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hard and shot the bolt home with q
clang. Then he turned on his father.

4 a ssfSta jeA
hard; and shot the bolt home with a
clang. Then he turned on his father
~ Moo said he, man to mani"
$sg.ttAy, =" cried the other, +" ia Their to son"
The little man half turned and zleapt at
the old musketoon hanging on the WALL.
He missed 1t, turned again. and struck
with the strap full ut the others face.
| David caught the falling arm a. the wrist,
! hitting 1t aside with such tremendous.
! force that#the bone all but3sna pped, Then
! ia smote his father; a terrible blow On the
| chest, and the little man staggered back,
gasping, into the corner: While the strap
4 dropped from his numhed fingers.
Outside Red Wun whined and scratched
but the two men paid no heed.
Ks David strobe forward: 4 there wa MUIR
4 der In his face. The little man saw ita
4 his lime was come; : but his bitterest foe
never impugned Adam n Adam IS cour-f
He stood huddled in the corner, all dis
hevelled nursing one arm vi tn the. other.
entirely unafraid, ..3ii
/ IN Ind. David, Y he said. quite ca I'm,
|gss;s,nrder Twin be. not manslaushter,
4 In thick, voice. and was across the II
Sroon,S 59 3S5i s35
I9s0utside Red Wull banged and Sclawed
4 high up onSthe door with imp tent pa ts,
i iThe5littie man ddenly sli tipped hls tlland
LIN his pocket pulled out somet hing, nd
4 nung 1t. The missile pattered on his sons
i face like raindrop on a CHI rglHg ! DULL
land David smiled ash came on, IL
7. dropped softly on the table at his side; !.
4 he looked down and-it was the face OF
4 Ills mother which gazed up at him
B Mither!'' he sobbed stopping short,
,|3nMlther! Ma Goo, We saved him-and
me! "A III 4, sst 4 Ne i.Ss (;
A Ing and whlmpering s y
i III / was some ninu tes before ne pulled
a himself together; then he wal ked aito the
4 wall took down q pair OF shears, and
A seated himself at the table, stu trem,
3|bllng Near him lay the miniature y
4 torn and crumpled, and beside II the deep
lSburled faxe-head. sJiis#8z q sta
Il He picked up the strap and bega n cut
4 Ting II into little pieces. Is
A 6rhere! and there I, and there! Y he SAID
4 with each snip IAN, .ye hit me aglR
4 There may be no mi her to save ye,
SlrsaM,Adam stood hpddltng In the corner
a He shook like an aspen leaf Sc his eyes ;.
A bIazed in his white face; and he stu
llsnursed ore arm with the other,
4 N.Honor yer father."she quoted IN small
a low voice. 8.S Il /.
II u III Sf (rroS 1,a Continued Tuendayl w xxx
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rose fron1Sshs chair and drew himself up
10 his ltheight. = a IN Il
MIR. Moore had nowta to- do ssw It, ''5
David persisted. z!
s..Ye're lynn. James Moore pit 55ye to-
It,"
ct tell 5yo' he did not..,' 4. iss
.a.''Ye'd la' bin willn' enough WI DOT him.,
II 5ye'd thocht OF, l grant we. But ye'veS
no the wits. All there Is o. ye las game
no matter III settleiiwi' James Moore
anither time. III settle wi you MOO
David Madam"
lie paused. and looked the boy over
from head to foot.
so, ye're not only an idler!i a wastrel!
liar!--,h II spat the words ere
God help yea theft I. ss
lin no thief the boy returned l,otlys
~ did but give to a mon VIII ma fey
Ither--shame on him!-wrongfully kept.
from him. 4 IS
..wrangfully? cried the little man,-ad-i
vanclng with burning face. 81,
.Twas honorably done, keapin What
wasna Sourn&to keep! Holdin back his
rights from a mnn! Az iffanysone's the
thief. it's not me: itsyou, 4 az, you ~
and he looked his fathel3in the face with
| flashing eyes. 3,.s, III III las
Tim the thief, am ~ cried the other.
incoherent with passion, n Thoug n re
three times ma size, I'll teach son p
speak so TO me- III III 81 .iEi 4 t55&
THE old strap now long Sdisused. hung
| In the chimney corner. AS he spoke the
| little man sprang back. Ripped " from
1.-The wall, and. almost before David real
ized what no was At. had brought 1t down
with a savage slash across his sons
shoulders; and as he smote he whistled
\ a shrill, Imperative note:s +,
3'tNpullie. Willie. tome! /. N
David felt the blow through his coat
/ like a bar of hot iron laid across his
back Ills passion seethed within him;
every vein tlrobbed; every nerve az yer-
ed, Ina minute he would wipe out, once
and for all. the score OF years. FOR ne
;noHaeRt, however, there was v rgent nu 81
1 ness on hand. For outside no could hear
] the quick.patter OF feet hard gal lonln 81 nd
the scurry of huge creature ra Gin 3 mad- I
! ~ to II call. I'M IL y 5ss 6 fl5
With bound he spralig at tlle open
\ door; and again the stra p ca me !ashlHg
down. and a Wild voice. US II L s. y =,
"Quick, Wullie! For q Cd Is ga ke,8 aulccR,',
Ioayid slammed the door to- 8El 5shu1
/ With rasp!ng snap; and at the sans ga mo
moment n great body from without 1hL!l'-
dered against 1t with terrible 5ylolence, and
a deep voice reared ike the sea Whe ne
thwarted Of Its prey. 1, s
TOO late. agin!" said David prea talnS
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+ Al 4
speak. Then he rayed round the room
like a dercllct ship. Red Nvull following
uneasily behind He\cursed; he ,blasphem-
ed; he screamed and beat the walls with
feverish hands. a stranger passing, might
have thought this was a. private BedIam.
At last. exhausted he sat down and cried.
It's David, Wulie, ye may depend;
David that's robbed his fathers hoose.
Oh, it's a grand thing to ha' dutifnl
solL"-and he bowed his gray head In
his hands
David, indeed, 1t was He had come
back TO the Grange during his fathers alb.
sence, and, taking the Cup from, Its grny
bed, had marched 1t away to It's rlghtfnl
home. For that evening mt Kenmuir,
James Moore had said to him:5
David. your fathers not sent the Cup.
j shall como and fetch 1t tomorrow"
And David knew he meant II, Therefore,
IN order to save collision between his
father and his friend--a collision the Is
sue OF which he dared hardly contem-
plate, Knowing, as he lid, the nnalterabe
determinations S thesone and the lunatic
passion of the Other-the boy had resolved
to fetch the Cup himself then and there.
In the teeth. ifneeds he, of his father and
the Taillesse ,rykc. And he had done It,
When he reached home that night he
tp'i''n' ~ us "''itt a'6'h
into the kitchen.
There sat his father facing the door.
awaiting him, his hands upon his knees.
For, once the little man wns alone; and
David. brave though he was, thanked
heaven deyoutly that Red Wull was else
where. 5ss 1i
For & while. father and son kept
silence, watching one another like two
| fencers. i t58t "a
"'Twas you as took ma cup?" asked
the little man at last, leaning forward
In his chair. "a
Twas me as took Mr.. Moore's Cup
the boy replied, u thowt yo' nun ha'
done wi It'll found 1t all Dashed upon
the floor
"You took it,-pt up to II. nae doot, by
| James Moore"
1 David made gesture OF dissent.
'Ay' by James Moore" his father con-
tinued Tie dursena come hissel' for
| his ill-gotien spells, 50 he sent the son 70
rob the father The coward Ibis whole
I. frame shook, with passion. "I'd ha' thocht
James MooTe'd ha, bin man, enough to
come himself for what he wanted, I see
! moo did him a wrang-rI misJudged him.
kent him ilsepncrite; ain O yer unco
! GUIDES; man as looks one thing, says
anither, and does a third; and moo ken
he's a coward He's 4fear'd o. me. sic as
am. fye foot iva In ma stockln's. He
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horse hairs all over his pants and mud

