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Excursion Steamship sinks.

RIGA, Russia, May 3O.-The excur-
sion steamship Vima capsized off her
pier here last evening. in consequence
of overlooking. Fifteen persons are
believed to have perished. Eleven
bodies were recovered from under the
steamship today. The Vima had just
started for Dubbeln, a neighboring
watering place, when she keeled over
and sank
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-31
Low Round-Trip Rate East Via south
erH PACIFIC.

Round-trip tickets will be sold June
2 and g. San Francisco to Boston and
return for, $3.50, and June and to
Omaha and Kansas City and return $50,
Louisville, KY, and return $7575 Chi
cago and return $72 so, New York and
return s10S.50, and to other Eastern
points at similar low rates.
The tickets sold on June and are
good until July 81, the others are good
for ninety days. See Southern Pacific
agents, 1904 Fillmore street ferry
depot and lin Oakland) IL San Pablo
avenue.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-31

To the cure of these diseases have
confined my practice. and by skillfully
applied scientific treatment l perma-
nently cure the worst cases My Offices
are equipped with every instrument
and device essential to the most mod
ern methods of practice. If you are
afflicted with any private disease or
weakness l want you to call and see
me. 1t will cost you nothing to ascer-
tain positively whether you can be
cured.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-31
Deb.tinr society Resumes.

The debating society attached to the
humboldt Evening School has resumed
IT'S work in the Affiliated Colleges A
aahate has been arranged for Thurs
dav night. This will be the third meet
ing held by the society since the hre
The Others have hesa well attended
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-31
Japanese PhiIosopher Kills Himself.

VICTORIA. B. c.. May 30-Yamada
Noakuma. noted Japanese philoso-
pher pupil OF DR.. Inouye, has COM
nitted suicide by jumping into the era
ter Of Aso volcano.
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London Assurance Corporation

SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE, 1921 BUCHANAN STREET.
Loss Notices have been acknowledged
Proofs of Loss, time for filing extended until the 18th
of August, 1906.
Policies Lost Burned please report we have
pee records and will furnish copies
Policy Holders advised to avoid Collection Agencies
of every description also so-caed busters for the Assured
We have ten Adjusters land commg) who will
facilitate the preparation of Proofs Of Loss
San Francisco Losses amount to less than one-quarer
of the Corporations Cash Assets. and under Head Office
instructions the will be paid without drawing upon the
Corporations Funds IN this Country
The London Assurance Corporation has been in bus-
ness without interruption for nearly hundred years. and
aser which so recently overlook our beautiful city.
LOSSES PAID In CASH WITHOUT DISCOUNT
j.. Manager
r W..
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LINES OF oREEDs DISAPPEAR.

p. The sermon Of the occasion was de-
livered by DR.. Jacob Nieto, who spoke
On the significance Of the OCCASION. ne
tfc community are one body, naYing
Z hc same patriotic interests in WORKING
and striving to upbuild the city. he
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-12-20

diers set themselves to march UP the
staircase by which they had just des-
cended
Stand to the doorsi" cried Werner,
the chief captain do not let them
pass. Stand up and drink a deep cup
to them, rather! To Captains Jorian
and Boris of Plassenburg, brave fell
lows BOTH"
The toast was drunk amid multi
tudinous shoutings and handshakings
The two men had stopped perforce.
for the doors were in the hands of
the soldiers of the guard, and the pike
points clustered thick in their paths
They turned now in the direction of
the high table from which they had
risen.
sit down, gentlemen, and l also
will sit. Now hearken WELL" said
Werner; "these good fellows of mine
will bear me out that / lie not You
have done bravely and spoken up like
| good men taken in a fault. But we
will not permit you to go to your
| deaths. For our Lady Joan-God bless
her-would not take a false word
| from any--nO, not If it were on
Twelfth Night or after a Christmas
merry-making. She would not forgive
it from your old Longbeard upstairs.
whose business it is-that is, if she
found it out. To the gallows!' she
would say, and we-why, we should
sorrow for having to hasten the
stretchings of two good men. Keep
your rings, lads, and keep also your
wits about you when the duchess
questions you again. Nay, when you
return to Plassenburg, be wise, seek
out a Gretchen and Katrin and be
stow the rings upon them-that is, il
ever you mean again to stand within
the danger Of Joan of the Sword IL
this her castle of Kernsberg!"
"Gretchens are none so scarce il
Plassenburg," muttered Jorian &C
think we can satisfy her-but at
; cheaper price than ring of rubie
! set in gold!"
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-12-20

