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The La Jara chronicle., 1906-03-16
Titled Celebrities.

Edward VII, King of England and
Emperor of India, is imposing enough
but such slender collection of words
would never serve to fire tho Oriental
Imagination. and the Sultan of Turkey
is known as "The Finest Pearl of the
Age and the Esteemed Centre of the
Universe, at Whose Grand Portals
Stand the Camcls Of J:.stice and Mercy
and to Whom the Eyes of the Kings
and Peoples in the West have been
Drawn: Lord and Master, the Sultan
of Two Shores and the High King OF
Two Seas, the Crown of Ages and the
Pride of All Countries. the Greatest Of
all Khalifs. the Shadow of God on
Earth, the Successor of the Apostle of
the Lord of the Universe and the Vic
torious Conquerer Sultan Abdul-Hamid
Khan"
The kings of Ava and Ceylon each
calmly appropriated to themselves the
attributes of divinity and proclaimcd
themselves "God." to which His
Majesty of Ava added king of Kings,
whom all others must obey. as he l.
the Preserver of all Animals, the Re
gulator Of Seasons. the Absolute Mas
ter of the Ebb and Flow of the Sea
Brother to the Sun and King OF the
Four and Twenty Umbrellas. an anti
climax essentially Oriental.
The Persian Shah takes his title
upon the instalment plan. making up
in number what each lacks in length
He Is "Shahin Shah" king Of Kings,
"The Rose of Delirht." 1.-THE Branch OF
Honor" and others of note. to say
nothing Of what his subjects call him
among themselves.
Perhaps the oldest and most truth
full of them all is the title of the King
Of Monomopotapa, who was STYLED
Lord of the Sun and the Moon. Great
Magician and Great Thief"
After such glories as these European
monarchs might be forgiven envy
though 1t is not apparant that such
has developed. and democratic KING
Edward is content with Your Majesty
or even "Sir."
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MESSAGES UNDERGROUND,
a Jesuit of Pennsylvania the Invent
or OF q new Wireless Telegraph
System.

Father Joseph Murgas Of Wilkes
Barre, Pennsylvania, expects, within
the next month or two to be able to
send wireless messages to Europe by
means OF his new system which is
now in practical operation.
Since the completion of the aerial
wireless system and its DEVELOPMENT
to Its present stage of perfection
Father Murgas has been experiment.
ing with an underground service
which he believes will be more valr.
able than the aerial system. His ex.
periments SO far have been limited
to short distances with moderate cleo.
trical power and shallow holes. But
stations in Wilkes-Barre and Scran.
ton and will conduct the experiments
on larger scale.
So far as he has proceeded with
this work. so successfully has his
theory Of underground wireless tel
egraph worked out that recently he
announced he had no doubt of his
ability to send an underground mess
are to Europe and that the expert
ment will shortly be made. despite
the fact that 1t Is estimated 1t will
cost $4,000.
To accomplish this. he says. a shaft
5000 feet deep must be sunk in this
country. and one Of similar depth in
Europe. Each Of these will have to be
concreted to render II impervious to
dampness. which would DESTROY the
efficiency Of the wires with which the
sending and receiving apparatus will
Re connected with the surface. A
great deal Of power will also bs re-
quired.
The shafts at Wilkes Barre and
Scranton are 300 feet deep and the
distance y eaEhteen miles. The shaft
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designed as a gift either for royalty or
| for some distinguished son OF France
and even such honor has been paid
but rarely.
1t was the wish of the French people
and officials to present to the White
House bride the most exquisite and
precious thing that could be selected
and quite naturally they selected a
special product of their best workshop.
This Gobelin tapestry,-the only one
Of the kind ever sent to this country,
has as its design a reproduction OF
l painting made by Ehrman OF Stras-
burg, a famous Alsatian painter.
The tapestry is two feet wide and
our feet long and the predominating
colors are blue, green and yellow. lt
was made fully fifty years ago and the
subject is alleSorical in character. re-
presenting a woman of the Middle
Ages dressed in long flowing robes of
blue and yellow and standing before
a lectern making illuminations upon
a scroll. The figure is almost In pro
file and the dark hair is curled about
the head in classic style. Around the
main picture Is border wider at
each end and narrower on the sides
in which wreaths, leaves and medal
lions appear at intervals. This tap
estry. small as it is, is said to be worth
from s25, 1000 to $4,000
Jewcled Necklace from Cuba.
For the new Republics gift to the
daughter of President Roosevelt the
Cuban government appropriated the
sum of $4,000 and the Cuban Minis
ter at Paris was entrusted with the
task of purchasing the handsomest
jeweled necklace that could be obtain
ed with this sum. The White House
bride, by the way, has received sever
al pearls and diamond necklaces.
Most Of them have come, however.
from relatives of the bride and
wealthy New York friends.
The German Emperor did not take
the world into his confidence with re-
ference to the present sent to tn
young lady who christened his yacht
but it proved to be a jewelel bracelet
Tor which the Emperor and Empress
selected and matched the
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PIECE OF ooBsLlN TAPESTRY FROM FRANCE

