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The Washington times., 1905-01-15
Flies Five Hundred Miles a Day.

1t is common for a trained bird to lily
800 miles in a single day.
The 2G0-rniIe station is located at Phil
adelphia. Birds have been liberated
there and have travelled the entire dis
lance and arrived in West Springfield in
five and one-half hours
The 5O0-rniIe station is situated in Bed
ford City, Va
The fact that the birds always follow
the same course and no not tarry by
the wayside is demonstrated beyond per
adventure. A railway that ran in a
Straight line from where the birds were
liberated was selected for this expert
ment. The owners of the birds followed
them and learned that they flew in an
almost direct line and did not stop for
food or drink
Charles II. Fitch. of 40 Larone Ave
nue. West Springfield, owns FIVE old
birds that have travelled from Bedford
CItV To West Springfield, between sun
rise and sunset the same day.
He has about fifty birds in his loft.
He had thirteen birds entered in the
15A and 2O0-mile contests this year; In
the 20p-rnile race, twelve OF the BIRDS
returned 10 their West Springfield loft
the same day they We're liberated, and
they won aoth the first and second
dipiOmaS
The Washington times., 1905-01-15
Addressed by Satan.

Father Bonifaee, the Catholic, is in
troduced with acoiytes.5 robes. and can
dies. The acolytes. led by a pseudo
priest, sing q mock TIE Deum La1damus
as follows:
o divine queen of the skies, holy
mother of God. to thee we lift up our
voices. Grant US thy divine intercession
with thy dear son, that we, through his
precious blood, may be made clean
Bless thy believing children, make them
faithful TO their holy father. the Pope;
diligent in counting their beads and say
ing their vespers. o holy mother, keep
them from all sin. especially grant them
grace TO eat no meat on Friday, and we
viii ever adore thee. Father, son, and
holy spirit. amen.
Satan then enters and addresses the
sectarians as follows:
T" Good morning, brethren. 1 love you
all, you are my friends / am gratified
to find you so faithful in assisting me
TO build up my kingdom Rest assured
you shall be rewarded You shall be
kings and princes when 1 succeed in
setting up my throne on the Garth
The apostles Peter. James, and John
now enter. The former excoriates the
devil. who foams. misses. and rushes out
chased by Peter. James then addresses
the 'endowees, as follows:
My children, hearken now unto my
voice. When irrrthese las. days God saw
the lost condition OF mankind heart
was moved with pity and he sent with
me Peter and John and commanded us
| saying: Go ye 20 earth and seek me {
good man Of the lineage of Joseph an(
] OF the lineage of the prophets, ever
Joseph Smith. Restore TO him the los
priesthood BestoW on him the keys OF
power, make him prophet, seer an(
revelator, and let him establish my
! church on earth Behold this was don,
ana the same power and authority ha!
now descended from Joseph to Brigham
| Hear We him, the representative OF Coo
| on earth Him reverence and obey ant
ye shall advance toward the kingdom o
| heaven
The Washington times., 1905-01-15
Shipped to Official Liberator.

When race is on the birds are
shipped to the official Iberator at Phiia-
deIphia, the 2oo-raile station, if the race
is to be that distance. When he let's
the birds go he telegrapils and writes the
owners TO that effect, giving the time of
the start, etc, so that the may be on the
lookout for the pigeons when they ar
rive. The liberator also notifies the
secretary of the national association,
so that stray pigeons may be more east
II traced and returned TO their lofts
arrive home. The trap or cage is Sc
cured 20 the outside OF the loft ALUMNI
mum wires are arranged close together
in the wicket of the trap, so that they
will swing inside when q bird enters.
but cannot be opened from within By
The Washington times., 1905-01-15
Enter the Serpent.

