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MINOR EVENTSOF THE WEEK
WARRINGTON ITEMS.

Some Senators expressed the belief
that the Senate will be called together
In extra session In November to con
slider a reciprocity treaty with Cuba.
The failure Of President Roosevelts
reciprocity policy was not expected to
cause trouble with the Cuban Govern.
ment.
War Department officials expressed
qualification at the progress made by
Governor Taft In his negotiations with
the Vatican.
The Senate confirmed the nomination
of Captain William Crozier to be Chief
Of Ordnance Of the Army. with the rank
Of Brigadier-General.
President Roosevelt nominated Cap
tains Yates Sterling and william C.
Wise to be Rear-Admirals.
Secretary Moody announced that
many junior officers Of the Navy on
shore duty will be sent to sea and re.
placed In present Offices by civilians.
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Spear Points.
rr,vc- brings o7en powcr.

Secret prayer brings oTen power.
Gospel snr !icity IS transparent si"cer''S.
A pure heart is worth Ilcre than ui.te.d
wealth.
Do not think to begin 10 live, when ;a'u
art ready to die.
The soul that pursues 4 sin Is sure to
oyertake a sorrow.
Jesus is not subject Of study; lie Is
revelation to the soul
Good men and women are the lest itLi.
Gators of Gods omnipresencc.
Try each day to bring some scnl nearer
to the goal you are trying yourself to
reach.
God hath so suited our duty to our in
terest, that obedience to His will Is Lai pi.
ness to ourselves.
1t takes only one volcano IN the earth to
show that the heart OF the Garth is are.
and that some day it may burst through
the thickest crust. This is IT.:
tragedy of our single sins. Down
the crack which some one transGrcssion
makes in the fair face OF smooth and
blooming life. We can see waiting tor Goes
IN ulgment word the fire before which that
life shall be at last consumed with fcrv,nt
heat.-Ram's Horn
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A Remarkable Locomotive.

According to the London Coiliery
Guardian. one Of George Stephenson's
locomotives. which was placed in com.
mission in 1922 on a railway running
from the Hellar colliery. Durham. to
the wear. a distance Of eight miles. Is
still In daily use. Very little
Of the original engine. OF course. re-.
mains. but worn parts have always
been replaced by duplicates. The two
cylinders are placed vertically on the
top Of the boiler. one above the front
pair Of wheels and one above the after
pair. The piston rods point upward,
and have cross arms from which four
long connecting rods convey the pow.
er to the four wheels.
I'm 1922" says the writer. 1.-THE en-.
gine could draw about sixty-four tons
at four miles an hour on the level To.
day 1t can haul l20 tons at seventy
miles an hour. One may be excused
for asking IL this is also on the level?'T
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the OLD TATTOO.

An the glory Of heaven is excluded by gclc
coins held too close to the eyes.
But none is deceived, save the gazer-the
lord Of q FOOLS paradise:
With the wide world inviting to action,
with humanity yearning Tor light.
BE can see but the gold that gilds fashion,
and. beyond. al 10 swallowed In
night.
o large are the fields and fertile! o broad
is the fathomless main!
Like the mountains, they're calming for
manhood. but too often they sum-
mon in vain:
While round US the fair. young flowers,
and the bees that within them lurk;
Repeat. in their endless endeavor. "Al
the icy OF the world springs from
work."
Then, oh. how can you worship 80 weakly
when q monarch of money appears,
A. the hoois OF his steeds Ger you tram
pie, in the dust that is wet with your
tears:
All. brothers of mind and nuscle-ah, SIS.
ters OF deftness and skill
Be yourselves kings and queens OF high
purpose! Be earth's monarchs.-
you can. II you will.
Robert Mackay. in Success.
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day boldly announced that he was for
the coming Of the road. Immediately
half a dozen other prominent citizens
that had received passes. but kept quiet
about it. said they were with Halver.
son. 1t came to such point that Gen.
tleman Ed was left alone in his oppo-
sition to the road. and that settled the
matter.
Another message went forward to
Mr.. Marvel. which told Of the surren.
der OF Blue Duck. A few days after.
ward the track gang resumed labor.
and the rails came swiftly toward the
town. The day they entered and
stopped at the depot site Halverson.
Anderson. all OF Blue Duck but Gentle.
man Ed. turned out with shouts and
cheers. The workmen were given q
royai feast. and there was no sign OF
the past conflict.
But Gentleman Ed. prince Of gamb.
lers. prince Of good fellows. rode far
away into the long grasses. where he
could be alone with the cattle. He
journeyed so far he could just look
back and see the thin curl Of smoke
coming from the stack Of the locomo
tive of the work train. 1t seemed &c
mock him. to say that the frontier so
far as Blue Duck was concerned had
come to an end. He faced the problem
Of steam and electricity. and like thou
sands Of pioneers before him was con
quered.
"It's no use" he said to an old bull
feeding near him. Ito buck the cars.
The engine'n get you yet. old boy. 1t
sends me away from here forever: II
will kill you. No more freedom fol
Blue Duck-I'm done"
He rode back to the town. and with.
in an hour had sold all his holdings. re.
ceived his money and wound up his af'
fairs. Halverson and the rest plead
with him, but he would not listen.
The tinhorns will come now" he
told them. and turned his horses head
toward the West. Some Of the men
rode with him for miles. but he had
nothing to say. He gave them a clasp
Of the hand at parting. but he did not
look back. He and bis black mare
kept steadily on toward the faraway
mountains. leaving Blue Duck. the rail.
road and ail that 1t meant.-Ch:cago
Record Herald.
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Sdll Moro Serious.

