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five years. A land OF old world re-
ligion and huge bibles with portraits
of Noah and Abraham and jeremiah
and Habakkuk. and the rest: portraits
upon which the pious readers gaze
until they feel as though intimate
with the originals.
You would be surprised TO causthe
women turn ont ON market d1y. WocV
on shoes of the elumsiest type. from
ten TO twenty petticoats. white
handkerchief round the shoulders, n
muslin cap toe complex for descrip-
ton and 4 helmet of solid silver or
gold. No electroplatc. no imitation
of any kind. The metal is genuine
and the helmets. or. rather. close-fit-
ting caps of beautifully chased gold
smiths work. are heirlooms trans
mitted from generation to generation
and priced far more for their assOcia-
tions than for their intrinsic worth.
Il Is strange 10 see in the markets OF
Rotterdam frequented by my peasant
friends a row OF women wearing gold
en- caps and selling golden butter or
chafferirg over cent in the price OF
a departed hen. There are cents
The roads are paved, by-lanes and
all. with tiny quarries. compressed
from sand. Were it not so our feet
would sink into the Oozc of the pre-
historic sea. Our village. within an
hours walk of Rotterdam, was once
the Shiny ocean bed. and prehistoric
monsters Of the deep churned the salt
waves into foam over the site of the
"bibcl school the parsonage, the lit
tie church. and the village pump. with
Its inscription Of Good Drink Water"
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that. in point Of quality. can stand up
with the Dutch He admits that you
can 90 from one end Of his country to
the other in a single day and in day
light He admits that the whole
land from north to south, ard from
east TO, west, can be seen from the
tower OF Utrecht cathedral. But what
Of that Diamonds are rather small,
en- 4 lJ-guiden piece is not so big
az cent. butt is gold. He would
put IL to me as candid and truthful
man. and traveller. Come. now. my
hand on my heart Had | ever seen
such beautiful scenery? Such beauti.
full women? Such cultured. intelligent
men, as in Holland? Was IL not
fact that when an Englishman had
done some great feat. accomplished
some sublime cndeayor. distinguished
himself by some heroic act--was it
not fact that he said TO his friends,
Call me a Dutchman. Call me a
Dutchman'" Was not tina; his hearts
desire in the moment of delirious sue.
cess? Come. now. h. candid-eh?
The dogs are delightful. Never saw
! such demons tor work: the only
trouble is TO restrain them. As We roll
into Rotterdam 7 see their fellows
everywhere. They draw the milk
carts; the ground IS encumbcred with
milk carts: they work for the coster-
monger. and the vashcrwcmnn hsr-
ncsses three hounds to the laundry
wagon. They pull al the barge ropes.
and they run the baby carriage. They
bring round the eggs and batter, and
they worl, day and night for the mar.
ket gardener. II Is fully nifty year9
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uniaue Memorial Of Kaiser.

What seems an instance Of almost
excessive hero worship. even in the
subjects OF the kaiser. Is reported
from Berlin. = memorial stone is
now being erected in Schorneide. near
Zehdenick, on the spot on which the
emperor stood when he killed his one
thOusandth stag. The stone. which
weighs some City tons, bears the In.
scription "Our most iliustrious mar.
grave and lord. Emperor wilhelm II.
stood here on the Goth Of September.
Auno Domini 1898. WHOM Staying his
one thous5ndth stag Of twenty tines
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-05-21
TRAGEDY OF VENTS DEATH.
His Murder a Blot on Our Present Day
Civilization.