EuleI the serpent
..The .endowees' entering discover
Adam and Eve engaged in a sentimental
dialogue At its close Eve withdraws
into a bower or booth painted with roses
and satan enters in form of half man.
half snake He approaches Eve. and
pointing to the apple tree, begins to
tempt her TO eat of the fruit, using a
paraphrase based on the story of the
temptation as found In Genesis He
finally plucks the fruit and presents it,
and Eve, after assuming hesitation, eats
it. Adam, who has meanwhile left the
ro.op1 now enters, whereupon Eve offers
him a taste of the apple. Adam at first
stands amazed and sorrowfui. dropping
a garland from his mead, but at last
after mournfuily upbraidins Evsss disc
bedience, he consents to finish the apple.
s@They now pretend to discover their
actual physical condition. They make
| aprous of fig leaves and put them on
| Ir,rne1iately the voice of .Eioheim' is
| heard in another part Of the garden
calling thernafHe approaches and, CO.
serving the attire which they have
donned, he rebukes them for their un-
faithfulness The serpent, abashed, re-
tires to a secluded spot, but IS called
forth by 'Eloheim' and is cursed Flo
helm then turns to Jehovah, Jesus, and
Michael and announces his decree Of ex-
puIsion from the garden against Adam
and Eve. The latter eloquently bewai
their punishment and then follow thest
significant words from Brigham Young
as .Eloheim:'
80 man, thy cries Of penitence ane
woe have reached my ears. L Will plaI
unfold, obedience to which, rendered
with deep humiliation, shall by degrees
redeem and bring you back to heaven
NV holy priesthood l henceforth estab
nsh upon earth To those endowed WITT
that high calling, as unto me. shai
thou in reverence bow. Ihelr power
supreme, commands indlsputaDie I'D M
stead l appoint them unto you. NO
are to act henceforth as l myself
The Washington times., 1905-01-15
Oath of Vengeance.

You are now in a s.ved condition
and acceptable in the sight OF God You
are TO enter on the work OF the Lord in
truth and sincerity. Behold now,
saith the Lord, the wicked and ungodiy
Gentiles; they have slain the Prophet
Joseph. prosecuted the Saints and
Knocked at my priesthood. Therefore, o
Israel, arise in thy strength, go forth
and revenge the wrongs of my people on
the perverse generation Let their blood
be spilled and substance be wasted
BE vigilant and let no opportunity
pass to vindicate the name of your
God, and If you cannot do il teach it to
your children Let them take it from
their mothers breast. Teach it TO them
from your bed of death and leave it for
an inheritance, that all people may
know that the God of Israel has set his
The Washington times., 1905-01-15

half takes her CONSTITUTIONAL The COCK
bird sits oItSthe eggs until p N, wnen
he is in Ilrn relieved by the hen
At the end of seventeen days the
young birds appear. when they have 70
be nursed and fed with pigeon milk for
q while This tactical fluid. which comes
through the mouth is supplied by both
male and female birds. out grain IS CIV
en- as soon as the Young are able 70 eat
After the birds are fed five or six
weeks they are kicked out Of the nest
and made to shift for themselves.
When the pigeon is ten days old
seamless aluminium band. issued by the
national association of -homIng pigeon
fanciers. Is attached TO his leg or
'knuckles. in common pariance Inc
band contains the number OF the own
er and a letter c. The association re-
cords the numbers of the birds and pub
fishes them in a magazine
The Washington times., 1905-01-15
The Washing Room.

These preIiminaries concluded. the
clerk announces: You will now pro-
coed TO the washing room, the brethren
on the right, the sisters on the left
AT this juncture the Apostle Peter
who has been sitting in silence, says
solemniy:
You will remove your shoes. that
the dust of the earth may not pollute
the holy ground on which you are about
TO tread
..ln the iayatory the candidates are
washed in tepid water by the official
washer and each membSE n blessed
The Washington times., 1905-01-15

in European countries, Is Decom-
ing popular, is evidenced by tho
fact that there are now two national
associations of pigeon fanciers, one OF
which registered $4,000 birds this year.
says the Boston Globe
The homing pigeon differs from the
carrier pigeon of old in that it does
not carry messages, but is used for
breeding and racing purposes exclusive
ly.
Before the days of the wireless tele-
graph. carrier pigeons were used by tho
United States Government, which had
stations along the Atlantic coast
The homing pigeon is a larger, hand
somer and swifter flying bird The i'm
ported Belgium products sell for slS0
pair. while young f1iers from good
breed average from $ to SO pair
Many of the horninS races are so hotly
| contested that they are won by one
| hundredthIpart of yard
| The birds are endowed with the IN
stinct to return home when liberated
lbut it is necessary to perfect them III
! the art OF racing in order to enable
| them To- attain great speed. The fan
| ciers train their birds to fly by first
putting them in a basket and taking
| them out into the field in sight of the
pigeon loft. ifberating them and letting
them fly home. Each time the bird.
are taken out the distance from home i!
| increased before they are set free
The Washington times., 1905-01-15

do nothing for ourselves. In the Ian
guage of the divine poet:
If YOU can if you can't;
If you will. if sou won't;
You'll be damned If you do,
You'll be damned if you don't
q Let the brethren remember their
covenants and let them bring their off,
spring TO the altar and there consecratc
them To God, and if they are tc be saw
ed they will be saved. Otherwise, though
not q span long, they viii go down TO
the bottomless pitt
The Washington times., 1905-01-15
Initiating Pilgrims Progress.