United States Ambassadors and Min
listers In the various capitals of the
world. Two governments. those of
Cuba and France had already made
all arrangements for governmental
gifts ere the intimation came from
Washington and CT course, in each case
the original plan was carried out but
at the other courts of the world the
governments took no action but mere
ly left matters in the hands OF the
rulers who were. to be sure, at entire
liberty to send presents provided they
paid for them out of their own pockets.
Incomparab,e CobeIin Tapestry.
OF the thousands of wedding pre-
sents valued at hundreds Of thousands
of dollars which arrived at the White
House during the first half OF the
month of February undoubtedly one
of the most attractive was the won
derful pieces of Gobelin Tapestry, the
gift of the Republic Of France and
which was presented to Miss Roosevelt
in person by M. Jusserand, the French
Ambassador to the United States.
TbD gift has especial significance from
the fact that the factory where II
was manufactured was established by
Louis XIV and Is rnder the direct con-
troll of the government Of France.
Never before have the looms In this
French governmental tapestry plant
produced O work Of art that was not
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gems. The Kaiser's envoy in America
and his bride sent a set of dessert plates
of Dresden China. The Represent
ative's fellow Congressman from Ohio
gave a silver loving cup said to have
cost $500 and the Congressman re-
presenting the State of New York
made up fund and purchased a
splendid set of ornamental glass made
by Tiffany. The White House bride
has reason to congratulate herself that
all foreign donors. including the Eur
opean and Oriental sovereigns arrang
ed to themselves pay the duties on
their wonderful collection Of silks,
rugs. vases and other ornaments. II
the Presidents daughter had been
obliged to defray from her private
funds the import tax on these SOU
venirs it would have played havoc for
some time to come with her personal
income of $4,000 a year.
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astrous to the family than sudden
death of the providing head. The
healthy members are deprived OF the
necessarics of life to provide some
slight medical aid and n small measure
of comfort for the invalid, SO that by
the time the end comes the whole Fam
fly is frequently half starved as well
as wholly impoverished, and to make
matters worse the survivors are npt to
spend the last cent On the funeral.
vice and crime are yet more dlscour-
aging sources of distress. The num-
her OF children rendered homeless
through the misconduct of their par
cnts Is large and is increasing. In
temperance is the most common form
of vice and brings countless evils IN
its train. Sooner or later the Gerry
agent comes down on the misernnie
home. The parents are sent TO penn
tentiary or workhouse, or are simply
nut under bonds to contribute to the
support of the children. The children
pass through the Children's Court to
nm nsylum, and are sometimes glad 10
cscape from their homes, public chari-
ty meaning to them warmer clothing,
sufficient food and comfortable bed.
Inability n obtain work IN New
York usually cans incompetencv.
onion ,s f.,rl ~ tho unemployed hut
that ia hardly the trouble as .-et IN
the American metropolis.
LAW s~-,,s+ D~-~rt'oo of Ch'lder i.
Deaertion has become 40 common
that eeyornl etr'os have re""nf'v
~, seed laws making It felony.
Under these laws the authorities are
rble to impose heavier penalties and
clso TO secure extra adition in case
the desertIng parent has gone to some
other stata. The number Of children
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able to swim, quickly sank in the deep
water. Upon coming to the surface,
However. she was seized by the Newark
heroine who brought her safely to
shore.
For her act of heroism, Miss Titus,
who is only sixteen years old, was a
warded n Carnegie medal, although
ut the time her name was under con-
sideration, hundreds of other persons
were brought forward as worthy of re-
ward.
Since receiving the medal Miss
Titus's father died leaving insufficient
money to send her to college as she
craved. Miss Reifsnyder. aporiscd tie
Carnegie commission of her friends
desire for an education and the com
mission decided to grant her $1,000
Five hundred dollars of this is to be
paid upon her entrance to n school
$500 annually in advance for three
wears, and $500 at her graduation
This Is the largest reward ever given
by the commission, the highest previ-
ious being $1,000.
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Valued at Hundreds of Thousands of
Dolla. s-kare Tapestries, Silk.
Jewelry and uthcr Ornaments from
Every Country.
No other American girl has received
wedding presents SO numerous, valu-
able or interesting as those which
have been showered upon President
Rooseve.t's Oldest daughter. MI.
Grant who. next to Alice Roosevelt,
had the most brilliant White House
wedding received many costly gifts
from all parts of the world but her
trophies pale by comparison with those
Of the first White House bride of tie
present century. For one thing there
were only two hundred guests at the
marriage of Nelly Grant and Algernon
Sartoris whereas nearly one thousand
persons were invited to the White
House wedding of 1906 and of course
the number Of presents in the latter
case outnumbers those in the former
instance in the same proportion.
Recognized as Great World Power.
Then too, Uncle Sam was not near
ly SO much of a World Power in the
days of President Grant as he has
been since the Spanish-America an
War and consequently 1t is small won
der If the various rulers Of the world
have manifested greater interest in the
nuptials of the daughter Of the pres
ent Chief Magistrate than they U.l
in the similar event a quarter Of a CEN
tury ago.
However, 1t should be explained
just here that President Roosevelt's
daughter has received very few pre-
sents from foreign governments-al-
most all of the gifts having come from
the sovereigns or other rulers as in
dividuals. That the governments
should not send tokens was the express
wish of President and Mrs. Roosevelt
and was clearly indicated to the
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at the former city was completed and
partly concreted when it filled with
water and another one will have to be
bored. The Scranton shaft is now
nearly completed.
Father Murgas' wireless system diff
ters from all others by dispensing with
the Morse system and substituting
musical tones-each tone represent
ing letter or a code word or group
OF words. SO that speed about ten
times as great as the fastest Morse
code can be attained.
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REWARDED BY CARNEGIE.
Miss Maud Titus Presented With a
Medal and an tduca,ion.

