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LELAND sTANFoRo's DOG.
Touching Devotion Of a Young Mans
Canine PrOtcge.


Canine PrOtcge.
If dogs had no other good qualities,
their devotion to human beings would
be enough in itself to assure them n
place In the world. Mrs. Sarah IL.
Bottoms book, "Our Devoted Friend,
the Dog" contains a score Of stories
about the steadfast faithfulness of all
kinds Of dogs, from terrier to st. Ber-
nard. One of the most pathetic Is the
story of a dog belonging to Leland
Stanford, Jr., for whom the great uni
versity in California is a memorial.
One day, when the boy was about 10
years old, lie heard tumult In the
street and darted out of the house. lie
came back covered with dust, holding
a homely yellow dog In his arms. Be.
fore his mother could reach him he
had flown to the telephone and sum.
moned the doctor. Thinking from the
agonized tones Of the boy that some OF
the family must be very Ill, the doctor
FASTENED to the house.
At first his professional dignity was
llttlc rufiied Mt being confronted with
n dusty, excited boy. holding dirty
mongrel with broken leg. But the
earnest, innocent face disarmed the
doctor, and lie took boy and dog to a
veterinary surgeon, who washed and
dressed the dogs wounds and then
turned him over to his new master.
The boy took care Of the dog until
1t recovered, and it repaid him with a
devotion that was touching.
When the boy died In Italy, his body
was brought to the marble tomb In
PalO Alto. The little yellow dog had
been waiting his masters return from
Europe. When he did not return the
dog knew that something was wrong.
and after the body was placed In the
tomb lay down in front Of the door.
and could not be coaXed away even for
his food. One morning they found him
there, dead, and buried him next to his
protector and friend.
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DANGERS OF LAUGHING,
Occasional InoppOrtuneness of AIirth
Evidenced.


1t was awkward for the cars con-
fidential adviser, Baron Enidon.
month ago that he had not a quicker
control of his features, for a laugh ut
the wrong moment lost him his high
position of f12.O0O a year.
While the royal suit was at Com
piegne, soon after the arrival, the car
was tired and a little irritable by the
effects of his long journey. While 60
ing through the big library, which was
part of the great apartments prepared
for him, he slipped on a wolfskin mat
that lay on the highly polished floor.
made a wild attempt to save himself
and clutched at one of his attendants.
He nearly brought himself and his
standby to the ground, but he Just
managed to avoid fall. The spectacle
was rather ludicrous, especially in
such stately parsonage, and when the
rather irritated monarch turned round
he found his favorite Enidoff indulging
in a grin of amusement, which he
could not suppress.
The car, who detests levity on state
occasions, spoke very sharply to the
culprit, who next day was dismissed
his post and relegated to an assistant
secretaryship. with plenty Of hard
work to do, and wherein he never sees
the car at all. Although wealthy and
of the oldest nobility the baron dared
not refuse the minor service. His
former stipend was f12O0O a year.
But the kaiser, on the whole, is the
most dangerous person to laugh at, or
before, and more than one person has
done for himself in this way. So
did the unfortunate Cough AIilbanke
find 1.-THE clever but bluff Scottish
colonial administrator. 1t was he who
used to command the Sultan Abou
Din's troops and manage the Arabian
finances.
The kaiser took him up four years
ago as guest, with a view to making
use of him in the new Expansion"
policy of the German empire, and had
decided to give him a fine position in
the east to guard German interests in
China, at princely remuneration. Of
course. The kaiser sees to these things
himself, and anybody who becomes
one Of his right hand men is pretty
well set up for life.
At one Of the audiences given him
at POtsdam, Milbanke was giving the
emperor the benefit of his experience
and receiving his orders when the kali
ser made rather absurd suggestion as
to eastern diplomacy. proposing to win
the confidence Of the Japanese and
Kurile islanders with presents.
Milbanke, bursting into Il guffaw,
asked the kaiser if he thought the Jap
anese were Kongo niggers, who could
be bought over with a few glass beads
and fiintlock gun The kaiser froze
at once. wished Milbanke good night
and never reopened relations with him.
The moral is. when YOU are chatting
with a king don't forget he is q king
and dig him in the ribs.
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THE ARK OF NOAH.
An Ancient Tablet That Gives an Ex-
MT naanrintinn nf Il