The ceremony of the endowment it
self is a cheap and blasphemous ale
CORY, carried out in dramatic form in
weak imitation of the characters in The
Pilgrims Progress
THE dramatis personae in this bur
1esaue on religion are as follows:
.Elonefrn, or head god.
Jehovah.
Jesus.
Michael, or Adam.
Satan.
Apostle Peter.
Apostle James.
Apostle John.
Washer
CLERK.
Eve
Timothy Broadbrim. Quaker.
Deacon Smith, a Methodist
'Parson Peabody, Presbyterian.
Elder Smoot Tongue, a Baptist.
Father Boniface. a Catholic.
1.-The candidates for sealing
ION the occasion which / am describ-
ing the characters of Eloheim, Jehovah
and Jesus were assumed respectively
by Brigham Young. Heber c. Kimbal
and Daniel H Wells. The Mormon
apostles, Orson Pratt. John Taylor and
Erastus Snow, respectively, took the
roles of the Apostles Peter, James and
John. The character of Eve was taker
by Miss Eliza r. Snow, a daughter OF
the apostle.
The allegory opens with the candi
dates for sealing gathered in large
room before the clerk, VINO inquiries Of
the male candidates the time and plac.
of their birth date of their former mar
riage. or marriages, and the time the,
were baptized into the church. They
are also asked TO produce receipts show
ing they have punctualiy paid thei
tftfaes 10 the church. If these are fount
satisfactory, the men are pronounced
eligible 70 receive their 'endowments.
The female candidates are asked t.
state simply the place of and date o
their birth and when the Joined tn
church.
The Washington times., 1905-01-15
Breeding of the Pigeons

The breeding of pigeons is interesting
to the fanciers. Two eggs are laid by
the hen bird at a setting and the young
birds are Matched within seventeen days
of the time the old birds take to the
nest. The hen bird goes on the nest at
about p m and lays an egg. The fol-
lowing day, at precisely the same time.
she repeats the operation. and then be-
gins "a sill on them She remains there
on until 10 the next day, whereupon the
male bird takes his turn and performs
the duty of incubation while his better
The Washington times., 1905-01-15
4OMING PIGEONS POPULAR

the pigeon The birds know better than
to try to get into their cages by any
other way than this trap, for they have
been through the course OF sprouts As
time In pigeen-fiying IS precious, IL Is
not desirable for a bird to alight on top
OF barn or wherever he pleases at the
end OF his fight as an ordinary IN
trained bird would do.
The Washington times., 1905-01-15

Book of Doctrine and Covenants. Je-
hovah is in this room and Elohefm in
the next, locking on. The candidates
are ranged around the altar The apos-
ties are also present The time has ar
rived to initiate the candidates into the
most dastarcly feature of Mormonism-
Peter speaks
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Continued from Fourth Page-(
chalice. pouring forth on all that lives
and languishes the gracious gift of Re
deraption through Love
This is the spirit OF the music in
ssPa rSifaI -
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Mez5cc1zvE Q7caI Rcs4deAce az TIE
TEua Of ZHe lvzzvH Church

ed apple tree and in the corner of the
room small altar.
The Washington times., 1905-01-15

Hat the pastime of flying homlng
pigeons. which had Its inception
in European countries, is becom-
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12

service under conditions nominated in
a form the Office of police supplies,
form which Ototsusan, Spring Bios
som, Kuban's master and the inspec-
tor of police would sign. One more
day and Ototsusan would decide.
That evening. however, the head of
the Yama Mission School appeared at
Spring Blossoms home by chance.
Ototsusan thought, but the man from
the Yama said chance had naught to
do with it. He knew the hand OF
Providence. he declared. wherever it
vouchsafed to manifest itself. He knew
the Kuban agent, too, by reputation.
and of Kuban he had a detestatiOn he
had never dared to express in words.
He knew the august parents" and
the peril of the honor of the house,
and though he had but little money
compared to what the agent could adj
vance, he had the faith that over
cometh and he won.
And so it happened, thanks to the
promises he made with so bold a heart.
that Spring Blossom journeyed to
Yokohama later by the same route she
would have taken had she travelled
with the agent-all but the. final turn
ing to the right instead of to the left.
There she profited greatly and in two
years was nearly ready for her Govern
ment certificate admitting her as
teacher to one of the imperial schools.
Her examinations at the mission as
sured Of her success. but the prospect
of so honorable employment did not
occupy her mind to the exclusion Of
honorable burglar in durance vile
With Miss Godspeed she saw him regu-
larly, and if she did not work that
somewhat uncertain miracle called
conversion. she did him good. He is
not a burglar now.
When the day of his release came.
Spring Blossom and the teacher met
him at the entrance and took him to
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12