Every one who has tried to hire ah
apartment In the city has encountered
the stern question. Have you any
children?" II one Is forced to own to
that blessing. he Is too often coldly
informed that the house Is not for him.
One prospective tenant. when the
question was put to him. looked at his
wife, and his wife looked at him. They
seemed to scent q joke In the situa-
ton.
Yes" said the man. I'VE have three
children"
Then I can't let you have the fat"
announceiSsthe agent
But there are extenuating circum-
stances"
I'm the real estate and renting busi-
ness" said the agent. there are NO
extenuating circumstances In regard
to children. We simply cannot admit
them"
But our children don't live with
u.s."
Don't live with you:"
mo"
But they come to see you:"
"Oh yes, frequently"
"Worse and worse" asserted the
agent. when children merely come
to visit. they are permitted to tear
things loose. We have discovered BY
experience that when parents see their
children only occasionally. they are
ten times as indulgent. The rompipg
they'd do in q three days visit would
ruin the reputation Of the building"
Again the prospective tenants looked
at each other and laughed.
"Our children won't romp." said the
man.
Children are all alike" returned
the agent.
But our children are married"
"Oho. married! Tha. alters It." And
the agent prepared to so to work on
the lease.
Yes. married" repeated the man.
"and have children of their own"
The agent dropped his pen.
"Grandparentsr' he cried. "The
most indulgent creatures on earth!
Your children bring their children
with them. and you have family gath.
er!ngs, and all that. What an escape!
In another minute you'd have had the
fiatw-Youth's Companion.
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a, A,,om.,,e Dating Stamp.

Thomas r. Post has patented an auto
matte dating machine. Its principal ad.
vantage Is a detachable signature die that
can be removed and any other signature
substituted in its place. BY this arrange.
ment in n business house where several
are employed every man can carry in his
pocket tn. die for his own signature and
insert it into the machine in a second
when he wants to use the machine. In
be traced back to the man that gives it:
The placing of dates is simplifed, and
there is an automatic self.inking attach
mcnt. fresh ink being applied to the rib
bon every time the machine is used. There
is fve-siyths les. ribbon used than, ir
other machines. and the ribbon revolves
constantly in ono dirsctinn-
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DOMESTIC.

