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Poison Sumac.

There are several species of sumac,
and most of them are harmless, but if
we do not know one from the other we
are apt to feel uncomfortable in the
presence Of any of them. The poison
Gus species may be readily distin-
guished from either the smooth sumac
or the stag-horn sumac by reason of
the fact that the leaflets of these spe-
cies are saw-edged, while those Of
the poison m are "entire;" that is,
without teeth or lobes. The n other
species which may be confused is the
mountain sumac; but as in this shrub
the leaf stems are widened out into So
called wings" it need not be mistak-
en- for it's dangerous relative, whose
stems are wingless. The poison ivy,
a near relative of the poison sumac.
though usually a creeper, is classed
with the shrubs. and sometimes be-
comes one when it happens to grow in
a spot where there are no supports for
it's aerial rootlets. This plant has COM
pound leaves with three leaflets, a
fact which enables us to distinguish
it at once from the Virginia creeper.
which has five leaflets, and from the
bittersweet, which has from seven to
nine.-Woman's Home Companion.
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A Goat Stery,

A well-known Suburbanite, who had
been greatly troubled by the depreda-
tons Of a neighbours goat, was driven
to desperation n day when he
learned that the animal had consumed
a ~favorite red flannel golf coat of his.
Determined on the goats destruction.
he employed an INSCRIPTIONS small
boy who lived in the neighborhood to
secure him to the railroad track just
before the daily express was due. Some
days afterward a friend inquired with
interest of the goat had been effectual-
ly disposed Of.
"Not on your life" was the disgust
ed answer; that goat has a charmed
life. He coughed up that red golf
coat of mine and tagged the train."-
Harper's Weekly.
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Is IT YOU?

Some ones selfish, some ones lazy;
Is it you? !
Some ones sense of right is nazy; 4
Is it you?
Some one lives a life of ease,
Doing largely as he please
Drifting idly with the breeze;
Is it you?
Some one hopes success will find him;
Is it you?
Some one proudly looks behind him;
Is it you?
Some one full of good advice
Seems to think it rather nice
In a has-been's paradise
Is it you?
Some one trusts to luck for winning
Is it you?
Some one Graves a new beginning;
Is it you?
Some n SAYS: II never had
Such a chance as Jones' lad
Some ones likewise quite q cad
Is it you?
Some ones terribly mistaken;
Is it you?
Some one sadly will awaken;
Is it you?
Some ones working on the plan
That a masterful Il can"
Doesn't help to make the man
Is it you?
Some one yet may make a killing"
And it's you.
Some one needs but to be willing,
And it's you.
Some one better set his jaw,
Cease to be a mar of straw,
Get some sand into his craw-
And it's you.
4 Baltimore American.
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| ting here like this" oh, SO tenderly.
! isn't it like old times?"
He really couldn't help it-one little
| kiss was nothing.
There was a pause of some minutes,
aad then Kathleen sprang to her feet.
Don't. Jack, or I won't be able to
brace myself to the ordeal. Don't
look like that"
He put his hand in his coat pocket.
Yes. the photograph was there. Had
he been untrue to herr?
I'm engaged-engsged. jack said
Kathleen, excitedly. I'm going to
marry Lawrence Smith, the million
aire. Oh, Jack, I never really thought
you cared-why didn't you ask me
| years ago-when I was a bud? It's
| too late, now-too late. It's going to
| be a grand church wedding. He want
| ed it to be a quiet affair, but L"
Thought it would be the last quiet
| day he'd have, no doubt"
"Why. Jack, I never knew you to
make such a wretched joke before.
| High noon-at st. Luke's-June 9Th.
| You'll be there"
I'm afraid not, Kathleen-I-"
ooh, we can still be friends. This is
the twentieth century, you know, and
jealousy is out Of date"
81 know, but"
ooh, say we can still be friends still,
Jack. I never could bear those stufy
| little apartments, the modern love in
a cottage. It's much better this way,
dear"
81 know, Kathleen. But"
ooh. don't think I meant anything
horrid. I'm not that kind of a woman,
Jack. But Lawrence likes you'll
thinks he wants you to be best man.
Will you?"
I'm awfully sorry, but I couldn't,
really"
The tension, drawn so tight a mo-
ment since, was ready to snap. Had it
done so, the man would have laughed.
| the relief was so great. But his duty
was still undone, and doubly repuS-
nant after her confession.
"Oh. you must" pleaded Kathleen,
"else you know what people will say"
She looked at her watch.
81 must 90 now" she said, "for we
are going to a ball tonight. Promise
me, Jack, that if Lawrence asks you.
you will be his best mai at our we'd
ding. Do it for me, dear. won't you?"
She gave him a good-by kiss, to
make her plea more profound.
ooh, the mischief, I can't Kathleen"
he said, squeezing her little hands
warmly. Il would if I could, but it's
impossible"
"Why, dear?"
The words were warm, but the tone
was cold.
"Well, III tell you've tried to tell
you all the evening, but you didn't
give me a chance. I'm going to be
married myself that same d~ay."-Sarah
Williamson, in San Francisco Town
Talk.
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JAPANESE CRUISER SUNK
Fight Off Port Arthur Ends Badly
For Mikado.
TROOPS IN NORTH CL0-ING IN