hama's recognized institutions for
equal length of time when she would
have led a life as evil as her present
life was good she had no suspicion.
But she had been as near as near can
be and not. 1t was the Rev. Mr. Chol-
mondeley to whom she was indebted for
the happy fact that she was on the
Yama, as Yokohamites call the Hill,
instead of in Kuban down below,
place much worse than sheol. Chol-
mondeley declared himself, however,
that it was not he but Providence. He
was merely the humble instrument
Spring Blossoms father, Ototsusan,
was a farmer He lived in Suruga He
was not an actual worker in the fields,
a most miserable occupation in Japan,
but was the owner of some dozens of
those irregular quadrilaterals Of mud
that are separated, one from another
by low ridges instead OF by fences, and
are cultivated by hand. They are slop-
py with filth eight months out OF the
twelve, and dry only at harvest when
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the Department of Police, for he knew
every household in the province. Es-
pecially had he an eye for homes
where means were small and daughters
beautiful
"Suruga augustly enjoys honorable
Improvement said this agent to a
brother agent who had come down
with him from Kuban and was bound
for Nagoya in the interests of the
house for which both worked.
Honorable floods have been extern
sive, poverty augustly prevails; honor
able business probably will augustly
improve" Then he put a pinch of the
mildest of tobacco into his tiny pipe
bowl. consumed it in three puffs.
knocked the ash into the bamboo tube
by the firebox and lost himself in COM
placent contemplation of probable net
profits.
OF course the agent went to Ototsu-
san, for he knew that the conditions
there were of the sort his business
profited by. Spring Blossom had been
on his list for several years He dis
cussed the floods with the farmer, the
lack of crops and the wickedness Of
money lenders, and came round grad
ually to the august parents, the deities
of Ototsusan's home, for whose well
fare f1lial piety demanded every sacri-
flee.
Proud must be the man with a
father and mother of such nobility.
was the tenor of the agents words, and
Ototsusan assented. What a joy,
~xLox - boro~ IN Eooy, fhon, in com :
fort while they lived And again Otot-
susan assented. What was a daugh-
ter that father should consider her
when his parents comfort was at
stake? continued the agent, and more
to the same effect.
It seemed that there would be bar
gain and Spring Blossom would go to
Yokohama for two or three years Of
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AND TURNED TT
DEFTLY UPSIDE
DOWN
TO EMPTY IT
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a building on the mission grounds
There they served a dinner in native
style. Honorable burglar. who was no
fool, learned much about Spring Bios
SONS affairs that afternoon
At sundown, with the courtesy OF
knight of the feudaI days. q Samurai.
to use the native term, he withdrew.
taking with him various presents from
Spring Blossom and an assortment OF
tracts from Miss Godspeed- They did
not see him for several weeks. but
Spring Blossom did not forget him
Each night she asked that he might
be delivered from temptation" and
never steal any more. for ever and
ever. amen" Nor for moment did
she doubt that all would be well
It was a month, perhaps. after the
honorable burglars release that he
appeared at the school one day and
asked to see his friends. He was In
the tea business and prosperfng. He
had found an opportunity, he ex-
planned. that suited him exactly and
already had some honest money in the
Specie Bank. The future was his for
success and If Miss Godspeed would
condescend to grant rude request he
would beg her to receive two sisters
from his unworthy home into her
school. Miss Godspeed condescended
with alacrity and then and there the
honorable burglar, or ex-burglar, paid
their fees for full year in advance
On leaving. with many bows quite
to the floor, and apologies for his pre-
sumption, he begged Spring Blossom to
augustly deign to accept an unworthy
tin of contemptible tea In reality 1t
was tea of the finest quality that the
empire produced
That evening Spring Blossom opened
the tin to transfer the tea to a pretty
canister, one OF several prizes she
had won by her work in school. Half
only of the tin held tea. The lower
half contained a package wrapped in
a silken handkerchief-a package or
papers, those which Ototsusan had lost
and which, now that they had been re-
covered. would "save his face
After teaching school three years
Spring Blossom became mistress Of
house overlooking one Of the most
charming of the many charming views
round about Yokohama 1t was COM
plete in it's appointments and had sew
eral rooms furnished after the Euro