ors. Ours of Bor-Russia" he said at
last, in speech that trembled with
anger, you may vex the soul of
Danish gentleman with your asper
sions, you may wound his body. but
you will never be able to stand up to
him in battle. You will never be
worthy to eat or drink with him, to
take his hand in comradeship. or to
ride a tilt with him. Pigs of the sty
you are, man by man Of you--Wends
and Doors, and no kings gentlemen,"
Hans Trenck, lift this springalds
pretty wrist-bauble!" said Werner.
At the word the man laid down his
partisan and lifted the ball high be-
tween his two hands.
Nov dance!" commanded Werner
Won Orseln, dance the Danish milk
maids coranto, or | will bid them
drop it on your toes. Dost want them
| jellied. MANI"
Drop, and be cursed in your low
born souls!" cried the lad fercely.
"Untruss my hands and let me loose
with a sword and ten yards clear on
| the floor and, by Saint Magnus of the
Isles, | will disembowel any three of
you'll"
you will not dancer" said Werner,
nodding at him.
Il will see you fry in hell fire first!"
Down with the ball, Hans
Trenck!" cried Werner. He that will
not dance at Castle Kernsdorf must
learn at least to Jump"
'"Ware toes, Sparhawk!" cried the
soldiers in chorus, but at that mo-
. ment, suddenly kicking out as far as
his chains allowed, the boy took the
STOPPING lout on the face, and in
continently widened the superficial
area Of his mouth. He went over on
his back amid the uproarious laughter
OF his fellows.
The fellow rose, spluttering an
grily.
Hold his legs, some one" he said
'I'n mark his pretty feet for him
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-12-20
CHAPTER !.
The Hall of the Guard.

1919 rano the laughter in the hall
4, tbo men-at-arms at Castle Kerns-
~ ...o There had come an embassy
zee tho hereditary Princess OF Plass-
anhurg. recently established upon tne
.srone Of her ancestors, to the Ducn-
s.s loan of Hohenstein. ruler Oh Cnat
esS uto. IF hill statelets which is called
Collectively Masurenland, and wnich
,noludes besides Hohensteln' the
ariginal Eagles Eyre. Kernswalo
Cleo and Marienfeld.
"'' 800 in the hall of audience, the
,ohassador. one Leopold Won Des-
souer great lord and most learned
COUNCILLOR of state, sat alone win the
80 d11chess. They were@seat1ng OF
sEo baked meats and drinking the
nood Rhenish up there. But, after ALL
=. voc n,nch merrier down below with
Werner Won Orseln, Alt Picker, Peter
palta and John Of Thorn, thoueh
what they ate was mostly but PLAIN
ov.Aesh and their drink the strohg
ole native to the hill lands, whlch Is
called Wendish mead.
Get YOU down, Captains Jorlan anu
poris." the young duchess hao com
,manded looking very handsome ana
naughty in the pride of her twenty
one wears her eight strong castles,
and her two thousand men ready TO
rise at her word; down to the hall
where my officers send round the was
sail If they do not treat you well
cen come up and tell it to me-
Good" had responded the two sol
diers of the Princess of Plassenburg
turning them about as if they haf
been hinged on the same stick, ant
starting forward with precisely the
shame stiff hitch from the halt, they
made for the door.
But stay" Joan of Hohenstein hat
said ere they reached it, here are
couple of rings. My father left MT
one or two such Fit them upon you
fingers and when you return CIV
them to the maidens-of your choice
And with their rings upon their III
tie fingers the two burly captains wen
down the narrow stair OF Casti
Kernsberg Being arrived at the ha
beneath they soon found themselve
the center of hospitable circle. Gruf
bearded Wendish men were these o
fcers of the young duchess; not
butterfly youngling nor courtly ca
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-12-20
Beating of Dead Hearts.

Hearts of coldblooded animals will
beat for a comparatively long time
after death or removal from the body
Gf kept cool and moist) because OF
powerful internal collections OF
nerves, known as ganglia, whose au
tomato impulses cause the regular
contractions of the muscles. Similar
ganglia exist in man and other warm
blooded animals, but their action Is
less prolonged Scientists have as
certained that turtles heart will beat
after removal, if put on piece OF
glass, kept cool and moist, and COW
cred with a bell-jar | believe it has
been known to beat SO or even 4S
hours; IL or IA hours is a common
record=St Nicholas.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-12-20
CHAPTER II.
The BATTING of the Sparhawk.