The unarmored cr Denver. the
torpedo boat destroy er Hull and the
steamer Finland were launched.
Forest fires destroyed millions OF feet
of standing lumber on the line between
British Columbia and Washington.
Mayor Albert A. Ames. Of MinneaEo-
lis, Minn.. pleaded not guilty to an II.
dictment charging him with attempted
bribery.
CAPTAIN John L. Hines. quarterElas-
ter of the Twenty-third United States
Infantry. was acquitted by a general
court. martial at Plattsburg. n. l.. OF
ordering Private Penlow. Of his coE-
pany, strung up by the thumbs to make
him confess his accomplices II q rob-
berry In the Philippines.
John X. Messersmith. q member OF
the New York Cotton Exchange.
charged with obtaining $4,000 under
false pretences from the Merchants
National Bank. at Baltimore. Nd. was
convicted.
John H. Hartman. a city fireman. CT
Omaha, Neb., resigned. bade his mates
goodbye. put bullet through his head
and died an hour later. Hartman had
told his companions he had been disap-
pointed In love.
William J. Bryan gave out state
ment bitterly denouncins former Presi-
lent Cleveland. and declaring there
gould be no harmony between men like
him and those who believe in Demo
cratic principles.
Coal operators charged President
Mitchell with inaccuracies In his state
ment, and refused even to consider his
arbitration demand.
CONSERVATION among rich citizens OF
Pittsburg. Pa. was caused by yellow
Manx cat which escaped from house
where smallpox prevailed.
Three laborers were smothered to
death by a caye-in ct the new rife
range at Sea Girt. n. ]. General Spen-
Ger and Lieutenant-C Colonel Reading
had narrow escapes.
Five persons were killed and twenty
nine injured In q railway collision near
Staples. Minn.. between two passenger
trains.
Valet Charles F. Jones. Patrick's ac-
compllce In the murder Of Millionaire
Rice at New York City. was released
In $1,000 bail.
Several policemen and score OF
locked out silk mill operatives were IN.
jured in q riot Mt Union Hill. n. ]. In
Paterson Mayor Hinchliffe suspended
Chief of Police Graul. and q meeting
Of Italian Anarchists In cemetery
was dispersed.
Frank Jones and John Johnson. ne.
gro murderers Of Israel Radetsky. q
Deddler. were hanged In the Jail yard
at Ellicott City. Md.
Using his bed sheet. Joseph Hoggatt.
child murderer. hanged himself In q
cell ut Salem. Ind.
John G. Mccullough was nominated
by the Republicans for Governor OF
Vermont.
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FOREI6N.

King Albert's remains were buried
at Dresden. Kaiser William and the
Emperor of Austria being present at
the funeral.
Emperor William accepted the rcsig.
nation Of Herr von Thielen. Minister
of Public Works. whom he decorated
with the Order OF the Black Eagle. and
appointed General Budde to be his sue.
ceSsOr.
The officers Of the United States
cruiser Albany were entertained by the
American officials and residents at Lis
bon. Portugal.
Bolivia notified Brazil that she will.
II the latter Government insists. re-
woke the concession Of the Acre terri.
tory to the Anglo-American syndicate.
The Duke OF Manchester took his
seat In the House of Lords. his fnan-
cial difficulties having been removed.
The Lloyds medal for merItorious
service was presented TO Captain
Freeman. of the ROddam. for getting
his steamship safely away from St
Pierre. Martinique. when that city was
destroyed.
The street railway strike In Toronto.
Ont. was settled. after the arrival OF
the military on the scene. by cOmpro.
mise between employers and employed.
At Aix-la- -Chapelle the Kaiser made
m address OH tile necessity Of religion
for the people. and at krefeld insisted
on the advantages Of a strong navy.
An electric railway accident near Nj.
Ian caused injuries to forty.nine per.
sons.
A Paris physician had himself inocu
lated with diseased matter from COW
in order to disprove DR.. Koch's tubcr.
culosis theory.
The introduction Of a joker into the
French deck Of playing cards was au'
thOrized.
TwJ unknown men threw themselves
from the railroad bridge At Ottawa,
Ont. into the Ottawa River. and were
drowned.
There was decrease Of ten per cent
In the beet root acreage In Germany
this year.
Venezuelan revolutionists won sew.
eral more important towns from Presi
dent Castro.
The Borough Council Of Poplar. Lon
don. accepted an offer from Andrew
Carnegie OF $4,000 for the establish
ment Of free Libraries In the borough.
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GODS MESSAGE TO MAN
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS

Poem: A Drop OF Hsavcn's Dew-Ths
Material saccsss which Leaves ., Man
aspirirusl Bankrupt-rhe Sin OF Starv-
ias the Soul-Our Moral Necessities.
Some time between the dawn and dark,
Go thou, o friend, apart,
That a cool drop Of heavens dew
May fall into thy heart.
Thus with a spirit soothed AID cured
OF restlessness and gain,
Thou mayest. nerved with force divine,
lake up thy work again:
Rams Hora.
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AIconolic HeredIfy.