When Miss Maud Titus of Newark,
N. j.. rescued her friend Laura Reif-
snyder from drowning in a yachting
accident in Casco Bay, Nova Scotia,
July 80. 1904, she did not know that
her act placed her under the watchful
eye of Andrew Carnegie, the Steel
King. Miss Titus and her unfortunate
friend were out yachting on that fate
full day when a sudden squall upset
their yacht. Miss Titus is an expert
swimmer, while Miss Reifsnyder un
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A Yast Greenhouse.

The atmosphere Of the earth acts
very much in the same way as does
me glass of a greenhouse-it allows
the rays of the sun to pass through.
INT imprisons the heat. Thus It is
colder on the top of a mountain than
at the sea level. because. though the
mountain.top is slightly nearer the
sun, the atmosphere is very much less
dense.
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chusetts and Pennsylvania children in
the second class are placed in country
families and their board paid by the
state.
Since taking up this method of pro-
viding homes for its charges, the
Children's Aid Society of New York
City has had 23,5cS children legally
adopted and secured homes in the
country for 25,537 others who receive
wages. At present it is placing al
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Sire Of Brains.

A large brain does not necsssarilv
Indicate intellect. The brain Of an
illiterate person has been found to
weigh more than Of the most celebrat-
el scientists. posts, and philosophers.
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The Great White Plague.

Consumption carries or Is the met
ropo..tan population. The lingering
illness in tubercular cases is more dis
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HOMES FOR CITY WAITS.
ORPHANS IN GREAT
CITLES-NlNY DELIBERATE.
LY DESERTED.
Eight Million Dol. ars in Charity Last
Var in NV York Alone-.ounu y
Homes Provided in Cases Where
lrac licaLIe.