An Ancient Tablet That Gives an Ex-
net Description of 1t.
A remarkable discovery has been
made in the British museum during the
slow course Of deciphering the cunei-
form inscriptions on earthern tablets
found in the ruins of the library of
Asurbanipal the Magnificent, king of
Assyria from 66S to 626 before the day
Of Christ.
The new find is that of a tablet that
tells in details of NOah's ark, giving
exact dimensions and enumerating the
animals that were carried on it to save
them from the deluge
The ancient record, predating even
the ancient Asurbanipars reign by no
one knows how many centuries, treats
the matter not as legend, but as his
tory.
According to the dimensions given in
the record, the hull of the ark was al
most exactly twice as long and more
than ten times as wide as the Oceanic
or the Celtic, the two biggest ships in
the world today. Either of the two
big ships when in drydock towers eigh-
ty feet from keel to lower deck. The
deckhOuse alone of the ark, according
to the tablets was more than three
times as high as that.
So great was this deckhouse that
neither the Oceanic nor Celtic could ac-
cOmmOdate it on their hulls, for it
alone was 400 feet longer than either
of these ships are over all.
The description of the ark as given
in the tablets depicts it as having been
a huge housebOat in form. Thus the
present and common conception of
what its appearance was is identical
with that conveyed by the old record.
According to the figures given in the
tablet, the ark would have drawn so
much water that she never could enter
| New York harboF, even in the highest
tide, when there are thirty-six feet of
water clear. This fact serves to give
Il graphic conception of what the ex-
tent of the deluge must have been.
The tablet, after giving the dimen-
siOns of the ark, goes on to describe
the arrangement of the deckhOuse.
There was ample room on each side
Of the deckhouse for moving about, a
space 1920 feet wide having been left
on each side Of the craft between the
decllhOuse and the gunwale of the ark.
At each end was a great deck, where
the inmates rested during the day.
One may suppose these two decks were
similar in purpose, if not in form, to
the promenade decks on the modern
liners.
The work of deeiphering the inso
ton has not been completed, and OIL
a partial list of the animals that were
carried has been made out as vet. The
inscription, as far as read, enumerates
in the order given drOmedaries, cam
els, oxen, mules, asses, sheep, goats,
antelopes and rabbits as the mammals
that were carried. Doves head the list
of birds, then follow swallows and "a
vens.
All this agrees with the account of
the building and voyage of the ark as
given in the Bible except the order in
which the birds are named.-Washing-
ton Post.
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There has just been another bonfire
OF Nj. hola's books in Melbourne. The
local supreme court has decided that
certain of his novels are indecent lit
erature" within the meaning of the act.
In consequence when a consignment Of
these books arrives from London or
Paris it is promptly seized at Port Mel
bourne and carried into the custom
house yard, where the books are piled
into heap and set alight The process
is primitive, but effective. - London
Chronicle.
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'If stories about Ny. Roosevelt are
in order, may narrate a little domes-
tic incident" said 4 political friend Of
the president. zone evening at dinner
Mr.. and Mrs. Roosevelt were discuss
ing an old programme which she had
preserved. and both referred to the en-
tertainment, saying how much they
had enjoyed it at the time. The young
est child listened very closely and at
length burst forth in genuine grief and
disappointment:
Why didn't you take me%
Hush. my dear said paterfamilias.
That was before your mother and l
were married.
"They thought no more of the Incl
dent. A few days later the tot was
telling some wildly improbable tale to
the eldest. Mr.. Roosevelt. who over
heard the weird narrative, demanded
sharply:
"'When did you do all that?'
"'Oh, that was before you and man,
ma were married. replied the tot with
the utmost gravity."-Exchange.
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two countries, while he made graceful
acknowledgment of the unusual vel
come accorded him. 1t was interesting
to note that the function at the City
Hall marks the first time that the free
dom of the city Of New York has been
extended to a titled foreigner since
that honor was bestowed upon the
Marquis de Lafayette in 1924. Since
then various princes have been given
marked recognition, but the word
freedom" has never been ineorpo-
rated in resolutions adopted by COM
mon council or board of aldermen.
An immense crowd had assembled
in Battery Park to do honor to the
prince and his suite. As the prince
stepped ashore he was greeted BY the
mayors secretary, and as the party.
consisting of the prince, Ambassador
Won Holleben, Consul General Buenz.
Admiral Evans and the legation at
taches, walked into Battery Place,
there was tremendous outburst of
cheering. As the carriages containing
the party were driven rapidly up
Broadway the throng which lined the
pavements and stood at the windows
of the tall buildings gave the occu-
pants a rousing welcome. At Wall
street an avalanche of ticker tape al
most covered the prince, who took if
in good part and saluted the throw
ers.
Prince Henry was present last even.
ing at gala performance given in his
honor at the Metropolitan Opera
House. The prince did not arrive at
the opera until $50, and the first act
of 'Lohengrin," with which the pro
gramme was opened. was nearly fin
ished when he reached his box. The
royal visitor was enthusiastically re.