His Murder Blot on Our Present Day
Civilization.
With all the associations that SLING
around the name of Virginia. that
state seems to furnish a strange set,
ting for such tragedy as that of Ed.
ward L. Wentz. whose body has just
been found near Big Stone Gap in
Wise county. And yet the mountain
country in the western part OF Viz.
ginia is as full OF the mystery OF
moonshiners and feuds and other law
lessness as the adjacent districts Of
Kentucky and Tennessee.
Wentz had inherited an interest in a
great estate of mountain lands that
had never been subdivided for sale.
There were many squatter inhabitants,
and all of them ragged against the
young man who came in TO develop
the country. as If he were some usurp.
er or tyrant. Oct. Ia last year he dis.
appeared. and though his death has
long been assumed not till now has
his fate really been known.
I'll StNth ulOuNLH his DDuN mas
been lying on open ground. undiscov-
cred. Searchers by the thousands had
sought for weeks 10 find him. and
some of them must have passed with
in very short space of his body. Now
the place of his death IS found By nc.
cident within a mile OF where he was
last seen alive. He had evidently
been killed by his squatter enemies.
This Is a tale Of wilderness and
desolation. filter for the early days OF
colonization than for the prime OF the
greatest Of nations. filter for the far
West than for the hoary East. 1t
gives us at least a sense of the long,
long time it will yet take before the
growing people will have occupied
the whole land for its own-before
the whole land viii be really
settled"
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-05-21
STANLEY HAD HIGH PLACE
AMONG WORLDS GREAT MEN

but as polite diplomatic represent
tative, making treaties and laying the
foundations of sovereignty. ZIP the
Congo he went, fortified by his I'M
riyaled skill in rough travel and by
his equally unriyaled acquaintance
with native manners and customs.
The reports which he sent back OF
the resources of the country and of
the stealings and chickering's com
mitted by the Arab slave traders con-
vinced an avaricious and humanita-
rian Europe-bOth characteristics be-
ing senuine-that Africa could no
longer be allowed to go its own way
TO the everlasting bonfire.
The result was the Berlin confer
ence Of 1884, At this conference the
nations of Europe drew ND rules for
the game of scramble which was about
10 begin. Stanley had traversed the
UNEMPLOYED center of Africa which
separated the better known regions of
the south from the still better known
regions of the north. He had brought
the period of curious, investigatory
exploration to an end. He had taken
service under Leopold. He had trans
formed the International Congo asso-
citation into a sovereign landed estate.
Sir Francis de Winton had been sent
out as territorial governor. The Unit
ed States had recognized the blue
fielded and gold starred flag of the
international Congo association as
that of a friendly government" II
the other nations OF Europe were not
to be left on the cold edge of con.
quest it was time for Intervention.
The Berlin conference, rendered in.
evitable by Stanley. meant interven.
ton. The International Congo asso-
citation became the Congo Free State.
with its territory roughly defined and
with its sovereignty lodged in the per
son OF the king Of the Belgians The
rest of Africa was mauifestly destined
TO be gradually rounded up into
spheres of influence. the centers OF
gravity of which would be at London
Paris. Berlin. Lisbon and Rome. The
laws governing this process were con.
Structed III skeleton and were left to
be provided with flesh and blood by
subsequent conventions between the
governments particularly concerned.
The year 1884 must. therefore, be
taken as the epoch OF, the modern par
tition of Africa and Stanley must be
taken as n compelling figure in that
epoch.
This is the reason why only an in
adequate conception of SANKEY'S work
is secured when he is studied only as
a member of the glorious fellowship
of African explorers. He ranks with
DiaZ and Vasco da Cana and Living
stone, and his affinity is mainly with
them. But circumstances gave him
a right to be counted with Also an
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QUEER
EHQDH - nd
CUSTOMS
EEaZZzZ c12aala2Y2ZZZ2
GTGZE C222la0Hz2T2L1

l have dumped myself down in an
oId world corner of an old world
country. writes a tourist in Holland.
where the people are as English, and
also as un-English as can be: where
men, women and children wear wood
on shoes; where the farmers drive
dogs. and not horses. in the shafts of
their market carts: where windmills
and windmills and more windmills
stand in rows. each looking smaller
and beautifully less as the line ex-
tends to the horizon. 4 land where
canals and bitches and bikes abound
on every land: where huge tracts OF
garden and meadow and woodland lie
below the sea level. and are only kept
from becoming sea bottom by the
enormous ramparts of earth which the
patience OF man has built, and which.
by reason OF their constant repair, are
held to be completely renewed every
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-05-21
Innn Eas. Indian Names.

Mercantile clerks with many letters
to write to India tradesfolk are to be
oitied. The following. picked at ran
dom from the books Of a London firm
doing business in India, are not at all
a bad specimen Of the general run of
names throughout the empire: Joga
Tajala Seethasamachendrud Manthri
Pragada Suryanarayana, Vangar Pa
thangy Observation-Disclosures, Con.
jeeveram Muttukumaraswamy Mud.
liar. Poonamalie Shunmugasundaram
Mudliar, Kcduramangalam Subraman-
ist Chidembera Iyer. Peruvaycl Coo
nlaleeswarenpettah Rajaru;hna Mood
liar.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-05-21
Naval Veteran to Retire.

