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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-05-14
TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.
THE GRIP EPIDEMIC.

The Disease Moro Prevalent than Ever and
Quite as Fatal. The Best Treatment.
The grip has surprised the doc
tors and health authorities this season
by its rapid spread and by some novel
symptoms. While it spares nobody
it is proving especially dangerous to
middle-aged and elderly persons. In
many cases either a fatal onset of
pneumonia, or complete breakdown
of health and strength, is apt to fol-
low an attack of grip.
The wise course for all is preven-
ton. BY wearing a Benson's Porous
Plaster on the chest and back you
protect the lungs from cold and chill
and with ordinary care) you are
safe from grip.
For those who are already suffer-
ing from grip, Oh from the usual win
ter coughs and colds, Bcnson's Plasters
are a sure and speedy relief and cure.
Highly medicinal and scientific.
Refuse limitations and substitutes.
Only the genuine are effective. Ex-
anime when you buy. Seabury &
johnson, Manufacturing Chemists,
New York.
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NATURAL HISTORY.

Some of the caterplllars found in the
vicinity of the Darling river, Austria
lIa, are over six inches In length.
The leaders of a flock OF migrating
wild geese become tired sooner than
others and are frequently relieved by
their fellows.
The gray buzzard Is said to be the
heaviest bird that flies, the young
males. when food is plentiful, weighing
nearly forty pounds. The bird is near
ly extinct.
The terrapin lives largely upon crabs.
He never eats his food, but bolts 1t.
His favorlte tldbit is the crabs claw,
which he swallows whole with the
greatest relish.
The glowworm lays eggs which, 1t is
said, are themselves luminous. How
ever, the young Matched from them are
not possessed of those peculiar proper
ties until after the first transformation.
A whistling moth is an Australian
rarity. There is a CLASSY space OH the
wings crossed with ribs. When the
moth wants to whistle, 1t strikes these
ribs with Its antenng, which have a
knob at the end. The sound is love
call from the male to the female.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY IA, 1902.
LOOK LIKE FLATIRONS.

Curious stone Implements OF Our
Aborigines Puzzle Scientists.
Among thousands of curious objects
of utility. weapons etc, of the races
that peopled North America In prehis-
toric times that one sees in the cases
and cabinets In the Smithsonian insu-
tuition are some five or more curiously
wrought stone objects from mounds in
Tennessee bearing such close re-
semblance to modern flatirons that
many people have thought that such
might have been their use among their
prehistoric makers, although 1t would
be hard to imagine what the primitive
aborigines of this continent had to
iron.
The shape and appearance of these
objects In every way correspondawith
d modern flatiron, handle and all, and
thus far scientific men have been un-
able to discover what they were used
for. 1t is, however, just a little singu-
lar that wrought stones, similar to the
ones from the Tennessee mounds, have
been found in Peru among the tombs of
the Incas and ut the metropolis Of An
con. The old Spanish writer's. men
who accompanied Pizzaro In the con-
quest OF that country, state that the
ancient Peruvlnns, who were great
builders, used these wrought stones, or
80 called fatirons, as trowels in pins
tering walls with mortar.
The objects found In one of the Ten
nessee mounds are the only ones that
were ever found in the United States.
and the only way to account for their
presence in that locality is to suppose
that in preColumbian times a great
deal Of Peruvian material reached
countries far to the north Of the 18TH
mus by means of intertribal trade
Washington Post.
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The Scenter.

The scepter was the emblem Of pow
er. AS the silver wand. so familiar in
eathedrals, was once hollow. containing
the "vlrge" or rod with which chastise-
ment was inflicted upon the choristers
and younger members of the founda-
ton, 30 the royal scepter represented
the right to infilct punishment Hence
the expression ito sway the scepter"
implied the holding of regal dignity.
The scepter with the dove possessed the
additional Specification OF the Holy
Ghost, as controlling the actions of the
sovereign. The same idea was con-
yeyed at Relms by the beautiful cere-
mony of letting loose a number of
doves at the coronation of the French
kings.-Good Words.
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THE GOLDEN POPPY.