ceived by the large audience present.
and he bowed his acknowledgements
repeatedly.
The first act of 'Lohengrin" was fol
lowed by the second of Carmen" the
third Of aida" the second Of Tam
hauser," the first of la Traviata"
and the first scene of the fourth act of
Massenet's lie Cid" Among the art.
lists who took part were Mines. Calve,
Gadslli, Schumann-Heink, Emma
Eames. Ternina, Sembrich and Breval
and Messrs. Dipple, Bisham, Eduard
De Reszko, Alvarez, Scott, Journet,
VandylIe, Van Rooy, Vanni and Salig,
nae. The conductors were Walter
Damrosch, Flon and Beppill
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When a rich man dies, his death as
sumes an Importance in dollars and
cents which to the man who lives all
his life with the prospect Of being laid
away for his long sleep at a cost of
not over 500 seems enormous. Though
the millionaire cannot take his wealth
beyond the grave, he frequently takes
a considerable amount inside the doors
of the tomb. The coffin in which Ii
Hung Chang was buried recently was
one which that willy old diplomat had
had made to suit his fancy and had
carried around with him for many
years. 1t was beautifully ornamented
with gold and precious stones and was
valued at $4,000. The widow of a
millionaire named Hitler lavished $780,
600 on the coffin in which she buried
the body of her husband. The coffin
was of eXquisitely carved mahogany
prOfusely Ornamented with solid gold
and lined with rare silk which cost
SG5 a yard. Nearly all millionaires
spend great sums upon the mausole-
ums where they and their family are
to rest at last. The great Mackay and
Vanderbilt mausOleums are examples
of this, and Senator Clark of Montana
has built him a tomb the cost of which
is said to have been 175,OOO.-New
York Press.
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cutwater Of the yacht was the bunt-
ing-decked stand on which Miss
Roosevelt, Prince Henry and President
Roosevelt and two or three others
stood. In the centre of this little
platform was a box about three feet
nigh. Into this box were run the steel
wire ropes from the yachts cradle.
These were caught by a line, which
Miss Roosevelt cut with a specially
made silver Ratchet. The cutting of
this king rope released the weights.
and the yacht Immediately started
down the ways amid a scene of great
enthusiasm. The launching proper was
without mishap and presented a grace
full and beautiful picture, though it.
was accomplished in drizzling rain
and other inauspicious atmospheric
conditions.
1t was just 1899 a. m. when the long
narrow hull slipped into the water.
Miss Roosevelt swung bottle Of Ger
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The officers Of old st. Johns church.
on Church hill. Richmond, contradict
with much warmth a published story
to the effect that the venerable struc-
ture is to be sold to make way for a
block of commercial buildings. The
senior warden, Captain Cyrus Bos-
sieux' says chat the church does not
owe a cent to any one 1t was in this
church that Patrick Henry made his
celebrated Give me liberty or give me
death" speech in 1TT5. and it is the de-
light of all visitors to Richmond to
stand in the pew in which he uttered
the memorable words.
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1t may be of interest to point out at
this time that the most expensive cor
OnatiOn on record was that Of the pres
ent car of Russia Upward of SIS
100000 was spent by the government
alone and fully another $5,OOO,OOO by
the public authorities of various Rus
sian towns. The Representatives of
other powers We'd with each other in
lavish OUTLAWS and, counting the sums
spent by other persons, the coronation
of Nicholas IL. cannot have cost much
less than S25.O0O.n0O.
The coronation Of Car Nicholas 1.
WAS also a. very expensive affair. The
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Queen Margherita of Italy did a great
many kind deeds in aid of men of let
tiers and artists, which are gradually
coming to light. She disclosed the mu-
steal gifts of Puccini and sent him to
Milan to study at her expense. She
never missed chance to make the ac-
qualntance of eminent foreigners. A
funny story is told of her first meeting
with GregorOvius. She invited him to
dance in a quadrille with her, but the
poor scholar could no more dance than
ny ana had to excuse himself, where
upon the queen remarked, Every well;
since you don't dance 1 viii give up the
quadrille, and we will have a chat to-
gether."
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In his immense humanity he refused
to make distinctions of manner amona
those of his own class of life who an.
preached him, always excepting the
rare cases where base qualities had
been proved beyond a doubt to his
mind. The thing he most abhorred was
unuuthfulness. Even insincerity in its
most conventional form was detesta bic
to an upright mind which loved and
sought for truth in all its phases. His
first impulse was to think well of peO-
pie to like them, to respect them; they
were human souls, and therefore to
him of the greatest earthly interest,
lie conversed affably with all. Love
OF beauty as he was. he would talk
pleasantly with dull old ladies as wit
young and pretty ones. He made hill
self delightful at a dinner party whet
er the guests CHANGED to be of N
OGRE Intelligence or of superior bra
His fund of sparkling anecdOte fol
was never exhausted. In this,
many other ways, one learned
him the lesson of self forgetfl
He never asked: do these
amuse me? Do find them agre,
His only thought was, Let me
make their time pass pleasaI
The Late Mrs. Arthur Bronson
tury Magazine.
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DRIVING OUT INSURGENTS
Expedition of Native Police and Con-
stabulary to Clear Rial Province