The Armored Cruiser Cheycda Sunk and
the Itsukushima Iujured-Japs Lost
Heavily in Taking Wolf Hiil-Russian
Observers Tell OF Enemies Ships Out
side Harbor-Kuroki Reports Success.
st. Petersburg. Russia.-A dispatch
from Admiral Alexief. dated Mukden,
says :
.'Telegrams received from Port Ar.
thur state that the cruisers Bayan, AS
kold, Pallada, and Novik and some gum
boats steamed from the harbor for the
purpose OF bombarding the cnemy's
positions. They were attacked by the
battleship Chin Yen, the armored
cruiser Cheyeda, the protected cruisers
Itsukushima and M~atsushima, two Sec
ond-class cruisers, and thirty torpedo
boats.
AN eight-inch shell from the Bayan
| burst in the stern of the ItSukushilna,
| placing her out of action. Thereupon
all the Japanese steered for the open
sea. At the same time the Cheveda
was damaged by a Russian mine. AS
she was sinking by the head she was
steered toward Talienwan Bay. A shot
from Battery % also damaged a Jap
anese gunboat.
I'm view of the japanese having
taken the general offensive against our
land positions, the Bayan. Retyizan,
Pallada, Askold and Novik, the coast
defense ships Gremiastchy and DIVA
jug. the g%unboat Giljak. and twelve
gunboats were ordered to support our
right flank. Our ships, preceded by
nine dredgers, steamed towards Lun-
gantan, whence they bombarded the
Japanese positions until 3 p. II.
ION their return, which was effected
with the same precautions, a mine e1-
ploded underneath one Of the dredgers.
Admiral Withoeft estimated the en-
emy's naval forces off Port Arthur on
July 80 at five battleships, four ar
mored cruisers, ten other cruisers and
forty light torpedo craft
Chefoo.-Two French correspondents,
who attempted to reach Port Arthur in
a junk. were observed by the japanese.
They were twice arrested and turned
back. They heard nothing Of the al
legged loss of a Japanese cruiser. They
counted twenty.four vessels of the Jap
anese fleet, which were ranged in a
double row of semicircular formation
around the harbor.
The japanese are busy endeavoring
to work their trenches closer to the
fortress. The Russian resistance is
confined to artillery fire, with which
they ceaseiessly harass the diggers.
The japanese are said to have sixty
guns in position on VOLTS Hill and in
that neighborhood.
General Kuroki's Headquarters in the
Field, via Fusan delayed in trans
mission).-The Russian forces in front
Of General Kuroki's army are reported
retreating northward. A part Of it
has encamped at Anping, twelve miles
from Lao Yang. Guns were heard on
the Japanese right, meaning that posi-
bly, the japanese are following the Rus
sian retirement.
In connection with the death Of Lieu
tenant-General Count Keller, killed by
%shrapnel, while watching the battle at
Yangtse Pass from a battery position
above Maowan, the Chinese living
there say that the Russians removed
two collins from that place with great
ceremony.
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italian Peasants in q New-Lsw Tenement

italian Peasants in q New-Law Tenement
The conservative spirit Of the Italian
women is never more clearly shown
than in the doing of laundry work.
The clothes are wet in hot or cold wa
ter, no matter which. Each piece is
wrung out Of the water and piled on
one side. When the tub is empty the
washboard is laid fat across the top
and each piece soaped in turn, and
kneaded as bread is kneaded. When
each piece has passed through this pro-
cess, all are put in the tub, rinsed,
and hung to dry at the convenience of
the washer, in the room or out OF
doors, as the case may be. Before this
stage is reached four or five days may
have elapsed. If a piece Of clothing Is
needed it is sorted out Of the pile Of
colored and white, cotton and wooden,
and dried by the stove. Often each
step is taken at night after sewing ten
hours or more on trousers or coats.
cooking and caring for a family OF
children; the floor space is larger then,
and the worker has more room to move.
Starching results in clothes that crack
lie, and only starched clothes are ir-
oned. A little Italian girl in white
dress and ~petticoats is for several
hours an object of pity. She cannot
walk, stand or sit in comfort. The
little boys in starched shirt waists are
rebels until the stiffness is gone. Flour
is used instead of starch in laundering.
Lillian Belts, in Harper's Bazaar.
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HU,8H BIS SLAIN IN ARMENIA.
Turks Del Troy Villages and Rebels At
tack Garrisons in Revenge.

