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The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-01-21

Bailey of Texas saws he will re-
tire from the senate rather than dis
honor himself and his party by vot-
ing for the Panama treaty" But re-
gardless of this it seems to be the
sense of the Democrats in the SEN
ate that the treaty will be ratified.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-01-21

The open ditch on the north side
of the court house lawn. next To 5th
street is an eye-sore and nuisance,
and the work of one man for a very
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-03
THE FOURTH OF JULY OF
MRS. SPARK AND MRS. BARR

Mr. c;ustavus Spark and Mr.. Adoi-
nbus Barr went fishing on the Fourth
Of July. Mr.. Sparks children begged
TO be allowed to go too.
"Oh. no." said Mr.. Spark. Foppa
got to talk politics.
Mrs Barr told her husband she would
enjoy an outing on the water very
much. ,,. ,,,d ho 4,
noro to YOU. S.arx and 1 have got to
talk politics - q
Mrs Barr sighed. but there was
baIeful light in the eye of Angelina
Snarx as the two men sailed away III "
rnomv catboat. She heard spark say
10 Rarr that they would run IN at .
o,o,ocL and take a clam bake dinner at
Dnmner's grove. This was swell re-
sort seven miles down the pay. 81
"Baybe somebody else IL nave u'n
ner at bumpers grove, TOO Sdiu "a.
seIina Spark She uprosc ana liiiie .
diatolv engaged the handsomest car,
rage in Skew's stables. Seiu ny
to Mr. Spark" she SAID 49, ,,.s.,.oo,
Then She went to see Miss McS"eet'
the nice little woman who took In pan,
sewing and should have had lot vi
children of her own because she was so
fond of them. Mrs. Spark aked llttle
Miss McSweet to take care OF the
young SPARES all that day, oeslnhlns
with the procession in the morning 90 !,
ing to the concert in the afternoon anu
endingg up with fireworks. alter
which they were to he brought home
and put into their little beds.
Mr. Spark will pay you well for IT,
said Mrs. S. And, oh, yes, have
good dinner for yourself and the chill
dren at Broadrib's restaurant-have
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-03

plenty of ice cream-and tell Broadrib
to send the bill to Mr.. Spark.
Then Angelina went to Mrs. Barr and
said:
Rosemary Barr. what are you doing
here mewking like Marianner in the
mortared grange, with your thumbs
turned inward? Get up. Dress your
self in your prettiest clothes and come
with me and have a good time. Last
year I said to myself 1t would be the
last Fourth of July Bert Spark would
leave me alone and go off with a stag
party
So said. so done They were both
pretty women-when they had
chance They dressed themselves beau
tifully had lofN', delightful drive
and brought up at bumpers grove just
as the reading of the Declaration of In
dependence was finished, Hon. Harold
Spreadwing, candidate for reelection
to congress- was the orator of the day.
He was handsome. slender, magnetic
bachelor, dressed with scrupulous care,
with him was his friend. Judge Barker.
After the Grafton was over Spreadwing
and the Judge devoted themselves to
the ladies'. and. Mrs. Spark and Mrs.
Barr being handsome. lively and agree
able. received much attertion. 1t came
..bout-such thing will happen-that
the two ladies. Mr.. Spreadwing and
Judge Barker were presently all dining
at one table. They all looked like
Somebody and were so animated and
merry that they made most pleasing
sight.
In the midst of the feast there came
and sat near them two stout. bulging
men, slovenIv clad, touslei of hair and
-sunburned. having an odor OF stale to-
bacco about them. They looked out of
place alongside the intellectual. well
dressed ladies' and gentlemen at the
next table. a peal Of laughter from
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-03
Her Hymns Circle the World.

Fannie Crosby, the blind hymn
writer is soon to receive an honor that
Is unique in the annals of womanklnd
as well as in the history of Protest
antism. 1t is nothing more or less
than A day" in the calendar of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Fanny
Crosby's Day" it is to be called and the
the observance thereof is set down for
sunday July 10. on that day Eng
Iisb speaking Methodists all over the
world will do honor to the venerable
blind woman who wrote safe in the
Arms of Jesuh." blessed Assurance
Jesus Is Mine" Pass Me Not o
Gentle Saviour" and almost five hum
dred other gospel hymns.
She has written in all more '1an
5000 hymns. for which she was paid
IS each by her publisher. plus royalty
Stone blind since she was six weeks
old. Miss Crosby's attainment would be
remarkable even in seeing woman
For sixty years she has been busy
writing the hymns and gospel songs
which have enjoyed monopoly in the
song services of several generations Of
churchgoers.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-03
Teaching Preach to ChiIdrea.