~ OhS VI thS IlDle NiaiSStS
last summer, some tenement children
were taught word guessing game.
One OF the words GeIected was
home" The little girl whose turn it
was TO guess failed to get cue, and u
boy trying to help her, said, Think of
something that smells awful aud you
want to get away from Quick" The
child guessed mouse" Inc dirt and
foul atmosphere OF his home is dis
gusting to even the tenement chAd
nlmseiE yet home is the child s great
est necessity. Authorities on the SUBJ
ject strongly advoca.c this private
fortunes of philanthropists as wel, as
state and municipal funds be devoted,
not to building Institutions for depen-
dent children. bu. to pcn2ioning wild
ows with families and finding foster
parents for orphans.
OF the 100000 children under IA
years CT age who form 1S per cent of
the population of New York City, 25.-
600 are homeless waits. About half of
these foriorn little ones are babies be-
tween the ages of two and four.
The causes that operate to bring
about this pitiable condition are those
that fill the warehouses and prisons
death of one or both parents, injury
through accident, consumption, vice,
crime, inability to obtain work and In
competence, desertion, juvenile de
pravity.
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MORGAN A GOOD LOSER.
VENERABLE ALABAMLAN SHOWN
NOT TO BE A PANAMA. CANAL
OBSTRUCTIONIST

Is Second Oldest Man In the United
States Senate, But Possessed OF
Great Vitality-Strong But Always
q Square Fighter.
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Many Half Orphans.

Complete ornhanage IA less frequent
than is generally supposed. In most
cases that come under the attention or
the charities associations, the children
are half orphans. However when the
father is the surviving parent, the re-
suit as far as t-a trcaking up of the
home is concerned is the same. a
man rarely succeeds in keeping his
children together. If they are very
young woman's care is imperative.
and where poverty prevents the hiring
of nurses. the charitable institution
is the alternative. II widow Is left
with a family the childr, / stand a
better chance, ror not only is it motor
io-s fact that n mother will work
harder and more effectively than
father to keep tie brood together, but
the charities commissioners, recoGniz-
ing the value of even the poorest kind
of a home to the child, win give sub
stantial, IL limited, aid to that end.
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RICH WEDDING PRESENTS.
GIFTS TO IRC5LOENT,S PAUGH-
TER TIE MOST MAGNIFICENT
EYER PRESENTED.

Valued at Hundreds of Thousands of
Dolla. s-Kare Tapestries, Silk.
Jeweiry and other Ornaments from
Every Country.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-02-23
THE MUSICALE.

When mama asked who would keep
house while she went to see Aunt
Maria. three voices called ont II" all
AZ oncc-Polly'S. Benny'S and Bob'S.
Who'll amuSc Betty" asked mama.
There was a pause. Betty was the
baby. and babies were sometimes
sometimes hard to please.
I'll anSwe" the telephone" said
Benny rs il he had not heard mama.
I'll mind the dOOr-bell." said Bob.
Ill take care of Betty, mama, -
said Polly.
Well help" said Benny and Bob
together.
well. you must he very careful and
not let her hurt herself: but am sure
| can trust you. III come back us soon
as l can. Go0d.by."
How very exciting and important
it was TO he left at home 10 keep the
baby and the house without any
grown-up people to tell them how and
when to do things, and the children
were very proud and happy Even
Baby Betty seemed to feel that some
thing very unusual was going on.
Benny took down the messages that
came for papa on the telephone with Il
very buSinesslike air. and Bob took
the vegetables from the green-grocer's
boy when he came. and answered the
door; but there were not many mes
sageS. and nobody rang the door-bell
except the man who mcnded broken
umbrellas. and after while the house
began to seem little lonely.
Polly played "William-comc- Triple
ton was fisherman" with Betty. and
picking noSegdys out of the flowers il
the carpet for a long time. but Baby
Betty always wanted a new game. OF
course she was the dearest. sweetest.
cunnincist baby in the whole world.
but-well-babieS are unreasonable.
and mother did stay.
Suddenly bright thought came TO
Polly. Benny and Bob, come here.
she called. Pm going to give must
Gale I'll sing and YOU can play and
Bob can make the pedals go. so it'll
sound loud, and it'll he Retty's benefit.
Bob, you play with Betty while |
dress up and bring the audience.
Benny mt the chairS i'm a row If nrn-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-02-23