Chief Master at Arms Timothy Muir
ray. and the only one of the $4,000
participants in the battle of Mobile
bay still in active service in the navy
mas applied for his retirement. For
some years Murray has been station.
cd on the cob dock at the Brooklyn
navy yard and is a familiar figure at
The local station. He has shipped IN
every vessel but one in the old navy
has touched at every port of any i'm
portance in the world and is person.
ally acquainted with more officers and
men In the navy tina: any one else.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-05-21

where nearer? Look at the map Of
England. Cast your eye on East An.
glia and the opposite shore. Rcmem-
Der the men Of Norfolk and Suffolk.
and ask youse!f what breed they are.
Note the names on the shop signs OF
Yarmouth and in the churchyard of
I.owestoft. and compare them with
those of this very village. What is
the name of the hutelkeeper here?
Weller? Not Samuel. perhaps: but
Weller. anyhow. And the village das
at least dozen Nelson's in It's popu.
lation OF 200 all told
Ny friend Weller is Dutch to the
core and is surprised and little hurt
TO find that Dickens has used his
name. He would not be English on
any account, though his respect for
English is profound. The English. he
admits, are very we'll in their way.
but there is 10 nation in the world
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-05-21

John Findley Wallace OF Chicago,
general manager of the Illinois Cen
trail railroad, has notified the Pana-
ma canal commission at Washington
of his acceptance of the post of chief
engineer N charge of the construc-
ton of the isthmian waterway.
Mr.. Wallace will take up his work
on June l, at an annual salary of s25.-
900. His headquarters for some time
viii be at the national capital. II
probably will take two years for pre-
urinary work. and then the engineer
will go to the isthmus. TO remain until
the canal is completed. Nearly $780,
100000 will be expended, and 10000
men will be employed. besides skilled
labor.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-05-21
CARDINAL FOND OF WALKING
Head of Roman Catholic See of salti-
more a Pedestrian.

Head of Roman Catholic See Of salti-
more a Pedestrian.
Though far from being a robust
man Cardinal Gibbons is great walk
er. Not only is he known as such in
his home city of Baltimore, but he has
acquired that reputation among his fell
low prelates at Rome. The cardinals
and archbiships there with whom he
has made friends say laughingiy that
TO start out on a mornings walk with
their American brother is like doing a
severe stunt of penance. The cardi-
nal is too delicate in frame and health
to make anything of show as pull
pit orator. Knowing his physical llmi-
tations, he is very retiring in manner,
and when he does appear before a
congregation he is quiet and unassum-
ing in his delivery, not trying to be
impressive. He wisely husbands all
his strength for his administrative
iabors.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-05-21
PLAY TO SPITE HUSBANDS.
5ayonne Women in Euchre Clubs Be
cauce Hubbies Dislike Them.

CduSe fuopleS Dislike Ihcm.
Some time ago number OF men r.
Bayonne. n. j.. formed an anti.euchre
society. declaring that their wives
were devoting altogether too much
much attention to the game named.
Appropriately enough. Josiah Kicks
was elected president. The organiza.
tiOn has struck a nasty snag in tb.
shape OF an anti-!odge club started by
the wives. who deciGre that II they
may judge from the midnight stories
told by their husbands Bayonne must
have a remarkably large number of
sick lodge members. They even in.
innate that draw poker Is the most
prevalent disease. More ouchre par.
ties than ever are being given and
clubs which heretofore stopped play.
ing in the spring viii hold weekly
meetings all during tho summer Just
to show those fresh married men that
they cannot boss u"
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-05-21