Turks DeeEroy Villages and Rebels At
tack Garrisons in Revenge.
London. England.-A correspondent
Of the Daily News at Tabriz. Persia, in
4 dispatch dated August 8, says:
ION July 10 a band Of Armenian rev.
o%lutionists appeared near Outchkilissa.
turkish soldiers and Kurds, finding an
excuse. attacked and destroyed the vii
lagos of Outchkilissa. Koomlouboujak,
Cougar, KarabaZar and Sayto, butch-
ering men and assaultip women.
1.-TWO large Armenian bands, marc.
ing to Sassun to help the insurgent
leader Antranik. attacked the garrison
at Mossunzory and Goutchagh for re-
venge. At dawn bombs were thrown
into these places, killing many, and Sc
we're fighting ensued.
"A majority of the soldiers were
killed. and the garrisonS resembled
graveyards. One band forced its way
through the Kurdish tribes toward Ar
Jess.
1.-The number Of soldiers killed
amounted to several hundred"
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DEMOCRATS| inform PARKER
Rainy Day Somewhat Mars the
Ceremonies.
EX-JUDGE NOTIFIED AT ESOPUS
The Notification Committee Sailed From
New York City on the Steamboat Saga
Inore-Chairman Champ Clark Makes
the Formal Speech and Mr.. Parker
EeplIes at Some Length.

k6pl1e8 at Some length.
Esopus, N. Y.-Alton B. Parker was
formally notified at his home here of
his nomination by the Democratic Ma
tional Convention at st. Louis as the
party's candidate for President OF
the United States. The ceremony OF
notification was witnessed by many
distinguished Democrats, besides the
members of the notification committee,
and by most Of Mr.. Parker's near rel
adves and a number Of intimate
friends. The exercises were somewhat
marred by bad weather, but the rain
of the morning held up sufficiently to
permit the delivery Of the speeches
upon the lawn, as planned.
After Champ CLARK, Of Missouri,
chairman Of the notification commit
tee, had made a speech, closing with
the announcement of the committees
mission to Rosemount, Mr.. Parker re-
piled in q speech of some length, ac-
cepting the nomination and declaring
LIS SlduI Oh luC lSSQSo III LIZ
present canvass.
Notification day arrived with a
pouring rain, which set in just after
daylight. Judge Parker did not let
the rain interfere with his swim in
the Hudson at $50 o'clock in the morn
ing, but after breakfast he appeared
on the veranda Of his house and took
a survey of the weather.
The steamer Sycamore. bearing the
notification committee of the Demo-
cratic National Convention, reached
Rosemount wharf at LIS. The trip
of the committee from the New York
City was attended with much dlscom-
fort to the passengers, due to contin-
GUS rain.
On the Sagamore's arrival at Rose
mount wharf, the members Of the no.
tifcation committee were formed in
line on TIE landing, and marched up
the hill path to Mr.. Parker's house.
The guests of the committee Il the
other passengers disembarked ave
minutes later, and arrived immedi-
ately after the reception Of the notih-
cation committee. Cord Meyer headed
Tie plOCSSolOu VI hC SOhllhillCV via
was met by Mr.. Parker at the south
entrance Of his home. After all men,
bers of the committee had been intro
duced TREY passed around the veranda
to the grounds where the ceremonies
were held.
Before the ceremonies were begun
the Seventh Regiment Band, which
was stationed on the grounds north Of
the house, played several selections.
There was no wait in the formal
ties. AS soon as the little party
reached the stand Mr.. Clark began his
address.
He was enthusiastically cheered
throughout, and at it's conclusion was
accorded an ovation, which was
merged info the reception extended to
Judge Parker.
Other speeches were made, and then
the candidate was presented with the
formal letter Of notification, signed
by all the members of the committee.
H~andshaking followed, and the noti-
fers and their guests were taken
across the river on the Sycamore to
a special train awaiting them on the
New York Central.
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COLLISION KILLS FOUR
Two Score Hurt by the Crashing
Together Of Trains
GRADE CROSSING ACCIDENT.