Dr.. r. D. Cro.hers. editor OF the Ameri.
can Quarterly Journa! OF Inebriety, says
on this subject: In report which made
before the American Society for the Study
OF Inebriety where the historic: Of l!44 in.
ebria.es we're studied lOso had a distinct
history OF heredty. Many OF these cases
were direct heredities. ;he impulse to drink
passing down from father. to child with
great exactness. Usually the transm'smon
oi t,-ink impulse ends in extinction of the
race after the second generation, not al
ways by inebrety or drug taking. but By
other diseases which are encouraged By
rho wv vitality 0: tEe victim
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Carried slx Block. I'm . sewer Flood.

Nicholas Carr. fourteen years old,
aud Sidney Travers. also fourteen.
We're caught in rush Of water In the
Bush street sewer ut Baltimore, Md,
and were swept underground for six
blocks. down to the Patapsco River at
Spring Gardens. Young Travers seized
floating log and held on TO 1t until
he was rescued. His companion was
drowned.
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u.u.,.o.. NJ Dead Oueeu.

Lord Roberts records the TACT in the
Official Gazette that in April, 1900, Queen
Victoria intrusted him with four wooleen
scarfs, worked BY herself, which she dc.
sired distributed to four distinguished
private soldiers OF the colonial contin;;
gents Of Canada. Australia. New Zealand
and South Africa The Canadian scarf
goes to Private (now Lieutenant) Row
land Thompson, OF the Royal Canadian
Regiment, for personal gallantry In the
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STRIKERS KILL FIVE MINERS.
Rhey Threw Dynamite Into Shaft Whore
Workers Were.

Roanoke, Va.-The bodies Of Henry
Harston and Peter Harston, two
miners. reached here from Williams.
town. W. Va. where they were killed
by IN explosion OF dynamite In mine.
About twenty-five miners were at
work In the mine. when a crowd en-.
tered with rifles. demanding that they
should come out. On the miners re-
fusal to obey their commands the
strikers threw a quantity Of dynamite
into the shaft. which exploded. killing
dive of the men. As soon as the sur
yiv0rs came out of the shaft the strik.
ers fred on them. injuring several. but
none was thought TO be fatally shot.
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HAS HAD NO RAIN IN THREE YEARS
Terrible Suffering In Drought Stricken
Texan County.

Corpus Christi. Texas.-County Judge
Sheehan. Of Zapata County. has issued
an appeal. stating that the drouth situ-
alton In Zapata County grows steadily
worse. and thousands Of people down
there are suffering for food.
No rain has fallen In many parts Of
Zapata COUNT for over three years.
AL live stock is dead. and all people
who could have left the county. Those
who remained here for months past
subsisted entirely upon charity from
people in other parts Of the State.
Zapata was formerly rich stock rails
ing county. Men who were wealthy q
few years ago are now begging for
handful Of corn to keep life within
their bodies. The situation Is simply
appalling.
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OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

General Cailles. at Manila. said that
he was willing to testify to conditions
In Tabayas Province prior to his sur.
render.
Captain Wild was sentenced 20 rep-i-
mand for the burning Of cockpit be-
longing to. FIlipinos who had tried to
kill two Of his men.
Great changes were made In the po-
sitions held by Filipinos In public ser
vice; nearly 1000 now in office.
Senior villegas. formerly President OF
Santo Tomas. p. l.. was sentenced to
twenty years Imprisonment for violat'
ing In several Instances his oath OF al
ieCiance to the United States.
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Seeing the Good.

Why ia it that the bad side OF life
Ieems SO much more conspicuous than the
good? l. it because predominance Of evil
makes it more common, or that We being
evil see it more readily, or. that the alb
noraml, by its nature, stands out excres.
cent and disigurins? Whatever the an
swer, it should be the ambition OF every
lover of goodness 20 sound its praises, to
flavor mis- words with appreciation. Part
of hating evil is ignoring it, ,neglectins 1t;
Thinking of things OF good report and
ting our mouths as well as our ears against
the fruit of evil, in the scorn of silence,
wsakens its hold upon US. What the re.
deemed Of the Lord say should strengthen
the side OF the Lord redeemed.-M. D.
Babcock, DID.
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A Canadian has applied the old prin
cinies of the revolving knife.wheel to the
lawn mower. His machine looks like an
enlarged pair Of hair-clippers. but IS not
of tn. same mechanism. The stationary
guides. made in the shape of fork. run
through the grass and hold it in place
while the revolving wheels cut 1t oil.
The operating mechanism is so simple
that the lawn mower is not likely TO gee
out OF order. and may be bought reason
ably. The power required to push the
machine will be less than in one which
has more friction to overcome.
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Raault of Kite Experiments.