Very few people realize how easy IL
is to accustom a small chiid's ear to the
sounds of foreign language. Any
body who has fairly good accent and
knowledge OF elementary French car
day by day tram the child in such
small sentences as " have a father g.
mother, brother. sister" etc. The
next day the child learns Il love my
father, my mother" etc. The list Of
words is then extended. Il nave d
chair. table, a horn. a doll" etc.
Next the use of the adjective can he
brought In play. MY home Is big.
my doll is small" etc. The sentences
or ordinary necessity. such as Please
THANK YOU" May have some more -
any child at the age of five or six can
learn with the greatest ease. and half
the drudsery generally associated with
the first year at French grammar IL
completely done away with
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-03
"Sand-Clay Roads,"

New York World.
A sandy road is bad in dry weather
and only tolerable after rain. A clay
road Is fair in dry weather If NOT rut-
ted too badly. but in wet weather drons
the wagon wheel to the hub. rbev
have way in the South of combining
sand and clay in making a road good
in all weathers.
The sand and clay must be thor
oush mixed so that all the particles
the sand keeps the clay drv and ~
clay gives the mixture an element -
solidity. Some of these mixed roads
nicely rolled have lasted five vnars
without deterioration.
1t wouldn't be so easy in New york
to build roads on this principle. Frost
is fatal The roadbed must he duo
out below the frost line, and the tranos
filled with the mixed sand ana nio,.
and the result is to last.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-03

MISS Crosby has written other songs
mat nave been quite as popular as her
hymns hymns Flfty years ago her popu-
lar melodies were whistled all o,dr ~.
country; Proud World, Goodby. I'm
Going Home" Hazel DelI' and "Never
Forget the Dear Ones" were tremend.
Gus faVorites when our fathers and
mothers were going to singing school
me Honeysuckle Glen" followed and
Drought its author nearly 1000 In
royaitles' and then came that pheno-
I M success 'SosalIe, the Prairie
Flower" al &c
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-03
ChenD Round Trip Rates
Via l.. and n. II. II,
SIT.35 81. LOuIn nnd Rna

Dates of sale. July 2. 3. 4. 5, 6. Good
Is days.
:3.I5 Detroit Mich. and return DATE.
of sale. July 8, 6, Z. Good returning 80
August 18th. by depositing tickets Win
agent in Detroit and paying fee OF ho
cents.
One and one third fares, minimum 50
cents, rouHd trip to all points account
Fourth Of July celebration. Dates ~
sale, July 2, 3, 4. Good returning to
July sth.
adV-tf. w L. ReasIev u
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-03

the table caused them to look that wav
They nearly fell over" when thy saw
their own wives. Both men glared
Barr leaned over toward his wife and
growled. 'Whater you doin' here?'
Talking politics" answered Mrs
Spark.
TABITHA SOURGRAPEs.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-03
here are merchants who insure

There are merchants who insure
Ihelr stock and houses. and It's wisa.
But don't forget the safety of
Inc babe within ''TEETHINA" lies.
lEEIHlNA' Aids Digestion, Over
comes and Counteracts the Effects 81
Summer Heat, Regulates the Bowels
and makes Teething Easy Costs onIy
20 DTS at Druggists. adv-su-wis
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-03

Loss of Appetite is commonly grad
ual; one dish after another is set aside.
1t is one of the frst Indications that
the system is running down. and there
Is nothing else so good for II as Hoods
best of all tonlcA
adY--tu- thu-su
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-03

Their merits are being exploited nv
thousands of newspapers and perIodI-
Gals. Such campaign of education
was never inaugurnted I'm behalf OF
amy other cracker In this country!
JAS. MANEGOLD a. co,
Headquarters Uneeda BIHcuit
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-03
TABITHA soURGRApEs.
sTAMMERERst

The only southern specialists fol
curing Stammering are Drs. Randolph
& Lanier. of 40S Low ndex Building.
Atlanta. Ga. They absolutely guaran-
tee complete cure. Write for tesfi-
monials ard prices. adv.tf.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-03
MANEGOLD,s IRoN Rprw

Ut stamps the man who made 1t as
n genius" said the ANN after the last
swallow of MRneEOIds Iron Brew had
fountains
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-03

Wait for the big Sale, Tuesday NJ
Montgomery Fair. We will be closed
nll day Monday, July 4th.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-05
!. Salaries, Of Congressman.