Inc Late Henry Morton Stanley.
Stanley and the Congo will go to-
gether in the human mind
But Stan!ey's work was even great
CT than this. He iabCred at q time
when exploration had come to have a
political as well as a geographical
value. Bruce and Park and the rest
have their place in the history of ed.
venture and OF science. For Stanley
was reserved the distinction of being
the first of the African explorers
whose travCls led directly to general
exploitation and whose personal
career is itself entwined with the par
tition OF African territory amSng Eu-
TOpenn powers.
J. Scott Kettle, the great English
authority on the colonization of Atri-
ca. is sustained by the facts when he
says that in the descent OF Europe
upon the newest, as we'll as the oldest,
of continents. "Stanley's memorable
journey across Africa and especially
his discovery of the great waterway
Of the Congo may be regarded as the
initiatory episode"
While Stanley was still in Africa on
the journey which took him through
underground and dwarfs from the
headwaters to the estuary of the Con-
go. King Leopold OF Belgium. his i'm
agiuation fired 10y the prospect OF a
new continent split down the middle
and exposed to the view Of civilized
mankind. had convened the Brussels
conference of 1876. Here the Iuterna-
tional African Association was organ
lied for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of geo
graphical science. So iridescent had
this science become that subsidiary
African associations were organized
even among the mountains of SwitZer.
land and along the plains of Hungary.
far from the European coast line and
equally IA: from maritime ambition.
As soon as Stanley landed at Mar
settles on his return from Africa he
was saluted BY King Leopold's ennis
saries. Then came the establishment
under Belgian auspices OF the com.
mitteo for The exploration Of the upper
Congo. Shortly afterwards came the
re incarnation OF this committee as
tie International Congo association,
still controlled by the head Of the Bel.
gian government, and largely sup
ported by his private purse. Stanley
was about TO assist in the unique en-.
tcrrrisc of creating an empire ON be-
half OF an ambitious royal millionaire
and thereby drawing the wolf pack of
Europe into combined but mutually
hostile attack upon the regions by
which that empire vas surrounded.
In 1879 Stanley vas back in the
basin OF the Congo. this time not as
IN adventurous newspaper CORE
snnndent, -eaping thrills and stories.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-05-21
Articles Served Good PURPOSE.

Senator Cullom dropped in TO see an
editor friend of his and while they
were chatting the man who knows
how j paper ought 10 be run made his
appearance. He complained that
some articles from his pen had not
been published. though they had been
sent in weeks before. The editor
smiled sadly. I'm holding them" he
replied. And they serve very good
purpose. 100. Now and then get u
thinking that perhaps We are not OF
fering the public as good a paper as
we ought to. At such times l look up
your articles and see how much worse
the sheet might be. So become real
cheerful again. Please don't take them
;rJm met"
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-05-21

Gen. Leonard Wood is pushing re.
form in the army. He wants all sol
Gia-s taught to swim. There are some.
thing like fifty deaths year in the en-
ljs5ed strength OF the army from
drowning. This is in time of peace.
Gen. Wood regards it as ridiculous for
soldiers. who are liable to be ordered
20 ford rivers or disembark from
transports through surf during war
time. not to be able to take care OF
themselves under these circum-
stances. The responses from the
army 70 his suggestion that swimming
b. made part of the private sci
dilr's education have been ell along
tie OCe line OF hearty approval.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-05-21

The appointce was oorn at FAN Riy-
err. Mass, and graduated as civil en-
gineer AT Monmouth university, Mou-
mouth, H.. of which his father was
the founder. He entered railway ser
vice in 1869 as rodman and ten years
later became chief engineer of the
Peoria ard Pennington railway, the
construction OF which he supervised.
In 1887 he became bridge engineer for
the Santa Fe, and in 1892 was ap-
pointed chief engineer Of the Illinois
Central. During seven years he held
this position. in 1898 became assistant
second vice president, in 1901 assist
ant general manager. and in Septem-
Der. 1902, general manager of the
system.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-05-21
Gen. Miles at Kansas Celebration

Gen. Nelson y. Miles has been III
vl;ei to attend TIE Kansas scmiceu-
taHIry celebration in Topeka and take
past in Che exercises and parade on
Tuesday. May 81. lie saw good deal
OF military service there when Kansas
was territory. The plans for the
celebration are increasing in magni.
tudc. and 1; is row promised that
something will b. going on every
DAY for The rntirc .5ayk.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-05-21

TIL l1t, Kiss Frances Power CO5be
The author V,s tremendously il earn
est in hrv humanitarian views. While
chatting IN h"r presence ON one oc-
rnsiou Ea"au PAIL said something
bout "lh, lower animals" Miss
'rrho osa.a."rI INDIGNANTLY. Lower
,-iGpis' acknowledge No such dis
;iaclou. GIr. Paul. unless you refer 20
married men.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-05-21
Jraae Parker's Red Aair.