E%peoltlon OF Native Police and Con-
stabuary to Clear Rial Province.
Manila, Feb. Ex-Governor Flores,
of Rial province, has organized an
expedition, consisting Of native police
and volunteers to cooperate with the
constabulary and military and clear
the province Of the ladrones and in
surgents, who have been pouring into
Rial from Batangas and Cavite prov
inces. Governor Flores says that
when he has completed his task there
will be no ladrones or insurgents left
in Rial
Lieutenant Walter c. Johnston. of
the Fifteenth Infantry, has captured
Malvar's battle flag. Johnston has
also captured Malvar's personal Jew
elry, valued at over 5000.
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MILFORD, DEL, FRIDAY FEBRUARY Is, 1902.

then Duke Of DevOnshire was the Bit
lsh representative, and he spent fully
SloO'OOO of his own money in connec-
ton with it. The coronation Of George
~. was the most expensive in English
annals, and this cost only $12,5OO,OOO.
or this amount S125,OOO was expended
on the coronation robe and $225,O on
the crown.
The cost of the coronation of George
III. did not amount to half that of the
coronation of George ". The whole
cost Of the coronation of William ".
to only $4,000 and that of
Queen Victoria to S35O.OOO.
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GIFT FOR MISS ROOSEVELT
Gold Bracelet, With Picture of EN-.
peror In Diamonds

~VIU D aOSISI WIN TICtUTt OF EN-
peror In Diamonds.
New York, Feb 26-Before the
luncheon given on the imperial yacht
Hohenzollern yesterday in honor of
President Roosevelt by Prince Henry
of Prussia, a golden bracelet, with a
picture of Kaiser Wilhelm in dia-
monds, was presented to Miss Alice
Roosevelt. It was the emperor's gift
to the young lady as sponsor for the
new yacht, Meteor. The presentation
was made by Prince Henry on behalf
of his brother, the emperor. The
prince made a brief address, and the
young lady thanked him very much.
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York, Pa, Feb. 26.-Two men were
killed and one dangerously injured
in a freight wreck on the Columbia
and Port Deposit Railroad a short dis
lance south of McCalls Ferry. The
dead are: Engineer A. T. Hatch and
an Paul Willie -nry Wolf.
RS hid
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VOL. XIV. NO. 9. WHOLE NUMBER, 1888