horse hairs all over his pants and MUD
from off the spatterboard. Vi NJ "
s.Ift1s were called on Jest now to write
a book on the subject You wouldn't he
able to tell my preface from the page on
which they writes Finis., but two things
is as plain as a, B, 10 me. ono lis John
Daniel wouldn't no more Thought OF aas-
sing Jinninss Bryan without cause than
he would Of fyin' to the moon on 4
s.'rhe other Is. they've put UP a man
named Davis for Vice. President. Jedge
Parker may be a splnks and he may not
be. ttnay be- too, that It'll take q heap
OF corn husks and turpentine soap to
smakeGa clean man 8of him. but long as
he's yoked up to- a Individual named Davis
he can't fly tho track far. Thar never
was d Davis In Hanover that want all
wool and q yard vide. even tho they're
so thick down my way that you can't
beat tho broofnstraw without 5skeerin' up
one i57 81 ss III I'll {3
This evidence of fidelity to Democratic
principles carried weight: Ii, fact the
eulogy, of the Davis family was unan.A
swerablc. Nobody ventured to speak for
a few moments and tho expcctorations
of the little company came thick and
| fast.
Finally cousin Hardin Timbcrlake. OF
the Ashcako section. modestly said
"Gemp',nun. ~ aint a-saylng that my
|indivldnal views amounts to no more
than one black-eycd pea In a Brunswick
stew, but leastwise there's one thing
that's a.going 10 make me stick to the
party like sheep-burr. And that thing
~ this: ledge Parker may or may not
wear clothes when he's interviewed, and
he may burst the silver plank IN tho plat
form like "a young mule kicking his STALL
to- smittercens. but when It comes TO him
and Rosehfelt, we Democrats at least
cansay: Heain't never eat with no niger
|3nnd what's more he amt never going to
do Thereafter long as he's tied up witf1sa
man named Davis And 4{ when II
comes toia case OF goldbug versus niger.
you can count me In as one OF the pail.
bearers for the Niger
s. And this indeed was the orntoricalS
clincher Of tho debate. Nobody had
word to say In response to Hardin. He
had the best o en- on the jump. IA
nd tho Bryanite from down near tina
sGoochland line silently pulled down his
vest. wiped on his chin. solemnly ascend
ed his tox-cart. gave n sullcn Grunt at, thu
still more sullen beasts, spat Into the
pokeberry bushes and disappeared down
the road in cloud Of dust.
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If You Do Not Know
You Ought to Know That