pean style, wherein one might often
see Miss Godspeed discussing biscuit
and a cup of tea, such tea as We know
little of in this country. And ii is
fact that the income or the household
In this house came entirely from tea.
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Miss Godspeed in a gaspy way. What
can you mean. child?"
Spring Blossom told what had hap
pened.
But why did you not cry out to
to-warn us?" asked the teacher. 1t
was six hours after the event, but she
felt fear coming upon her.
Honorable burglar took only my
unworthy things and he did not make
noise"
But-but - Miss Godspeed could
not think of anything to say.
Later, however, she went through the
dormitories with a policeman by her
side and found everything in place ex-
cept Spring Blossoms silken robes.
Spring Blossoms was the nearest room
to the top of the stairway, the first
one, probably. that honorable burglar
had entered. The talk he had had with
his small audience had delayed him too
long for visiting the other rooms, per-
haps, or perhaps he lost his nerve;
most probably though. the policeman
said, honorable burglar could not
free himself from the idea that having
been seen, there would be warning of
some sort.
There was a warning, but not from
Spring Blossom. She declared she re-
membered nothing distinctive about
honorable burglars appearance, as
there was but little light in the room.
But he had not quite escaped other
observation on leaving the premises
%laa eIo Of daoI
er in secondhand clothes who was not
notoricusly particular, honorable burg
lar fell into the grasp of the law
AS Spring Blossoms kimono was with
him, the police knew they had the right
man. To prison he went.
Spring Blossom went to the prison,
too, some time after, having persuaded
Miss Godspeed, rather to that worthy
persons establishment, that one ought
to visit prisons if one really believes.
Such thing had not occurred to the
shepherdess of the missions flock be-
fore, but at length she said Yes, ana
with the young believer who was
teaching her what belief was she WIS.,
tied honorable burglar in his coop.
When honorable burglar saw Spring
anese face can show was manifest, but
there was no sign of i'll will about him
even when he received a quantity Of
good advice and the gift of one of the
missions publications for his enlighten-
ment.
When she came away from the prison
Spring Blossom was quite happy at
the chance she had had Of doing the
right thing.
'If kimono had lost for ever should
be glad same as now." she said Hon
orable teacher will augustly conde-
scend TO see honorable burglar with
me several times?" Once more Miss
Godspeed assented and the days for
visiting were full of joy for the small
daughter of Japan.
Spring Blossom had been at the mis-
sion school two years and thought it
a sort Of Paradise. How near she had
come to being in another of Yoko-
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they look like cneckerboard an earth
quake has been playing with.
AS an owner Ototsusan had prosper
ed until few years before when heavy
rains had washed away the banks and
dams, and the water had carried off
the sprouting rice. These floods had
dCne sad work. But worse than this
had happened; vouchers for certain
moneys he had loaned before the
Restoration, and other papers which
concerned Government and the honor
of his house had disappeared. They
could not be of use to other folk, but
should the Government call upon him
to state his position as to certain oc-
currences during the time Of the Go
Ishin, the revolution, which made the
Restoration possible, the absence of
these papers signed by the thumbmarks
of their writer's would be awkward.
Ototsusan indeed would lose his face"
if not his head-and to lose his face
while those worthy persons, his hon
ored parents, were yet alive, that would
be the ultimate anguish the Japanese
mind can suffer-harakiri would be joy
compared to it. Had he not lost his
vouchers he might have raised money
from the Government and done some-
thing toward the recovery Of the pa
pers, but as it was he went to the
money lenders.
1t was in these evil days that an
agent came from Yokohama Suruga
was on his route. Twice a year he
passed through somewhat as a recruit
ing sergeant might He would have
been invaluable to the census bureau
were that work not done perfectly by
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CLARENCE q
LUDLOW BROWNELL
(. *. G. =.

The prize story for this week, 'The
Honorable Burglar is from the pen
OF Clarence Ludlow BrowneIl, author
of The Heart of Japan" and many
short stories. Mr.. BroWneII was
for many years a resident of Japan
and is thoroughly conversant with the
many delicate and to Western ears,
peculiar idioms of the Japanese Ian
Suagc, such as the use of honorable"
ia tllis story.