Dazzling, blazing Blossoms That
Greeted the California Pfoneers.
Far out at sea cleaning sheets Df,
dazzling gold arrested the gaze OF the
early explorers of California. Blazing
along the Pacific coast embroideripg
the green foothills of the snow capped
Sierra Madres, Transforming acres and
acres of treeless plains Into royal cloth
of gold, millions of flowers Of silky tex,
| ture and color of gold fascinated she
Spanish discoveries. AZ eminent bot
anist. Eschscholtz, at once classified
the plant, and his followers conferred
his name upon this the only native
American papayer.
Dreamlike In beauty, fascinating from
sheer loneliness, spreading in soft I'M
dulations over the land, the California
| poppy doomed above the richest views
and arteries of gold the world has ever
known, all unsupported. A Circe, with
powers to please dazzle and charm by
its entertainments, while 1t allures. lulls
and mystlfies, this flower of sleep SEEM
ed to draw by some occult process from
the earth the elixir Of gold. unfolding
Its blooms of gold as beacons proclaim
ing, eve are blooming above rich mines
of gold"
There is ever a mystery about the
POPPY. 1t Is weird flower. 1t Is al
most sentient, with a life unknown to
human kind. "While glory guards with
solemn tread the bivouac OF the dead"
stealthiIy n sea of gore creeps over the
old battlefields. Blood red. the peoples
in waves and pillows hold high carni-
val above the soil that covers the slain.
Lord Macaulay says Of the battlefield
of Neerwinden: 1.-THE summer after the
battle the soil, fortified by 10000 dead.
broke forth into millions of blood red
peoples. The traveller from st. Troud
to Tirlemont who saw that vast field
of rich scarlet stretching from Landen
to Neerwinden could hardly help fam |
cying that the figurative description of |
the Hebrew prophet was literally ac- |
complished; that "the earth was tdis-
closing her blood and refusing to cover |
her slain" Bayard Taylor in "The |
Lands of the Saracen" says he contem-
plated with feelings he could not de- |
scribe "the old battlefelds of Syria,
densely covered with blood red pop |
pies. blooming in barbaric splendor, |
gloating on the gore of soldiers slain"
However interesting the poppy may |
be to men of science and to lovers of |
the beautiful, 1t is yet more so to the |
people of California. This beautiful, |
weird, gold colored flower of gossamer |
texture belongs to California alone. |
Nowhere else In the world has 1t ever |
made its habitat. There 1t Is naturally |
20 profuse that It Is related as a fact |
that. coming on turn full face upon
a blooming field of yellow peoples. daz-
zling In the sunshine. horses have been
put to flight as from flames Of fire.
Home and Flowers.
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Leave Lambertville for Manunka Chunk SIS
1922 a m, l.S5, S.o7 and s.27 p IN. Sunday, s27 p
m. For Phillipsburg and Easton oniy, 6.2s p m
week days.
Leave Frenohtown se6. 1919 a m, 90. $50 and
s.64 p IN weekdays, s5A p m Sundays. For Phil.
lipsburg and Easton only, 7.o2 p m.
Arrive at Philipsburg $40 and IL % n. m, 2a2
6.ss. 1886 and s26 p. m Sunday, s.2e pm.
Leave Phillipsburg 7.26, s&7 and II .26 a IN, 2.47
sos and $50 p m. Sunday. $50 IN.
Arrive Belyidere 1877. 1927 and ii.5o m g. 10
GO, s67 m. Sunday, s.67 pm
Arrive Manunks Chunk sos. 1898 and II Sc m,
Additional trains leave Beividere for Manunka
Chunk 700 and $40 a m, and 400 IN. sunday,
100 m. Returning, leave Manuuka Chunk for
belvidere l04s m, 40, $40 and 1905 p. m.
Sunday, i006 pm.
Freight or mixed trains leaving Msnunha
Creek 6.si m, arriving Lehigh Junction Gas q m
will carry passengers and make stops at Gag sta
tions north Of Philiipsburg.
Passengers for Broad Street Station. Philadel-
PhiflipsSars sco a IN daily, and 'u SIS 'A , NJ
weekdays go through without change at Tren-
ton. through car for Manunka Chunk IL at
500. 800 m. i2oo noon, and s.b2 IN. BY all
other trains passengers To or from Broad street
station change cars at Trenton.
Connection is made at Manunka Chunk with
high Junction with Lehigh Valley, Lehigh a sus-
quehanna, Morris 4 Essex, and New Jersey Cen
tral Railroads. At Lambertville with Fleming
ton Railroad. At Trenton with trains TO and from
New York, Camden, &c.
For further information, see timetables, which
can be obtained at the ticket Offices.
]. R. WOOD.
]. b. HUTCHINSON,
General Manager
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The Limit.