Judge Alton D. Parker. in younger
years. had red hair. My hair wasn't
quite pronounced red. but 1t was un-
tcniabiy red he Is credited as saying
to n reporter That hair brought me
many moments of abasemcnt when u
youucstc. and got me into fight"
yes? The boys called you brick top
ana all those rude cpithets?" Yes.
| got them all. It grew darker later
in life. bus ii was still decidedly al
Nurn before il turned gray"
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-05-21
stanlcu.s Rlacs in History

stanley's Place in History.
There are IN Africa four great riv-
crS. In connection with the explora-
tons pf the Nile the world will re-
member Bruce. aud Burton. and Spoke,
and Baker. and Grant. In connection
with the explorations of the Niger it
will rens1ber Muugo Park. In con-
nectton with the explorations Of the
Zambesi Il will remember Livingstone.
In connection with the explorations of
the Congo It will remember Henry NJ.
Stanley. As long as the discovery of
the earth by it's inhabitants it studied
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-05-21
A5N10 III N1SZIlI>

Bishop ]. Ii. Vincent, founder OF the
chautauqua society. who will be re
tired for age by the Methodist confer
.nce at Los Angeles.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-05-21

the five Dutch words here quoted Civ
ing some hint OF the English aspect
OF lhc Dutch. The truth Is that whom.
ever / am in Holland and especially
In the old world paris thereof I am
afflicted With duJbis as 10 the re-
liability Of English history as taught
in ire schools Did Ey come over
from IuuaUd- or rar - from some
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-05-21

Grosurss s. Tire on.y happiness
soft uuvss a. slr-..siglt"G
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other group of men. He is included
in the history OF politics as well as
in the history of exploration. He oc-
cupies 4 minor but indubitable placs
among the organizers of Africa along
with Kitchener and Cromer and
Rhodes
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-05-21

Sir Henry NJ. Stanley, the African
explorer. died ut London May 10.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-07-14
Polar Plants.

Climate affects the inhab itants Of
the sea just as it does those of the
land. AS arctic land plants cannot
flourish at the equator, so in the Arc
tic and Antarctic oceans marine plants
are found which are unable to survive
in warm water. Among the most re-
markable of these cold water plants
are the laminariaccae, a kind of sea-
weeds which sometimes attain a gi-
gantic size, exceeding in length the
longest climbing plants of the tropical
forests and developing huge stems like
the trunks Of trees. Investigations
have shown that these plants flourish
in the coolest waters Of the polar seas
and that they never advance farther
from their frigid homes than to the
limits of summer temperature in the
ocean. The genial warmth destroys
them, just as polar blast shrivels the
flowers Of a tropical garden.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-07-14
JAPAN'S GOD OF WAR.
Hachfnlan, Strange to Say, Is a Lover
of the Peaceful Dove.

Hachin1an, Strange to Say, Is a Lover
of the Peaceful Dove.
Hachiman, the god Of war in Japan,
strange to say, loves a dove, a bird
symbolical in the west of peace and
not of war. Go to any temple or shrine
where Hachiman is Worshiped, and
you will find a great many doves COO
ing either on the roof of the temple or
on the ground below. The tablet on
which the name of the god is inscribed
begins with the telegraph of ''Hachi,"
the two strokes of which are intended
to picture pair Of doves, the female
on the right and the male on the left
Doves are Hachiman's favorite birds,
messengers by which he sends good
tidings of peace and love.
Hachiman never fights merely to sa-
tate his thirst for blood. He fights
battles for peace. He never makes
sacrifices of lives so that he may glory
over the conquered. He is a great en-
envy of tyrants and oppressors. He is
ever ready to help those who are op-
pressed and prosecuted. He fights
wars of justice. He wishes to see JUS
tice done on all sides. His banners
bear inscriptions conveying the thought
of Righteousness and justice.
Miserable will be the fate of any
who venture to violate the peace and
welfare of the world, for Hachiman in
his righteous wrath will crush down
such a one under his mighty feet
Chicago News.