! PRESIDENTS DAUGHTER A HAPPY BRIDE s
! in Nicholas onswoFh


Grant. This was in front Of the large
center windows on the east side Of
the room, which open out on tn" rs-
planade.
Never was bride in more impos-
ing room than the great East Room
the show place of the beautifully sim
pie White House. 1t is large and airy
and not inCumbered with heavy hang.
ingS 1t is finished in delicate white
and gold, quite the appropriate setting
for beautiful wedding
OF course the Whit" House couScr-
vatories were drawn upon largely for
the flowers and plants. Orchids, whit"
roses, carnations and whirc hyacinths
We're all used in prOIuSiUn, with
masses Of pOttcd aZa!cas and banks
OF palms and ferns. There was Il flor
al bower over the pric-dieu. made Of
bride roses and white ribbons and
twined with Southern smilaX and laU-
rel
At one end Of the room stands a
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-02-23

House wedding the occasion Of having
eighteen bridesmaids. If Miss Alice
Roosevelt had hidden eighteen of her
girl friends to be maids she would
have been obliged to ask fifty if she
would not give offenSe The result
was that it was decided not to have
any bridesmaids or even maid,Of-hOn-
or Her sole attendant was her little
half-sistcr, Miss Ethel Roosevelt. flow.
er girl.
With Mr.. IOn@worth it was q SIM
pier proposition. He had the conyen
tional wedding party OF eight ushers
and a best man His best man was
his brother-in-law, the Viscount de
Chambrun, who married Miss Long
worth. The ViscOunt is also one of
Miss ROOSevGlt'S closest men friends.
Thousands of other brides the land
over have given their hearts and their
hands to exactly the same words as
Miss Roosevelt gave hers Saturday.
The simple ceremony occupied barely
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-02-23

ten minutes. The music heightened
this to about twenty minutes.
Custom requires no altar in a pri-
vate dwelling. Instead there was a
prle-dieu, at which the couple knelt
during the prayers, and nothing more.
Miss Roosevelt joined her father up
stairs and came down the grand stair
case on his arm. Preceded by the
ushers and little Miss Ethel, with her
basket of flowers, she entered the
room with her father.
At the right of the clergymen Mr..
longworth was standing with his best
man. Mr.. Roosevelt handed his
daughter to the bridegroom and
stepped aside to the left. When
Bishop Satterlee asked. "Who giveth
this Woman?' Mr.. Roosevelt stepped
forward and placed Miss Alice's hand
i'll that of Mr.. Longworth. Stepping
back again, that ended his part in the
ceremony
The wedding marches from "Mid-
summer Nights Dream" and "Lohen-
grim were played as professional and
occasional, Then there were two
hymns. BE Thou Faithful Unto
Death" from Elijah" and otis Our
Wedding Morn by Pontiatowski.
The vested choir from st. Johns sang
and afterward the Marine Band
played.
Miss Roosevelt was married in ex-
actly the same spot as Miss. Nellie
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-02-23

grand piano, covered entirely with
gold leaf and hand painted in exquisite
panels. On the sides OF the instrument
are the cOats-of-armS of the thirteen
original States, and inside the lid is
beautiful allegorical painting. This
piano was used as an accompaniment
to the choral music.
There followed reception lasting
till O'Clock. but the happy couple
hurried away before that for their
honeymoon, to be spent down South
at the estate of a wealthy friend of
the Roosevelts. When Congress adj
journs Mr.. and Mrs. Longworth will
take an extended jaunt in Europe.
There Mrs. Longworth will be pre-
sented at the court of each country
she visits by the American Ambassa-
dor or Minister.
And first of all, it will be at the
Court of the King of England, at the
hands of Ambassador Reid. Doubt
less His Majesty will entertain Mrs.
LongwOrth himself at some notable
function. The Reds will also give a
series of brilliant affairs at which the
Presidents daughter will meet the
cream of Britain's nobility and gentry,
as we'll as royalty.
And then there will be delightful
visits to Paris, where the Longworths
will be the guests of the Viscount and
Viscountess de Chambrun. the latter
Mr. Longworth's sister. The Presi-