"And the railway company agrees to
settle by paying me $1,000. does IT."
said the man who had been injured
How much OF 1t do getY'
You get all of It," said the lawyer,
"and you pay me what you please. 1t
didn't take me five minutes to get a
settlement out of them"
This, o reader, is no fancy sketch.
There are limits to the imaginative
faculty OF the human mind.-Chicago
Tribune.
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you talk mighty glib about the cor
ruption in this ward" interrupted n
sallow faced man In the audience.
"What business Is 1t of yours2 Have
you got any permanent Investments I'm
this ward2"
Eyes, | hayep Numbered the orator.
"Fellow citizens, l once lent that man a
dollar"
He was not interrupted again.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
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Much For Little.

McJigger-I saw Markley blowing Off
that theatrical manager to ten dollar
dinner yesterday.
Thingumbob-Yes, scheme of HIS,
and 1t worked beautifully. He was
working him for couple Of passes
Philadelphia Press.
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Martial Condolences.

Mrs. Benham-Don't you think grow
better looking as grow older2
Benham-Yes, and It's really too bad
you can't live as long as they did in
Bible times. You might then become n
veritable beauty.-New York Times.
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Reward

Reward
For family bible of Thomas winder
OF Hopewsll and Amwell townships,
who died in 1854. Apply to
w. r. JOHNSON,
300 8. Ord 8 Philad'a
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THE CHARLESTON EXPOSITION.
Reduced Rates via the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad

During the continuance OF the South Caro-
lima Interstate and west-Indian Exposition,
to be held at Charleston, s, O., from Decem-
Der to June /, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company will sell excursion tickets to Char
lesion and return from all points on its line at
reduced rates. These tickets will be sold
daily from November 30 to May 81, and will be
Of two descriptions: Season tickets. bearing
q final limit Of June 8, 1902, and eleven-day
tickets, good to return within eleven days. in
GLIDING date Of sale, but not good after Juno
5, iso2 These tickets viii not be good to stop
of en- route, For rates and further particulars
apply to Ticket Agents.
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Briggs-It isn't the man who cuts of
the most coupons who cuts the most
ice.
Griggs-He doesn't have to. His cool
thousands answer well enough for him.
Boston Transcript.
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Talent Is aptitude for a given line.
In the old Bible significance 1t is power
Entrusted to one for specific use. Ev.
.erybody has some talent worth cult
waiting. The more we use what we
originally have the greater becomes its
value.-Ladies' Home Journal.
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Tobacco, segars, pipes, at Kline's,
30 Bridge Street. By far the larges
stock to select from in this city.
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Leave Iambertville 100, s.22. s.43. and it.4s a
M, 2.0S, 40 and TOO p. m. Sunday, s.45 a, IN.
Arrive Trenton 1888, s5s, 0.Oy, In, 1917, 296
sos and 72s p m. Sunday, 9.09 a. m.
Arrive Philadelphia (Kensipgton) 9.l7 a. m
STA, 4.64 and 6.25 p. m. sunday, 1902 q. m.
Arrive Philadelphia tBroad Street Station) s.51
1000, 1901. m, 1906 1928 600 and % p IN. Sun
day, 1901 am.
Arrive New York, via Trenton, s2a, 1898 and
tl,33 am, 2.is. 4.5s, 1908 and $50 p m. Sunday
ii.Ss am.
Trains from Philadelphia and New Yorh
Leave New York, Desbrosses ST., via Trenton
500, ll.00 am, l.30, 800, &So and 900 IN, Sun.
day 500 pm.
cortlandt Street 500, ilo0 a M. 100. 500, 43O
and 500 p. m. Sundays, 100 m.
West Twenty-third Street Station, 7b5 10 SIS
u. m, IS, 2A5, 4s6 and 6,65 p M. Sundays, 5.65
pm.
Leave Philadelphia (Kensington) s.4S, TAO, 1904
m, 2 49, 4.25 and Ga p m. weekdays.
Leave Philadelphia tBroad Street Station 4 s.,
and 900 M, 1900 noon, $50 (Lambertyile
only) 1852, 500, and TOY p m. Sunday, 1902 u IN
Leave Trenton 1852, 955, a IN, 100, S.27. D. ~
$50, and 7.5S p m. sunday, 1888 m.
Arrive Lambertville $50, 1929 M, 1877 402
5o7 6.2s and S..7 p IN. Sunday, s,27 IN.
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r. H. VAN HORN e. SONS
ATTENTION,
AMUSEMENT LOVERS !!