Bring in the Danish Sparhawk,
and we will bait him!" said Werner.
1--WE have shown our guests a poor en-
tertainment Bring in the Sparhawk,
| say!"
Through the black oblong of the
dungeon doorway there came lad of
seventeen or eighteen, tall, slim,
dark-browed. timber He walked be.
tween two men-at-arms, who held his
rists firmly on either side. His hands
were chained together, and from be-
tween them dangled spiked ball that
clanked heavily on the floor as he
stumbled forward rather than walked
into the room He had black hair
that waved from his forehead in a
backward sweep, a nose Of slightly
Roman shape, which, together with
his bold eagles eyes, had obtained
him the name Of the Spar or Sparrow
hawk.
Werner Won Orseln turned to his
guests and said, This Sparhawk is
little Dane we took on our last foray
to the north. 1t is only in that d1rec-
ton we can lead the foray, since you
have grown so law-abiding and strong
in Plassenburg and the Mark. His
uncles were all killed in the defense
of Castle Lynar, on the Northern Half.
We know not which Of these had also
the claim of fatherhood upon him.
At all events, his grandad had a man
or there, and came from the Jutland
sand-dunes to build a castle upon the
Baltic shores. But he had better have
STAYED at home, for he would not pay
the Peace Geld to our Henry. So the
Lion roared, and we went to Castle
Lynar and made an end-save of this
shifting Sparhawk, whom our master
would not let us kill, and whom now
we keep with clipped wings for our
| sport"
The lad listened with erected head
| and naughty eyes to the tale, but
answered not word
"Now," cried Werner, with his cup
in his hand and his brows bent upon
the youth. dance for us as you used
upon the Baltic, when the maids came
in fresh from their firing and the
| newest kirtles were donned. Dance,
saw! Foot it for your life!"
The lad Maurice Won Lynar stood
] with his bold eyes upon his torment
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-12-20

He shall not kick so free another
time"
A couple of his companions took
hold of the boy on either side, sc
that he could not move his limbs, and
Hans again lifted high the ball.
Nov, then, for marrow and mashed
trotters." he cried, splitting the blood
from the split corners Of his mouth.
Halt"
ITO be continued.)
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-12-20
Copyright, 1885, 1900. by S. R. Crockett)


OF the gift the duchess had given him
for the maiden Of his troth.
"And Boris here, that hulking CO.
bold, that Hans Klapper upon the
housetops, had well-nigh spoiled the |
jest; for when her ladyship asked him
a second time in her sweet voice for |
the name of his 'betrothed,' he must |
needs lay his tongue to Gretchen,
instead of 'Katrin, as he had done at |
the firSt!'
Werner Won Orseln, the eldest and
gravest of all, glanced round the full
circle of his mess. Then he looked
back at the two captains Of the en-
bassy guard of Plassenburg with a
plying glance.
"And you lied about your sweet
| hearts to the Duchess Joan" he said.
"Ha, ha! Yes! l trow yes" quoth
| Jorian jovially. wine may be dear,
but this ring will pay the sweets of
many a night"
"Ha, ha! 1t will, will it" said Wer-
ner, the chief captain, grimly.
| aye, truly" echoed Boris, the
mead beginning to work nuttily under
his steel cap, when we melt this
ha. ha!-Katrin's jewel, we'll quaff
many a beaker The Rhenish shall
flow. And Peg and MOll and Elisabet
shall be there-yes, and many good
| fellow"
"Shut the door!" quoth Werner, the
chief captain, at this point. "Sit down.
gentlemen Captains Jorian and
Boris. you do not seem to know that
YOU are no longer in Plassenburg.
10, Of
ler's Son to hamper our liege mis-
tress Do you know that you have
lied to- her and made a jest of it?'
He spoke very slowly, leaning TO-
ward them and punctuating his, mean
ing upon the palm OF his lett nanu
with the fingers of his right IL l.
Werner of Orseln, were now TO walk
upstairs. and in so many words tell
my lady, the sweet, easy princess,
as YOU name her, Joan Of the Sword
/ as we are proud
; "Joan of the Sword! HOch!"
The men-at-arms at the lower table
5 the bearded captains at the h1gl
:. board. the very page boys lounging II
the inches, rose to their feet at th'
4 very name, pronounced in a voice
: thunder-pride by Chief Captain Wer
ner.
81 thank you, gentlemen, on behal
of nv lady, in whose name com
mand here. said Werner, bowling cere
moniously to all around, while tn
others settled themselves TO hsten
Nov, worthy soldiers OF Plassen
burg" he went on, 'be 1T known u
YOU that if Ito suppose a case whlcl
will not happen) l were to tell gu
LADY Joan what you have contesse'
to us here and boosted of-that yo
lied and double lied to her-I lay m
life and the lives of these good re
lows that the pair of you would o
aswing from the corner gallery or IN
Tjon's Tower in something under NV
minutes"
Jorian rose to his feet. up, Boris!
lie cried: "no-Bor-Russian, no Kern
Hohenstein that ever lived, shall owe
crow a captain of the armies OF Fla
senburg and soldier Of the Princes
Helene-Heaven bless her. rake you
| ring in your hand. Boris. for we WI
| go I'D straightway, you and L. An
] we will tell the Lady Duchess Joa
ID that having no sweetheart or leg;
standing, and no desire for any, "
y. choused her into the BELIEF that
Il would bestow her rings upon our
ar trothed in the rose gardens OF fla
a. senburg. Then we will see IL lndee
o. we shall be aswing in five minute
- Ready BOriS?"
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-12-20
said.