there are 2 800, 100 acres OF bog land ia 4
Ireland. n 3lN3## Nj Ss5E I'll siE
Hss ss2sasa e sfs
onrea first bank * 4.s
sabbath school was instituted In 17sss
Nulcanized rubber. was first made In 1870 +
by and i. vas ftst
Talk 81 infant prodisies! There 4. an
authentic record OF a. girl four years old 3
for literary honors at the Hong-Kong
University. 5f a Y:
The great est known depth Sin thess,At-
|;lantic Is eight and three quarter lies.
Near N wfoundland soundings have been
made 70 the depth Of e, 80 feet The. az
fornias and Japan is about Il, 900 feet, and
Chill and Australia IS 900 feet. .,5i.#.
MI i1-s April were IS "A grl cultural products.
So. 0oo nan,lfact M ssi ,7la ooO; pro-
ducts m!nnE So o
1920, o00. 900 worth. In 1884 they reached
1864 ooo ooo Our Imports during n the sane ,tn
hipmas ss ssoss aGf lss
Ratt,sy msngtsssS5?d aG
g ~ 5aS act ao oa
~ ss2se M Dur r. q the ne same
ss54s,ses;lss M 'f's
The most ancient Christian manuscripts
: in existence are the three great Goddess
OF the entire Scripture-the Vatican. the /
|Alexandrine and tho sinaiticS codex; They
We're written II is gensrally e9meedsd In
has been for9centuries in the Vatican
! library, and Is the most precious OF the
three. ggt5 r. Il f53:S
ID s9S ateama a.s sefs Sailing s1 ana 100
UNREGISTERED vessels 3i tt
we draw !. mos St Of our eofks from Spain q.
The most charitable gem deposits e :. i! In 10
ceylonn lssnoted fortits, pearls
Munich. probably, holds the record as !;
a. half per day is the ayera Sc per IN ma p o
Great Britain has ele Ss ~ ln !, Is rs
with 4so professors and e 'ooo = tu . ents'
divlduala s have been born and died since
i time vas on on our planet /, e. n
We know that the china to- Of the south- \
ern Polar region is much. more. severe re
the North. There are pn,s;n.beings With.
| III the arctic circle who I've with some
i degree Of comfort, while at O. correspond-
i Ing degree Of lat ltude In the South %
i one dreary, uninhabited waste s535
i I1 issgSS s3 p9gS iif III ~ h gt35.
/ In the Congo Free Stats, ruled. over by
i King Leopold d. Belgium there is q a. ,pop-
4 ulatIon OF. 49, 800. 900. OF which but 900 are
I Europeans The State Is governed from
4 the contra government At Brussels, a NJ
capita OF the State, 35;s ,Ss 4.
i 1T is the pollteness OF the Japanese speo:
4 ipla that goes 30 far iowa I'd the general
spirit of contentnlen E that ais IN fhat
i country. 1t Is di1lcult to distinguish pe-
4 tween employer and cmploye as fri f.I 4. RS
i conduGt is concern ed ca cll WING WIFI Tue,
i other as to who wi be the most consld,
crate. This pol teness results IN EeneraI
i Kindness, and It seems & to settle al
J problems between mar ana mi
4 M one could take5a block Of Hessemer
L steel four feet square = nd transfer It
] to the center of the ca nth II would become
Il little cube of barely nine inches, The
Il 3prcss,ire at that depth would have com.
! pressed the steel to tfose dlMensIopA &,
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The most ancient Christian manuscripts
in existence are the three great goddess
of the entire Scripture-the Vatican, tie
iAlexandrnc and tho Snaitic codex; They
were written.si 1t is generally conceded, gin
the fourth century, The Vatican dex
has been for centuries in the Vatican ~
library, and Is the most precious OF the
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cro be Continued Tuenday,a.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-17