The undersigned is prepared 70 give enter
tainments for churches, hupdsy-sehool, pub
lie schools, societies lodges, 6e., on reason
able terms.
The pictures are large. bright and beauti-
fui, by . new and powerful process
The best equipped btereoptieon in this
section Of country, costing over eco
lecturer VIII accompany the enterta n
ment. fully explaining the pictures
Apply 10 or address
SAMUEL MOORE.
LambertYilletA. j.
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Leave Lambertville for Pennington SAC a M z o5
and s 90 p m, week days.
Arrive Pennington 9,i5 m, 2.52 and 5.Ss m
weekdays.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
Bows knee Pants Suits.

CSC. for boys suits that are
worth not less than S150, this
price is less than what the material
cost. Mothers we advise you to
supply your boys with clothing
during this extraordinary sale.
S1.9S will buy $50 children S
Suits, correct weight, makes a
splendid dress suit, made equal to
the highest price children's cloth
ing manufactured and all wool
worsteds.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
Dress Goods.

We beg to call your atten-
ton to our line of Dress
Goods, purchased from the
leading mills of the world.
We offer a good assortment
Everything OF an date
character will be found in
our line.
During our Sale we will sell the
very best Calico, in desirable fall
shades, per yard 3 Z Sc.
A y good quality Dress Outing
Flannel, per yard 4 5 Sc.
SOC. all-wool Tricot in all shades
Our price 34c.
Latest novelties in Crepe plaids
we sell at the extre mely low price,
per yard II lie.
75c. Camel Hair Worsted plaids
something new for this season
price 39c.
S1.00 high-grade Brilliantine
with a black flower interviewer
per yard soc.
25c. figured Brilliantine, in al
the latest shades. Our price pei
yard II 1-2c.
| Something new for this season
lin Venetian Cloth, in solid shades
of brown and the latest green
buy now while you can save mon
ley Per yard, only 49c.
Silver-feeced Outing Flannelet
tes that sell for 12c. Our price
per yard &c.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
Ladies' Dress Skirts.

$50 Ladies' Skirts, represents a
very popular assortment of black.
figured brilliantine, including
some plaids. We offer in our
Fall Opening Sale for the extreme.
ly low price of TIC.
A new line Of fall and winter
Rainy Day Skirts, verv stylish
this season. Regular price $5 and
6; now 2,98.
A beautiful line of Brilliantine
Skirts, flaring shape, with Brow
satin bands. Regular price $50
for this sale 3.48.
High grade silk Skirts, fall and
winter weight, worth 1000, now
5.9S.
SIS 90 silk Skirt for S.9S.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
Bankrupt Bargains

