10y
lbufding up the constitution and assist
ling nature in doing its work. The pro-
lpr'ptors have so much faith in its cura-
Tive powers, that they offer one Hundred
/ lDollars for any case that II fails to cure
send for list OF testimonials.
| Address
T. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
4 Sold by druggists, 75c.
Ilails Family Pills are the best
Evening journal., 1902-06-26

For the third time the Democrats of
OF Pennsylvania have nominated Rob
ert e. Pattison for governor Twice he
has been elected, owing to dissensions
I'm Republican ranks. This time. how
ever. he Is not so certain of success,
since the Republicans have named a
man equal TO him in character, and his
superior in ability and learning In
either, Pennsylvania would find an
honest clean man, but Pattison ha.
shown a weakness in trucking to Pop.
ulism which has not satisfied his
friends. It looks like Pennypacker
election by something over 100000 ma
ljority.
Evening journal., 1902-06-26
The College Girl

From the Chicago Chronicle.
Professor Katharine Lee Bates, OF
Wellesley, writing TO the Boston Trans
cript contrasts tho college girl of to-
day with the one OF twenty years ago.
Then the college girl was an excep.-
ton in her community. She was usu-
ally the daughter OF a struggling coun-
try minister, a missionary or a leo
tureI-that Is TO say, she came from
a household OF plain living and high
thinking "She was stoop-
perhaps. and deficient in social ease.
but she took her mind seriously"
Today Professor Bates finds the coll
lego girl in the merry foreground OF
the student world going TO college fer
1.-THE life She is well gowned, ath-
letic. radiant. She is free from NOR
bidness and is not frightened over re-
lhgious doubts. She will be less easily
Imposed upon than her mother by
quackery in print or ON the platform.
In other words. to put it briefly. the
college girl Of the period thinks in her
heart that youth. beauty. charm, the
genius for affairs are the points that
count for a woman of the world All
OF, which means that college life does
not tend 10 destroy the eternal wo-
manly" but is developing a new and
most interesting type of it.
Evening journal., 1902-06-26
Its Eaect.

Ding-Yes; it was like going from
the frying pan into the fire. You know
DR.. Hicharge cured my chronic rheu-
matism.
Dong-well, then, what's the mat
ter?
Il was paralyzed by the bill."-Balti-
more Herald.
Evening journal., 1902-06-26
DOES IT PAY

To neglect your eyes, ruin
your sight, and TO allow dis
ease to gain a foothold? TIC
avoid such a disaster, upon the
first symptoms of any trouble
with your eyes, consult oui
optician
An accurate examination
free, combined with painstak
ing adjustment. Prices foi
glasses moderate at
Evening journal., 1902-06-26
DOG ORDINANCE SIGNED
But Five Days ii Freedom for Wilmington
CANNES

In FIVE days it will be unlawful for
dogs to run at large unless they are
muzzled. Mayor Fisher signed the dog
ordinance last night, although he
thought it too severe. He said that IN
his opinion a dog should be allowed to
run at large without a muzzle II with
in control Of its owner.
Councilmen cid not think so, and the
Mayor affixed his signature.
Evening journal., 1902-06-26
Nm. She. inherent.

"Yes," said Henpeck. Il married her
because / thought her the most even
tempered woman l had ever met"
"And now you know that she isn't"
'Well-er-not exactly. She's very
even tempered-always mad about
something. ng."-Catholic Standard and
Times.
Evening journal., 1902-06-26
NEW SPAPER OPINION
Rome and the Republic

From the New York Times.
Had anyone. even twenty years ago,
predicted that the time was near when
the Government of the United States
would send a commission to Rome to
consult about the purchase of property
from religious orders and the removal
OF the members OF those orders from
the exercise of their religious func-
tions within the jurisdiction of the
United States. and that such COM
mission would be received at the Vau-
can with cordiality and would accom-
iplish ITS ends with practically no op-
position, such a prophet would have
been regarded as a little crazy. But the
Evening journal., 1902-06-26
Nothing New
New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune
A few years ago Mr. Kipling wrote;
Who shall doubt the secret hid
Under Cheops' pyramid
Was that the contractor did
Cheops out OF several millions?
And now they have unearthed bit
of papyrus nearly twenty-One hundred
years old on which is written a COM
plant that the big chief" of the
Egyptian police OF that day had not
been properly diligent in preventing or
detecting a burglary. Truly there is
nothing new under the sun. not even
Dovery!
Evening journal., 1902-06-26
Let the journal Follow You