This evidence of fidelity to Democratic
principles carried weight: In fact the
Eeulogyl of the Davis family was unan.
swera bic Nobody ventured to speak for
a few moments and tho expcctorations
of the little company came thick and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-25
OBJECTIONABLE "ADS."
Agreement Between the Government
and Publishers Association.

In connection with the decision by the
Post Office Department to take steps to
eliminate Objectionable patent medicine and
other advertisements from the newspapers,
as announced some weeks ago, it was an
nounced today that all these cases will be
taken up individually on their merits Each
case will be considered carefully by the
law officers of the Post Office Department
and when the cases are found to involve
tiers the American Newspaper Publishers
Association will be notified and that body,
according to the present plan, is to notify
all of it's papers who are members of the
organization that the advertisement is con-
trary to law.
1t is explained at the department that
there is no general crusade but that each
case will be given individual attention by
the department The Postmaster General
has been in correspondence for a long time
with the publishers association and with
medical societies and others ON this subject
and they have promised their thorough CO.
operation. The papers that are not repre-
scented in the publishers association will
be notified directly by the department, and
wherever papers so notified refuse to elm
mate the Objectionable matter the Post
Office Department will exclude them from
the mails.
The question of the contracts that the
concerns making the advertisements may
have with the publishers has been consid-
cred, and Ii is pointed out that such con-
tracts being for matter that is VIOLA
ton of the law, could not operate in any
way to ebstFuetY the carrying cut of the
Post Office departments plans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-25
COLoRED CHARACTERIZATION.
Report Made to Presbyterians at
Mobile, Ala, Today.

MOBILE, Ala, May 25.-The general as
sembly of the Presbyterian Church In the
united States today received the report OF
the standing committee on coIored evangeI-
ization. The report was read by the chair
man. Dr. a. w. Mister of Russellville, Ark.
1T states that more colored schools are
needed in addition to the four receiving
support from the assembly.
More white ministers are needed also to
spread the Gospel to negroes In the home
mission field, and the Importance of having
white teachers In colored Sunday schools is
emphasized. The report concludes by rec
ommendng that the sum of $1,000 be
raised for carrying on the work of colored
evangelization.
The report of the special committee on
education for the ministry and ministerial
relief was read by the chairman, DR. III. e.
q Hill of MaXton. n. &. Rev W. W. Flang
OF Columbia. Mo, read the minority report,
which recommends that the overtures of
the synods OF Missouri and West Hanover
be received in the Affirmative Considera-
ton deferred.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-25
Grain, Provisions and Cotton Markets
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

Fire insurance men became interested In
a fire which occurred in some unfinished
houses recently, not because of the extent
of the loss, which was very slight, but for
another reason. In the newspaper account
of the occurrence 1t was stated that ac-
eording to the reports of the police the fire
came from the electric light wires The
fact was, however, that the current had not
as yet been turned on, and of course the
fire must have had some other origin.
Where the fire insurance men come in is
to explain the erroneous police report for
1t seems there Is an electric bureau MAIN
tanned in the interests of Insurance COM
panies, and whenever fire is reported as
due to electricity carried on wires Inquiries
at once come to the 4ocalsrepresentative for
this board. All the information about the
cause OF the fire must be at once furnished
In addition to collecting such information.
inspectors are maintained to inspect the
wiring in each city and to see that 1t con-
forms to the best standard for the installa-
ton of such work Upon this inspection,
which Is made before the wires are covered
up In a house and also after the equipment
b completed, depends the rate of insurance
charged
1t is the belief Of fire insurance men,
based on experience, that electric lighting Is
as safe az gas providing that the instafia-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-25
FINANCE AND TRADE
Market Opens Down on Free
offerings.
STOCK PRICES RALLY
LIQUIDATION AND SHORT SALES
SEND QUOTATIONS LOWER.
Union Pacific and Erie Weak Features
of Today's Dealings-Brook-
lyn Transit Advances.
STOCK PRICES RALLY