It is Interesting to observe that
Senator. ~Hoar, says that the senate.
never stood higher than now lin the
matter of ability. In the matter of de-
votiot1 to, the publicSserMce, and in the
matter Of high and elevated morality
personal conduct and everything that
makes the dignity and character Of
the statesman and the gentleman"
This is certainly contrary to the opin--
ion generally held by the public, which
feels that the senate has declined in
both dignity character in recent
years, and has become, instead Of a
national deliberative body, a caucus of
special business interests.
But these remarks were merely by
way Of introduction to the senators
contention that senators are entitled
to larger salaries than they: now re-
ceive, but are too bashful to ask for
them. The present salary Of $4,000
was fixed forty years ago. AS Senator
Hoar says, it is not now-in value equal
to more than SO per cent Of what 1t
was when established.
The. New Z ork Tribune thinks that
it. will be a long time before congress
will dare to vote itself increased pay
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-05

fanatical converts a revulsion OF feel.
Ing toward Europeans took place
about the end of the seventeenth CEN
fury, and in 1857 the missionaries and
all foreigners were expelled from the
country, and for more than two nun
bred years thereafter Japan was shut
up. the only intercourse with Europe
being thru one Dutch factory IN the
harbor Of Nagasaki.
Considering the marvellous intelli-
gence. energy and adaptability OF the
Japanese, what would have been the
effect on the world IL Japan had re-
manned an open country during the
two hundred years sof its exclusive
;nessrs Who can doubt that she would
have become the paramount power
Of Asia and would to-day have been
one of the two or three great powers?
Japan has. scarcely, more than forty
years Of development in western civil
ization behind her. Suppose. instead.
that she had two or three hundred
years. Is 1t not likely that she would
have been IN the very van Of the ma
lions In population. territory and
wealth? The yellow peril would
doubtless have become a real menace
long before this. Before an agrees
sive, fighting and organizing Japan
China might: have succumbed a hun.
dred years ago. Russia might have
been, thrown back into Europe and
England might ere this have beer
:ousted from India.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-05
A REMARKABLE MEMORY

A remarkable memory for faces Is one
of the attributes OF George Denny, head
Waterman at the state, war and navy
building, which, according to standard
guide books, is the largest office building
in the world It Is as head doorkeeper Of
this massive structure after the office
hours that Dennys peculiar gift, stands
him in good stead. Like the other govern
ment buildings, no visitors are allowed at
the state, war and navy after 2 o'clock
Many Of the offices remain open until S
O. clock, however, and there is a constant
stream of officials, messengers and news
paper men pouring in and out beyond the
time that the doors are closed. Denny
never makes the mistake Of holding UP
the wrong man. He has a trained eye
for faces, and, tho an official connected
with any of the departments may have
passed him only once or twice during the
regular hours, Denny remembers it and
he. can go in and out without any fear
of being headed sby a messengersswith
the sharp rebuke. After offiee hours
No visitors allowed The other door
keepers are cultivating the same gift.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-05
Rail. ROADS.
Low RATES WEST
ONCE A WEEK I
500 LINES ACTION BRINGS MER-
GER ROADS INTO LINE.
Great Western Stood by the 500 at
Western Passenger Association and
the Hill Roads Make Rates to Meet
Canadian Rivals Advantage.