Mrs. ScnWArtL anu tteC Ah1ce Sh'A''kon'
of Chicago, ILL.,. Are Killed and H
Husband is Badly injured Nearby
Houses Turned Into Temporary Hot.
pitals-PasseDgsr Cars Ait by Freight
Chicago, III. - A woman and her
three little children were killed here in
4 grade crossing horror. Nearly two
score persons wers injured. but death
smote just one little group. the family.
of c. G.. Schwartz. of this city. Of five
he is the only one alive, and lie is in
jured probably fatally. There were
nearly 200 passengers aboard the train.
At the dangerous Brighton Park
crossing, at Western avenue and Thi>
ty-ninth street, 4 Chicago and Erie
freight train crashed into a local west.
bound Baltimore and Ohio passenger
train, ov%erturning two coaches, one OF
which was smashed. The accident &C.
cured at q point where many tracks
tntersect.
The collision followed a frantic effort
on the part Of the crossing fagman to
change the course of the freight train.
which was on thskPanhandle tracks,
and to the crew of hitch he had given
q signal that all clear for them to
back over. the ltimore and Ohio
tracks. 49,, .,. ...} q
The passenger I'll which was NOV
ing rapidly, was stfssk by the freight
cars squarely iu the middle. One Of
the freight cars crashed through the
woodwork OF the coach. just where the
/ SchwartZeS were seated.
The crash that followed the collision
could be heard for blocks. as could the
cries and screams Of the injured, min
gled with the Missing Of steam from the
broken and battered freight engine,
that lay sidewise upon the w~reckage Of
o coach.
The bodies Of some y the victims
were frightfully bruised and burned.
Ambulances and patrol wagons from
a number of police stations, including
Brighton Park. T~hirty-ffth street,
Deering street. Hirman and New City
were hurried to the scene of the wreck
as quickly as possible. Policemen by
the dozens, assisted by scores of Yolun-
teer>. carried out the bodies. and cared
for the injured.
Homes in the neighborhood were
turned into temporary hospitals pend
ing the arrival Of the anibulances and
patrol wagons.
An investigation will be made to de-
termine who was responsible for the
accident. The officials Of the Chicago
and EriS and the Baltimore and Ohio
road SCI agents tn th> scene. and de-
clare tilty will be punished. ]
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The Field Of Sports.

John Flanagan threw the sixteen
pound hammer 173 feet at Celtic Park,
making a worlds record.
Five women won twentJ-six Of the
ifty-one classes judged at the Long
Branch On. j. horse show.
The Monmouth County (N. J.) Horse
Show Association opened iH eleventh
annual exhibition at Long Branch.
The Country Club Of Westchester
team beat Great Neck by 23H goals to
II in the first match Of the tournament
of the Rumson Polo Club at Seabright.
NJ
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Labor News Notes.

vicksburg (Miss.) carpenters are OF
a strike.
Paris (France) lockers have gone or
strike for higher wages and shorter
hours of labor.
During the past three months sixty
three new local unions have been es'
tablished by the United Brotherhood
Of Carpenters and Joiners.
Last year 1920 railroad men were
killed in the United States and 50,324
were injured. The figures for ell coal
mines for 1908 show 1867 killed and
S643 Injured.
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TREATMENT Of Consumption.

In consequence o. the discovery by
Professor Schroen that the bacillus
of consumption is not the same as that.
of tuberculosis, it is held in German
medical circles that the present treat
ment of consumption viii be radically.
changed.
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Personal Mention.

se~venty-fve thousand dollars for a
lh;mble seems something of an extrav-
,gance, but this was the cost of one
presented to the Queen of Siam by her
husband.
Rear-Admiral Goodrich, the new
commander of the Pacific Squadron,
has made a speciality of torpedo and
fertilization work. He was born ii
Pennsylvania.
Senator Hoar, one of the most active
members of the Senate, is seventy
eight. Another active Senator, Nor
ran, Of Alabama. is eighty, and Sena-
Pettus is eighy-three.
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n CEDED TO US.

Fair Rule of Tutuila Gives Us a New
Group of Islands.
Tutuila.-The Manua group Of ISL
ands have been coded to the United
States by the King Of Manua and his
chiefs. This is the result Of the fair
rule Of Tutuila by the American naval
c%ommandant. The Manua chiefs re-
fused to cede the islands when the
group was divided among the three
Powers.
The Manua group are small islands,
about seventy-fve miles eastof Tutuila.
The population is less than 1900.
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From the Seat of War.