ned nnisht among them, but men tan
dia.n IKE shipmen of the Baltic, SOL
Mo- 's mostly who had served under
x,nr amer Henry foraging upon occa-
I'm. 10 Lar as the Mark in one direc-
men snu INTO Bor-Russia in the other,
the bea oanuea and compacted after
II earts OF Jorian and Boris.
such go small wonder that among
'ongenial society the ex-men-at-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-01
A Notre Dame Lady,s Appeal.

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her duty to send 1t to all sufferers
FREE. You cure yourself at home as
thousands Will testify--no change Of
climate being necessary, This simple
discovery banlshes uric acid from the
blood, loosens the stiffened joints.
purlies the blood, and brightens the
eyes, giving elasticity and tone to the
whole system II the above interests
you, for proof address Mrs. M Sum,
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-01
YOUNG ROOSEVELT SILENT.
roesnt Tell on Rough Harvard Stu
dents-No Warrant.

BOSTON, Oct. 1.-After a hearing
Of less than five minutes before Judge
Sullivan, at which c. B. B!agden, coy
swain of last years Harvard crew, de-
MED thar he had been assaulted, the
Judge refused to grant a warrant for
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
The Presidents son was not charg.
ed with assault upon Policeman Frah,
er. who is at the relief station suffer
ing with a compound fracture Of the
nose and other injuries which 1t is
charged he received at the hands OF
Harvard students. The hearing was
for a warrant for assault upon Blag'
den, who was sitting on bench on
the Common, and, according to the po'
lice, was flung to the ground with a
rope held by students.
The police and the college authorl.
ties are best upon finding the culprit.
but have failed, they say, in their eff,
forts to induce young Roosevelt 10
name him.
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Great Mon WI DRINK.

Cato was hard hriaker. while, in
tue language Of me writer. old Ben
,Ionson was constantly "picklea," The
poet Savage used 10 60 on the hardest
kinds of "tears," and Rogers observed,
after seeing his owA statue. ut is the
first time have seen him stand
straight for many years" Byron says
of Person. the great classical scholar,
Il can never reco!tect him except as
drunk or brutal, and generally both"
Keats was on a spree once tint last
ed six months. Horace, Pluto, Arts
tophanes, Eurlp!des. Alcaers, Socrates
and Tasso Of the old timers and
Goethe, Schiller. Addison, Pitt Fox,
blackstone, Fielding. Sterne and Steele
were nil hard drinkers ut Intervals
London Times.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-01
BAD SLEEPING HABITS.

Snoring. Grinding the Teeth aud
Nasal WhisltinE.
Man Is the victim of bad habits in
his sleep as well as in his waking
hours. So distressing are some Of
these bad habits of sleep that they
obIIge wife and husband to occupy
separate rooms, even at times causing
divorce.
Snoring is Of course the commonest
II not the worst Of sleeps bad habits.
Snoring may be rcmedied. There are
dozen patented devices that, holding
tile mouth shut tight, prevent the
snore.
Grinding the teeth is a dlsagreoable
habit Of sleep. It Is impossible to sleep
. in the same room with any one who
emits at irregular intervals this hide.
GUS sound. The trick Is said to be ln-
durable, but q rubber cap worn on the
teeth renders the grinding almost
nolseless.
Nervous persons sometimes leap in
their sleep foot or more III the air,
shaking the bed and the whole room.
The man who gives eight or nine Of
these leaps in the course of the night
soon becomes an lntolerab!e bedfeIlow.
Nerve tonIcs and exercise should be
prescribed for him.
Nasal whlstling is a habit less easy
to cure than snoring. The sleeper
keeps his mouth closed. hut brenthes
with distressing sound through his
nose. The sound resembles low
whistle and, heard in the small hours,
is guaranteed TO madden.
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al increased from $67, 600, 600 TO s