The 500 line has forced the merger
roads to put in special rates for
homeseekers, which will be effective
March l 5. At the Western Passenger
association meeting in Chicago yester-
day the Rock Island road announced
that it would not discontinue CHEAP
excursions to the southwest according
to the agreement that the first and
third Tuesdays until April a rate of
one fare plus 81 was to be offered for
the round trip. When, as a result of
the Rock Islands action, it, was de-
cided to continue semim onthly home
seekers excursions to the west and
the association was asked
to act on the request Of the 500 line
that tickets be sold every Tuesday at
half rates for the round trip to all
points on its lines and in the Canadian
northwest reached by the Canadian
Pacific. There was a strenuous pro-
test from nearly all the roads against
accepting the proposition. and when a
vote was taken it was almost unan-
imously against it.
Then the Great Western, which was
opposed to continuation of any
homeseekers' rates after this month,
announced that it would comply with
the request Of the 500 line and sell
tickets to any point reached by that
line or the Canadian Pacific in the
Brltlsh northwest every Tuesday for
the remainder Of the year.
This action Of the 500 and the Great
Western in making cheap rates for
prospective settlers in Canada has
forced the Great Northern and Nor
thern Pacific to offer similar rates
every week to the northwestern states.
In turn, the lines to the west and
southwest will be forced to offer the
same inducements to secure settlers
| in the southwest.
| The Great Northern and the Nor
| thern Pacific will make low rates for
| landseekers as we'll as homeseekers.
| The new rates are for one fare plus
81 for the round trip. The colonists'
rates are one way for actual home
| seekers, but the new rates make il
possible to return after selecting land
| in the west. The tickets will be good
for stop-overs at any point and will
bear limits sufficient to permit a
thoro investigation of available agri-
cultural lands. The coast lines have
| limited the new rates to eastern
Washington.
"a great deal of interest is mani
tested in what is known as the Mill
river valley, along the line of the
Great Northern in Montana" said c
e. Stone, assistant general passenger
agent, yesterday. ''It is probable tina
the government will soon begin build
ing the st. Mary's canal, which will
irrigate about 100000 acres Of gov,
ernment land, and that region will bt
opened for settlement
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-05

A SONNET.
Wherein is compayred We cheapness of books
nowe-a-dayes, with We pretiousness in ye olden
tyne. a..., o.. H.. -.
; By W. Harvey McNairn. e, :,
Whylom ye bookish clerk with eager care
Did con his pretious volumes DER and er,
Until, their: burning. words beyond compare
=; We're branded -on his very, heartes core;
And them he guarded exc from dangers fell,
= And touched them tenderlie with fingers deft,
For we'll wis his garments he wolde sell
.EreSthat Of one of the he'd be bereft
Poor sely wight, for he hadde never, seen -,
Ye bargain counter stuff with 10-cent books,
Those new oetavos. clad in red land greene
With, pictures exc vt ravish him vt looks;
But yet methinketh 1t were better fare, :.
Vt books were scarcer, If we read them more.
The February Literary Collector.
Some very interesting glimpses Of every
day life" in the far northwest in the early
part Of the nineteenth century are to be
found in A Journal of Voyages and Trav-
els in the interior Of North America, by
Daniel Williams Harmon, partner in the
Northwest company. Mr.. Harmon started
clerks away up in the northwest, in those
days had time to improve their minds. He
says very frankly: mo, other people, per-
haps, who pursue business to. obtain, a
livelihood, have so much leisure as we
do He estimates that about one fifth
Of their time is taken for business and
the rest is given to whatever pursuit the
individual chooses, Mr.. Harmon devoted
his to study apparently. The Indians seem
to. have used their time for slaughtering
each other; for lin AN entry is reference
| to the murder Of onef.red by another. The
murder, grew out Of the family entangle-
ments of the two reds! The increasing
interest in northwestern history will cause
a demand for the book.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-05
NEWS. OF THE BOOK WORLD
Novel Hot from the Press and the Baltl-
I more IF Ire Quick Of Chicago Au-
thor and Rubiishlng House-The Sonnet
Of an oId-Fashloned Booleover Of the
Twentieth century-Journa OF North.
western Pioneer.

p . o
How will you have your news served to-
morrow morning? In the form Of an illus
trated novel in a decorative cover? Or in
the form of straight history, or prophecy,
or biography? Or perhaps you would like
q war epic printed on handmade paper
from specially cast type. embellished with
marginal designs and bound in half leyant,
That 8 mo joke, either. E, S 9
There has just arrived at the desk
against which this wabbly: column. leans
Rescued from Fiery Death, romance OF
the lroquois theater horror, the denoue-
ment OF which romance is in Baltimore inn
mediately following: the recent $50, 900, 900
.confiagration there. OF course, there are
word paintings of both catastropes, half
tones and pen drawings '.true to life'' in
great number What a pity Rochester
could not, have been given an addendum!
The whole story reads like a "heart in
terest" tale elaborated Indeed, that is
what 1t is. That fact and, the swiftness
with which it has followed the more re-
cent Of the two great fires which are
made scenes in the book are what sug-
gested the idea that before long-perhaps
tomorrow morning-we shall be having,
as a regular thing, our news served up
to us in novels or epics carefully booked
10 come down to- the plain truth, tho
|, Rescued: from Fiery Death" shows sad
effects Of having been prepared with great
haste. 1t might be regarded as to the
regular novel what the extra" edition
| newspaper is to- the regular edition
There is the flaring cover in red and gol6
and black which corresponds to the fam
ling red headlines Of the ''war extra
There are pictures, however, which, thu
they serve to Illustrate the text, look it'll,
like the real scenes, some of them ava!
below the quality demanded by any self
respecting newspaper, even in an extra
Then there is the story-that is better
it would make a fair. newspaper story
tho It might have been "Doiled' and bee,
better. TO sum it all up, il you wish t
dwell upon the: horrors Of the Chicag
tragedy and are not over-particular abou
the N: manner u Of your dwelling, here's you
chance. !. = )
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-05
The journal
Goes Home.
What Might Have Been,