$1.00 yard pure Irish Table
Linen, for 49c.
Gents working Shirts 22c.
500 dozen children's and Misses,
fast black Hose, seamless, that
sells for 15c. a pair. For this
sale, price Sc.
Ladies fast black seamless Hose,
15c. quality, for Sc.
10c. Ladies and Gents Hand
kerchiefs, for DC.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
Youths Cults.
Ages I3 to 19 With Long Pal

Ages I3 to 19 With Long Pants.
$1.92 for youths Suits in che
viots, ages 13 to 10, cut in 4 but
ton sack winter weight and well
made, we'll worth 400.
2.9S for youths Suits, fancy OK
ford patterns, exclusive clothiers
price 500
5.9S youths winter weight all
wool cashmere Suits, each and
every suit in this lot are good
value at $50 and $50.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
Ladies' Shirt Waists.
Here Is Your Chance.

One lot of $3.50 percale Waists
to sell for the ridiculously low
price Of SOC.
Take advantage of the tremen-
dous bargains we are now offering
in this line.
Ladies' silkilene Shirt Waists
in assorted colors with polka dot,
made in the latest fashion, regular
price $500. We will sell during
our sale for 1.23.
$3.50 fancy braided, solid color
mercerised satin Waists for LAS.
A beautiful selection of Ladies
shirt Waists, tucked front, back
and sleeves, very stylish, ana vel
worth 1915, for only 1.9S.
One lot of beautiful silk Waists
handsomely finished, that sell fol
$500. Our price 2.9S.
5000 silk Waists for 3.4S.
Ask to see the line of silk waists
we are selling for 3.98.
French flannel Shirt Waists, TO
which you pay $3.50. Our prrc'
I2.49.
An elegant lire os flannel Shlr
| Waists that sell for $3.50. On
Iqrice 1.23.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
Mems Suits.

$1.9S for twill, black clay worst
ed Suits; would be cheap at 4.50.
2.96 for correct winter weight
black and blue cheviot Suits, les
than these suits would cost to man
ufacture, cheap at 600.
5.9S for mems all wool scotch
Suits, assorted in beautiful plaids
and stripes, they are guaranteed to
possess the most remarkable wear
ing qualities and perfect fit of
anything in its class, we'll worth
$50.
9.9S for mems all wool cassi.
mere Suits, in dark brown scotch
pattern, over laid with invisible
pin stripes forming shaded eff
feet Some of the nobbiest pat
terms tnat will be shown this year
regular Is 90 suit.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
Mems Pants.

82c. for 81. so mems Pants.
One lot of all wool mems Pants
assorted in scotch plaids, grays
and black cloth. These pants are
made up so give excellent service
Price $1.38.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03

The S1.50 "Idear R. &. G.
Corset, made on true scienti fc
principles, having the endorse
ment of all eminent physicians,
sold exclusively by US. Special
price CSC.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
CLOTHING.

Purchased for less than cost of
nr0ductiOn.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
Silks.

A beautiful assortment of Dress
Silks purchased at a sacrifice and
we will give the public the benefit
of same.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
Ladies' Shoes.