Educate Your Bowels with Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic. cure constipation forever.
lOc. 25c. II c. c. G faii. druggists refund money!
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Lonuon, FeD. l9.-The MOsco
respondent of the Daily Mail sa.
Count Tolstoi has suffered a
that his fever has returned an
his heart is. weak.
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LAUNCHING on YACHT
Miss Roosevelt Cut King Rope
With Silver Hatchet.
CROWD cHEERED PRINCE HENRY

Immediately After Launching the
Prince Sent cabIegrams to Emperor
Announcing Its success-eiven the
Freedom of New York.
New York, Feb. 25.-The finishing
touches on the emperor of Germany's
new yacht were given yesterday, and
the launching took place at 10 o'clock
this morning. The Union Jack was
hoisted at her bow and from a small
Temporary staff amidships foated the
imperial standard. Directly under the
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KERR Brothers Celebrated White
Wash and Plastering Lime reduced in
price. 5 bushels and over, soc per bushel;
in lots less than bushels, 35c per bushel
for cash A. w POWELL.
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man wine, bedecked with long stream
ers of German colors, against the re-
ceding bow and cried: In the name
of the German emperor, I christen
thee Meteor"
After the launching the prec
presented several persons
prince. President Roosevelt
over the railing, shook h
many of the guests, who
quaintances. While this s
ing on the crowd RENAME
cheering and occasi
'iCh ners for the primo
lent" or "t
att
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A Cloud of Witnesses.

Before 1 get through 1 will show YOU
that you fight in an arena, around
which circle, in galleries above each
other, all the kindIing eyes and all the
sympathetic hearts of the ages, and at
every victory gained there comes down
the laundering applause of a great
multitude that no man can number.
Being compassed about with so great
a cloud of witnesses"
On the first elevation of the ancient
amphitheater, on the day of a celebra-
ton, sat Tiberius or Augustus or the
reigning king. So in the great arena
of spectators that watch our struggles
and in the first divine gallery, as I
shall call it, sits our King, one Jesus.
On his head are many crowns. The
Roman emperor got his place by cold
bloOded cOnQuests, but our King hath
come to his place by the broken hearts
healed and the tears wiped away and
the souls redeemed. The Roman en-
peror sat, with folded arms, indiffer-
ent as to whether the swOrdsman or
the lion beat, but our Kings sympa-
thies are all with us-nay, unheard of
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Ocean City, Nd, Feb. 26.-George
Powell and a horse which he was
driving were found dead on the beach
eight mile III of Ocean City.
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condescensiOn! 1 see him come down
from the gallery into the arena to help
US in the fight, shouting until all up
and down his voice is heard: Fear
not! will help thee! I will strength
en- thee by the right hand Of my pow
err
They gave to the men in the arena in
the olden time food to thicken their
blood, SO that it would flow slowly and
that for a longer time the people might
gloat over the scene. But our King
has no pleasure in our wounds, for we
are bone of his bone, flesh Of his flesh,
blood of his blood.
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y 0dLuIuaY Win
s and a wagon,
the wild-duck
North Beach
northeast
lie and the
each.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-04
COMMISSIONERS SALE.


By virtue of a decree OF the Chancery
Court Of Wilkinson County, Missis :
sippi rendered on the II th day of Dec
ember A. D 1901 in the matter OF the
petition of Il. Ganldcn aud others for
the sale for partition of the lands
herein below described wherein said
sale is ordered. / j. II. Jones, the
commissioner appointed in said decree
to make the sale Of said lands, win
within legal hours on Monday the 81 tn
day of January A. D 1902 at the South
Door Of the Court House in the Town
of Woodville Wilkinson County Mis-
sissippi, proceed to sell for partition
for cash in one body in pursuance of
said decree the lands described
therein as follows: The East part Of
the North West d and the East
part of the South West one quarter,
section S6 and the East part OF North
West quarter. section 81, 297
acres in ALL all of said lands being in
Township ono, Range one East OF
Wilkinson County Mississippi.
j. II. JONES.
Commissioner.
January 4, 1902 3w.