NEW YORK, May 25.-Rather free offer
ings carried opening prices in stocks today
a fraction below last night all around. De-
clines ran to half in a number of the
leaders Metropolitan Street Railway lost
a point and Locomotive preferred 1h.
The market halted for a while, but as the
opening losses did not invite purchases.
selling was resumed. Union Pacific was
conspicuously weak. yielding point TO s2A.
Other favorites dipped below their first
prices and there renewed liquidation Of
the Fries New Haven declined Ia. Cont
mental Tobacco preferred and Snuff pre-
ferred gained r. Prices rallied before II
o'clock.
Prices held more firmly IN the absence
of selling pressure and number of proml-
nent stocks rose slightly above last night.
notably Brooklyn Transit, which gained A.
The market was exceedingly duh and unin-
teresting Bonds were steady at noon
Prices We're well sustained despite the
dullness, and a few of the specialties rose
further. ST. Paul and Missouri Pacific
were decidedly firm. 20
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-25
PENDING CHANGES.
Commissioners to Consolidate Two Of
fees at District Building.

According to information obtained at the
District building today there will probably
be some important changes in the per-
sonnet of the forces in the offices of the
superintendent of property of the District
engineer department and of the property
clerk of the District. The proposed changes,
1t is stated will not take effect until after
the list of July, but 1t Is thought the Com
missicners will make whatever appoint
ments and changes that are necessary
within a few weeks.
Under the provisions of the District ap-
preparation bill for the fiscal year 1905 the
offices of the superintendent of property of
the engineer department and of the proper
ty clerk of the. tother branches of the
District service will be consolidated,
the whole being under the supervision
Of but one, officer. to be designated
as property clerk, with salary.
of s1,So0. At present the two offices men
superintendent Of property and property
clerk
The Districts ppropriation act. which does
not become Operative until after July l,
provides that the new property clerk shall,
under the direction of the Commissioners,
supervise the, purchase and distribution
and have custody of all supplies and stores
for the use of the. government of the Dis
trict of Columbia. Provision is also made
for "a cd Deputy property clerk" at salary
Under the present law Mai. R. D. Simms
holds the position of superintendent of
property for the engineer department; Mr..
F. o. Beckett holds the position of property
clerk, a place he has held for over thirty
years, and Mr.. NJ. c. Hargroye is the
deputy property clerk. Under the new law
one of these three offices will be abolished
TIL Commissioners have as yet not taken
any steps in the matter of selecting the
officials to fill tie positions in this branch
of the District service under the reorgan-
lzation of the offices, but they expect to do
so shortly. ..
There are various rumorS af1oat among
the employees and officials of the District
building relative to the prospective appoint
ments and the proposed changes, but the
Commissioners decline to state in advance
of their action who will be selected to fill
the positions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-25
BENEFIT CONCERT.
Program Rendered at National Rifles
Armory Last Night.

AhoAJ ASaSS xSASSAks
The benefit concert given last evening in
the National Rifles Armory for St Marks
Lutheran Church, which was recently de-
stroyed by fire, was a brilliant success and
was given before an audience which num-
bered fully 800 people. The concert was
under the auspices of the United States
Marine Band assisted by Mrs. Thomas c.
Noyes, soprano; Miss Marie Luise Helm
rich. pianist, and Mr.. J. Walter Humphrey,
basso
Lieut.. Santlemann, director of the Marine
Band, was unavoidably absent, having been
called away from the city just few hours
before the entertainment. His place was
filled. however, by Mr.. Walter Smith. The
program was opened with a selection by the
Marine band and was interspersed through
out the evening with choice compositions.
Mrs. Thomas C. Noyes sang group Of
ITS Maytime" Mrs. Noyes was accom-
Panied on the piano by Mr.. Lucien g. Co
nan.
Miss Marie Luise Heinrich rendered AN
sky for left-hand alone and Du Bist die
Ruh, Schubert-Liszt. She was accom-
panied by the Marine Band Her rendi-
lions were heartily and enthusiastically
Mr.. ]. Walter Humphreys bass solo. en-
titled Il Am Roamer Bold" accompa-
MED by the Marine Band, elected hearty
applause. He was compelled to respond to
an encore and sang "Quan With Me the
Purple Wine," by Shields.
The entire program was received with
expressions of approval, and at it's conclu-
sion refreshments were served by the
young ladies of the Sunday school in the
auditorium underneath the hall.
The benefit was given under the most IA
vorable auspices. and from a pecuniary
point of view is regarded to have been also
highly satisfactory. All the talent was
contributed gratuitously, and the proceeds
of the affair will greatly augment the
church funds.
To Mr.. d. N. Knapp, superintendent of
the Sunday school, is awarded a great
measure Of the credit for the success of the
benefit. Mr.. Knapp was chairman of the
committee having the arrangements in
charge