It Is interesting to conjecture what
would have been the difference in the
worlds balance Of power If China and
Japan had not maintained policy of
exclusion for more than two hundred
years. 1t is not usually remembered
that neither of these nations was ex-
elusive when Europeans first came I'M
contact with them. Their subsequent.
exclusiveness was the result Of the
hard experience they had with Euro
peans at first. - III,
In his american Diplomacy In. the
Orient Mr.. John w. Foster says that
the earliest records Of Japan give .ac-
counts Of embassies and intercourse
Salth Korea end China dating from
two thousand years ago to recent
times. Japanese mariners sailed their
ships to all the regions. Of Asia and
thruout the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries, after coming into contact
with Europeans, Japanese vessels car
ried on commerce with India, Siam.
Malaooa, the Philippines. China, Korea
and even the coast of America. -
@A5 AoL SlAAlleI1 ~ ID We'll h1lOWA G1ldC
since the days Of Alexander. there, has
i been trade between China. and Europe:
The first voyagers to reach China from
Europe in the sixteenth century were
well received and a large trade was
established by the Portuguese and
Dutch. But almost from the first these
traders, of whatever nationality,
abused the Chinese and intercourse
with them was so marked by violence
and bloodshed that in the seventeenth
century all ports except that of Can
ton were closed to foreigners. =. j:
In the sixteenth and early. part of
the seventeenth century, trade he
tween Europe and Japan was large
in volume and comparatively unre-
stricted. During the seventeenth CEN
! tury the Dutch exported from Japan
43,482,250 pounds sterling. of gold and
silver, mostly gold, in payment Of the
balance Of trade, and in that and the
next century 2o6,253 tons Of copper.
The famous Catholic missionary
Francis Xavier, landed at Kagoshims
In 1549, and he and his brethren %an6
successors were received with SC. much
kindness that before the end of the
century 100000 Japanese had beer
! converted to Christianity Both il
regard to religion and commerce.
says Mr.. Foster, ''it may be said tina
\ the government Of Japan at that pc
Rod exhibited more liberality to tn,
nations of Europe than the latter ex
a hibited to each other Thru tn,
rapacity of the traders and the mis-
takes Of the missionaries and thei
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-05

We do not think it should be so, at
any rate. The American people ought
to- pride themselves on paying their
congressman enough so that the poor
est Of them may liveSin peace and
comfort during his term OF ofnpe. We
do not want our congress to become
merely a gathering Of rich men, but
with the increasing cost Of campaigns
and OF suitable style Of living lin
Washington, 1t is becoming more and
more difficult for a poor man to az
ford to go to congress.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-05
REV, G.. r. STUART I'LL
He VIII Be Unable to Participate in
Services To-day.

George r. Stuart, the evangelist,
who has been conducting services in
Methodist churches in the city, was
taken i'll suddenly yesterday and COM
PEELED to leave for home. The Sunday
services in which it was announced he
would take part tomorrow Will there.
fore be rearranged Mr.. Stuart was
to. appear at Fowler church in the
morning, at the Y. NJ. C. A. in the
AFTERNOON, and at Wesley church to-
morrow evening for a union service OF
Methodist churches.
At the Hennepin Avenune church
tomorrow morning Rev. DR.. S. D.
Hutsinpiller will speak and in the
evening Fowler, Western Avenue and
Hennepin Avenue churches will unite
in a union revival service at the Hem
nepin Avenue church.