II You are going away for
your vacation YOU want TO
keep IN touch with the affairs Of
your city and State. The Even
ing Journal win follow you TO
any point reached by the Gov
ornment malls. Send us pos
tai or phone your new address
and the paper Will reach you.
IL costs but six cents a week.
Evening journal., 1902-06-26
CHANCE m Railroad Schedule

On Monday next the p. W. & B. rail-
road will nut another train in service
which will be known as No. 50. 1t will
leave Washington at $50 o'clock, ar
irving at the French street station mere
at sos o'clock, and at Broad street STA
ltion. Philadelphia, at $50 a. m.
Evening journal., 1902-06-26
West Had Biz Ercurslon

West Presbyterian Sunday school
went on an excursion to Atlantic City
this morning over the Pennsylvania
railroad. It was the largest excursion
of the season, the train running in
three sections. The eXcursionists will
have several hours at the shore.
Evening journal., 1902-06-26

Yesterday both the Democratic and
the Populist conventions Of Nebraska
rendered William J. Bryan the nomina-
ton for governor. The honor was de-
clined. and another name was placed
at the head Of the ticket. Evidently
1Ir. Bryan is looking for greater non
ors. and from all his public utterancel
one is led to infer that he would no
Evening journal., 1902-06-26

In the bids for the dredging Of the
Dan Baker shoals a provision is in
serted that any treasure or valuable
article shall be turned over to the Gov
ernment This turns the mind to
Thoughts OF Spanish doubloons and
pieces Of eight Certain sea-dogs are
already circulating rumors of treasure
ships sunk at that point, and there will
be considerable interest as the work
proceeds. The probabilities are thai
Dan Baker will yield only copious
quantities Of mud.
Evening journal., 1902-06-26

The University Of Chicago mas de-
clared co-education a failure, after a
trial OF some years. It is not reason
able 10 suppose that the system has
been abandoned without due Thought
as that institution was thefirstto cham
pion it. There is no thought Of aban-
doning higher education for women
apparently. but it is deemed unwise C
continue TO educate the sexes together
Evening journal., 1902-06-26
Mhence weightr words.

The man whose words carry the
most weight is naturally the man who
weighs his words.-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Evening journal., 1902-06-26
Viii Adont Pale Eaces

The team of Minnehaha Tribe, No
%. Imp'd o. r. NJ. will perform the
degree work at the institution Of No
komis Tribe. No. "A, at Middletown.
this evening. About forty palefaces
iNil be adopted.
Evening journal., 1902-06-26
PENNSYLVANIA CHAUTAUQUA-
REDUCED RATES TO MT. GRETNA

VIA PENNo1 LN ANA hAlDftOAD.
For the Pennsylvania Chaatauqua,
to be held at Mt. Gretna, Pa, July to
August 5. 1902. the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company viii sell special excur-
sion tickets from New York, Philadel-
phia. Chestnut Hill, Phoenixville, VIII
mington, Perryville, Frederick, Nd,
Washington. ID. c., East Liberty, But
Ter. Indiana, COnnellsville, Bedford
IClearfield Martinsburg, Bellefonte
Waterford. Canandaigua, Wilkesbarre
lTomhicken, Mr.. Carmel, Lykens, and
principal intermediate points. to Mt
lGrctna and return, at reduced rates
Tickets will be sold June 25 to August
8. inclusive. and will be good to return
until August 13. inclusive. For specific
rates. consult ticket agents.
Evening journal., 1902-06-26
Funny TO Her.

els be really a humoristP
"He certainly is" replied the sweet
young thing. "He actually asked me
to marry im."-New York Times.
Evening journal., 1902-06-26

II Senator Morgan in the end failed
TO win the approval of the Senate for
the Nicaragua route, it still remains
true that he more than any other man
in public life has forced a settlement
of the canal question Session after
session he has hammered away at the
Indifference and hostility Of Congress.
always keeping the project before the
people. His zeal has sometimes led
him into error. but none the less in
the end he has won what amounts al
most to a personal triumph.
phia North American.
Evening journal., 1902-06-26
A Novelty.

''That play is really a novelty. Not
one Of the sets opens with servant
busting the furniture."-Judge.
Evening journal., 1902-06-26

Want ads" one cent word in the
Evening Journal.
Evening journal., 1902-06-26

"The Kress." special brew, in bottles,
at Foord Bottling Works. Both phones.
Evening journal., 1902-06-26

William Corcoran Eusts, formerl!
third secretary OF the United States
Embassy in London, and Mrs. Eustii
are passengers on the steamer axonia
which sailed from Liverpool on Tues
day for Boston.
Evening journal., 1902-06-26

The Sultan of Turkey never reads
anything but state papers-and such
laudatory articles as an Industrious
secretary manages to Gull from foreign
Ournals.