| had increased from 100000 to $685.
100000.
with such unprecedented prosperity
throughout the country in general and
in the state Of West Virginia in partic-
ular, is 1t not up to every serious-mind-
ed West Virginia voter to let well
enough alone? Can they afford to again
heed the doctrines Of the Democratic
party by which they were lured to the
shores OF financial ruin in 1892? DO
they again want to kill the goose that
laid the golden egg Of prosperity IN
order to give the Democrats another
chance to try their disproven theories?
With q wholesome state administra-
ton, Just tax laws and a national adj
ministration that has given the country
an era Of unprecedented prosperity and
wise laws, could one imagine a time
when "Let well enough alone" was such
good advice?
Senator. Elktns has had no small
| hand in the remarkable growth OF West
Virginia in the past 20 years. He has
built miles and miles Of railroad. 1t is
true that he has made money. But the
enhanced values in farming lands and
timber and coal lands, and in town
property where his railroads have gone
have added to the wealth Of almost
every man, woman and child in the new
sections he has opened up. 1t was SEN
ator Elkins who organized the Repub
lican party Of West Virginia into VIC
torious host that took from the DEM
ocratic party the control OF the state.
It was he who brought the people Of
the state millions Of dollars by securing
a duty Of 81 per thousand On lumber.
It was he who saved the country some
ten million dollars by thwarting the
Cleveland Morgan bond deal. 1t was
he who gave the country the Elkins
law, prohibiting rebates, praised by
Theodoye Roosevelt, Uncle Joe Cannon,
Secretary Taft and all leading states
men, and upheld by every court In
which It has been invoked. 1t was he
who secured the amendments which, by
The testimony of Democrats and Repub-
Ifcans alike, constitute the most valu-
,bIe and important features Of the rail-
way rate law. The people Of West Viz
ginla will do well by returning Senator
Blkins to the senate. A vote for Re-
publican candidates for the legislature
md for Republican congressman will
let well enough alone and be the best
thing for the state and country. The
people of West Virginia have reason to
be proud Of Senator Elkins as a citizen,
business man and as great and In
auential senator.
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San Francisco
Disaster in Oil
MAMMOTH MASTERPIECE OF ART
DEPICTED SCENES OF CON.
FRAGRATIoN TO BE Elk.
HlBITED AT JAMES.
TOWN.

NORFOLK. Va, Oct. IAN event oi
real moment in the art world was the
exhibition in Los Angeles recently o!
Mr.. c. D. Robinson's great picture oil
the San Francisco fire following the
earthquake of April IS. This work
is not a cheap panorama for stage
use, by work of high art by an ar
fist in the world Of art.
1t Is an immense canvas twelve by
thirty feet and the people of San
Francisco who have seen 1t pronounce
the picture a truthful representation
of the fire, and. since the disaster was
10 be reduced to canvas it was de.
sired above all things 10 have It truth
full rather than sensational Connois'
seurs declare that Mr.. Robinson has
caught his inspiration ron the gods
and that this work is destined to be
recognized as the one great and au'
thentc picture Of San FrancIsco's de-
struction. II the people and press OF
San Francisco are satisfied and if ar.
lists Of note endorse and praise the
work the rest OF the world will doubt.
less accept it at their estimate for
many will be given m opportunity to
see It.
The work is to be exhibited in the
larger cities AMI during several
months of 1907 will be an attraction
at the jamestown Exposition,
Mr.. Robinson did not draw on his
Imagination for material to make this
picture for he was on the ground dur
ing the fire and it was while Watching
the stupendons and awful tornado of
flame as 1t swept onward to the utter
destruction of the mighty metropolis
Of Shutdown Land tina, the Inspiration
came to pegpetuate the sublime scene
on canvas. Might and day he wrought
with paper and pencil sketchine
scenes and Iettectss in color and Re.
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mis- If tSe dav th,n,dsrstor,n Is not
a good subject for i nichlr4. hut there
apneared In one Of the il:..strrtetl ma.
pers view Of rLontlon during the
storm = from Blackl,eatll" which,
whether a work 81 ,a,rel lima .tnation or
actnal1v drawn from nature was ex.
ceedh,sly realistic and impressive. The
snecIai feotnre of file storm was the