This is the place for reli-
able Shoes and prices that
will astOnish all.
Ladies' Dongola patent tip Shoes
regular price S1.25 article, price
74c.
Ladies' Dongola patent tip
Shoes, in button and polish, the
kind that sells for $3.50; our
special low price for this sale CSC.
Ladies' genuine Dongola Shoes,
every pair warranted in the latest
toe stock tip, the best $500 Shoe
on earth. Price Las.
Ladies' genuine Vici Kid Shoes
highly finished, solid leather, in
ner sole, outer sole and counter,
stock tip, latest toe, spring heel,
lace or button, standard So so
shoe. To see them means to buy.
/ Price $1.7S.
Ladies extra fine Vici Kid
Shoes, $3.50 and 400 qualities.
Sale price 223.
$500 and 900 hand turned
Ladies Vici Kid Shoes, nothing
better made. Special price 2.sS.
Ladies' sample Shoes to be
sold at soc. on the dollar and less.
Some of these goods are worth
$500 and 600, none less than $50,
we therefore advise yon to be on
hand when the Sale opens.
Mems Shoes
| 81 so quality mems Shoes; for
this Sale, price 92c.
| Mems Satin Calf Shoes, all solid
positively the best $500 Shoe
lever sold, every pair warranted.
For this Sale, price l,4S.
i Mems Vici Kid Shoes, medium
weight, the very latest style, a So.
Iquality, makes first class dress
shoe For this Ssle, price l.90.
S4.00 mems Box Calf Shoes, gem
uine welt, seryicable and the new
r est toes for fall, made by one Of
, the most reliable Shoe manu.
factures in this country. Our
Iprice during this Sale 2.98.
u Our line of $500 and 500 mems
fIShoes in Vici Kid, lined and Box
Calf, hand sewed, for only 3.4S.
Boys and Misses Shoes
To be sold at half price
during this Unparalleled
lSale. Matchless values will
ibe the rule here in Children's
land Infants Shoes.
/ Special.
Bleached Cambria Damessic
llOc. quality. per yard Sc.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
Bankrupt Sale Of Corsets

Special: One lot of 45c. Corsets
we'll made for 22c.
The standard 75c Corsets to be
sold for 48c.
A regular 81 90 R. & G.. Corset,
absolutely guaranteed the most
perfect fitting Corset 73c.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03
NeckWear.

In excellent designs and new,
rich coloring, in all shapes; a nice
assortment to sell for $780,, 24c,
and 48c.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-03

No 47,460 one lot of all wool
worsted Pants, in very desirable
assortment of fancy vertical Eng.
lish worsted stripe patterns.
These pants are cut on custom
patterns, 81 SO quality we offer
during this sale 2.9S.
No. 4, 4S3 one lot Of mems Pants
guaranteed to be all wool worsted
and in the very latest assortment
of dark English worsted patterns,
perfect made pants in all details
having an English continuous
waist band, fine satin drop lining
We guarantee this line to be per-
feet custom cut and tailored, equal
to any pants in the market, SIS 90,
$50 and 600 values, sale price
3.98.
Ladies' and Gents furnishing
Goods
Ladies fall weight ribbed Vests,
regular price 40c. Think of it for
3 days 19c.
Ladies ribbed Vests much heavi
er just the thing for winter, a SOC.
garment all over the world, we
sell for only 3Sc.
Ladies 75c. ribbed Union Suits
for 40c,
100 dozen gents under Suits rib
bed in electric blue, suit 4Sc.
200 dozen mems feeced thread
under Shirts and Drawers we sell
at 4Sc.
| case OF Australian wool under
Wear that you pay 300 a suit for
these goods were bought from a
manufacturer that was in need o1
money and therefore this price
per garment 98c.
Special Bargains
| 20 yards best yard wide Domes
tic for 94c.
| Pepperell Mills Sheeting q yd
I wide think Of it for 19c.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-19
WAITING FOR A REPLY.
Castro Has Received No Answer to
First Proposition.

Caracas, Dec. 1S.-Early today the
correspondent here of the Associated
Press saw President Castro and ques-
toned him in regard to the report pub
liShed in the United States that the
AnSlo-German uItimatum had been &C
cepted by Venezuela. The president
became furious with rage and said
there was no truth in the report He
added:
The acceptance Of an ultimatum
cannot be coupled with arbitration
Besides the AnglO-German ultimatum
is not, properly speaking, an ulti-
matum.'
When asked if it were true that
Venezuela was taking diplomatic steps
20 arrange for arbitration, and that
arrangements in this direction We're
well advanced, President Castro said:
The government of Venezuela does
not propose to determine on any steps
while the proposition for arbitration
that the legation of the United States
was charged to present to Great Brit
ain and Germany shall remain I'M
answered"
At noon no answer on the subject of
the proposed arbitration had been re-
ceiVed from Washington.
The French cruiser D'Assas is ex-
pected at La Guayra. Her command
er has received orders not to do any
thing which might wound the suscep-
ubilities of the Venezpelans.