Recent experiments with Kites have
shown that electricity Is usually noticed
on the wire controller when the kite ex-
cecds IN altitude OF 100 feet. By flying
kites from vessels at sea. il is said. sudden
saua.A can be iore,old even when the bar
omc.er fails to indicate their approach.
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THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF NTEMPeRANcE.

Poem: Golug Down the Hili-Intsmpen
snes In 900 900. Double
the Cost Of Army and Navy. spsnt Eso1
Yssr-Inereass In Crime and Insanity.
A year ago his eyes were clear.
He had a cheerful way,
But deep despair was in his air
When met him yesterday.
He tried at 6rst to smile and Jest,
To keep it,from me, still
His manner plainly showed that he
Was going down the hill.
Through tears he told his bitter tale;
The story's tr7te and old;
A stumble. and the start was made;
He'd los. his slender hold!
"And, oh" he cried in bitterness.
1T takes a mighty will
To put the brake On when you've once
Got started down the hill!
81 see the ones love distressed,
hear them cry for bread,
End when she meets me at the Gcor
Her eyes are vet and red.
I've tried to change the course Of th;nes,
I've prayed for srccor. still
There seems to be no stopping whoa
You've started down the hill"
Ee shambled on with head low bowed.
He that year ago
Could overlook the surging crowd,
Now piteous and low
watch him stumble through q deer
Alas, as weaklings will
And lean against gilded bar
That tilted down the hill.
&C ~ Y;ss,
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K.ppsle Sentenced to Auburn.

Edward W. Kappele. insurance
agent. found guilty of obtaining 4
$500 mortgage by false representa-
tion ut LOckport. =. u. has been SEN
fenced to hve years and six months
IN Auburn.
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MITCHELL STATES HIS CASE
The Mine Workers Answer to the
Coal Operators.
AN APPEAL FOR ARBITRATION

rhs strikers' Leader Declares the Work
10 Very Dangerous, the Pay Too smA'i
and the System OF weighing Unjuss-
The Losses Incurred Since che Begin
ming OF tbs Strike.
Wlkesbarre. Pa.-An appeal to the
American people has been Issued by
President Mitchell In behalf OF the an
thracite mine workers who are on
strike. he pictures In a conservative
statement the condition under which
the miners work: declares they earn
less on an average than $500 a year:
that for every day worked two Of their
number are killed and FIVE injured;
that since the increase of ten per cent.
In 1900 they have been compelled to
pay thirty to forty per cent. more for
provisions: that the operators make
larger profits than appear upon their
books. and tells how well the strikers
have behaved themselves.
In conclusion he declares emphati-
cally that even though the strikers are
defeated and the United Mine Workers
crushed. the fight for higher wages
and better conditions will not cease.
and In the end be reiterates his offer OF
arbitration. stating that 1t is time to
seriously consider this, as the contem-
plated strike Of all the miners threat
ems the commercial supremacy OF the
country.
The document Is President Mltchelrs
formal answer to the letters OF the coal
operators which were submitted to
President Roosevelt through Labor
Commissioner Wright.
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sscre, Society coasrols Election.

Candidates put forward by the Cam
ORA. the notorious secret society. were
elected all along the line in the munich
pal elections held In Naples. Italy. 1t
Is expected that the Government will
dissolve the Municipal Council.
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BaliRion Practicable.

For all the vocations to-day in orr IN,
dustrial world religion is practicable, and
the Lord Jesus Christ can be served ac-
ceptably by all the people. all the week
and at all times.-The Rev. w. q. P1rt'
ridge. Cincinnati
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Jesus Dared.

Jesus dared to be Himself, original. s?o'.
tancous. independent His face was set
against the proud. the false. the arrogant,
He loved common men and women acd
believed in thcm.-The Rev. W. b. Tho?
Chicago.