Trains loaded with Russian wounded
are arriving at Irkutsk, Siberia.
General Kuroki %telegraphed that his
losses in the battles of Yang-Tse Pass
and Yushulikzu were 972 officers and
men.
A Liaoyang dispatch to a Berlin
paper says the western Russian forces
north of Haicheng suffered a heavy at
tack.
Field Marshal Oyama. commander
in-chief of the Japanese forces in Man
churia, Is now in the field with the
army.
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Auto Tears Of Scalp.

As Miss NJ. Dougherty, Of Rochester,
n. Y, was stepping out Of a large auto
mobile at the Casino in Central PARK,
New York City, she slipped and fell,
her hair being caught in the crank
shaft of the engine. which was still in
motion. The crank shaft wound up.
the hair till it pulled the woman's
head to the end of the shaft and then
it ripped off the scalp. .ial
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Hog Market Good.

There is a general shortage of fat
hogs, but it is doubtful whether there
has ever been such a big crop of spring
pigs narrowed as that of this year.
Cholera has been less prevalent than in
most other years and the swine indus
try as a whole is in excellent condition.
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England Holds Its Opinion.

Mr.. Balfour said in the House Of
Commons. London, England, that the
British Government had in no wise
modified its contention that the sink
ing of the Knight Commander was I'm.
iuStifable.
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THE BRITISH AT LHASA.
Dalai Lama Shuts Himself in Monas
tery-Gifts to the Soldiers.

Lhasa, Tibet delayed in transmits
sion).-The British expedition is en-
camped a mile from the sacred noun.
tain Of Potala, on which is situated the
Dalai Lama's palace, and close to the
Dalai Lama's private gardens.
The Dalai Lama fed to q monastery
eighteen miles distant. 1t is reported
that he has shut himself up in strict
seclusion, refusing to see even the
highest State officials and declaring
that he will remain secluded for three
years.
Colonel Younghusband has received
a ceremonial visit from the Amban,
who promised to assist in arriving at
a settlement and made gifts Of food to
the British troops.
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"No, I didn't think we needed a chap

"No, I didn't think we needed a chap
eron tonight, Jack"
why not tonight"
Because, we'll
Is. life is too short to quarrel.
e Life is too short to sigh
"I1l tell you by and by, Jack-after
the fish, perhaps"
Il. too, have something to tell you,
Kathleen"
For the space Of ten minutes, while
the garcon placed the soup before
them, Jack felt uncomfortable. Every
body hates to attack a disagreeable
duty. When the duty involves a pref
ty woman, it is doubly distasteful.
However, he took a surreptitious peep
at the photograph in his breast pocket
and it nerved him to his task. New
ertheless, there was no hurry about
it.
Isn't it absurd, Jack, to say that
love makes the world 90 round?" asked
Kathleen.
In her diplomatic feminine way, she
had wished to lead up to the subject
she had come to discuss.
"Of course it is" he answered,
"when champagne-if one has enough
of twill do the same thing"
They both laughed. and then both
attacked their glasses with assumed
enthusiasm.
"~Salmon-oh, Jack. do you remember
how we trolled for salmon at Del
Monte last summer"
Did he remember? He had to pat the
photograph in his pocket to forget.
Il read the other day" Kathleen was
saying, that a girl who couldn't
make up her mind between two lovers
hasn't a mind worth making up"
She looked at him from the corners
of her eyes.
Jacks face lighted up. She knew,
then, and that was the meaning Of her
desire for a farewell dinner. How easy
it would be now to explain.
But Kathleen was not waiting for
an answer.
They say there's no skill in winning
a game where one holds all the trumps.
But in the game of hearts, Jack. sup,
pose one held just two? Don't you
think it would be hard to know which
to discard?"
Bravo! thought Jack. What a clever
little diplomat Kathleen is!
But she veered to the other side.
"Isn't it nice, Jack, just We two sit
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Must Face Murder Trial.

After six years in a hospital for the
insane, John W. Stone, of Des Moines'
Iowa, awoke to find he had killed a
man and must face trial on a charge OF
murder.
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New Dule For Autos.

After 4 hearing before Secretary
Metcalf in Washington, D. c., the rule
compelling automobiles to shut off
motive power by c~Xtinguishing the
electric spark that generates the power
was not modified.
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MIGHT Withdraw Our Minister.

Secretary Hay told the Cabinet, al
Washington, d. c., about the Turkish
situation. and said in the event OF
failure Of new negotiations with the
Porte the American Minister might
be withdrawn to the flagship at
Smyrna.