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THE END OF MART STUART

, that 1t was not yet done; but still sh e would not be plain with those about
 her. So, on the seventh the Earls of
 Kent and Shrewsbury, with the sheriff
 of Northamptonshire, came with a war
 rant to Fotheringay. to tell the Queen of Scots to prepare for death.
 When those messengers of i'll omen
 were gone, Mary made frugal supper,
 drank to her servants, read over her
 will, went to bed, slept for some hours
 and then rose and passed the remainder
 Of the night saying prayers. In the
 morning she dressed herself in CT best
 clothes, and at 8 o'clock, whe the
 sheriff came for her to her oh hapel took
 leave of her servants, who were there
 assembled praying with her, and went
 down stairs, carrying a Bible In one
 hand and crucifix in the other Two of her women and four of her men were allowed to be present in the hall, where a low scaffold only two feet from the ground. was erected and cov- cred with black, and where the execu- tioner from the Tower and his assista mt stood. dressed in black velvet. The hall was full of people, While the sentence was being read she sat upon a stool
 and when it was finished she again de-
 nied her guilt as she had done before. The Earl of Kent and the dean of Pe- | l. made some very unnecessary speech es to her, to which she replied she died in the Cath ollie religion and they need not trouble tn emselves about the matter. When her head and neck were uncov- cred by the executioners she said that she had not been used to be undressed by such hands. or bfore such company. Finally one of her women fastened a cloth over her face and she laid her neck upon the block and repeated more than once in Latin. Into Thy hands, o Lord commend my spirit" Some say her head was struck off in two blows, some say in three. However that may be- when it was held up, streaming with blood the real hair beneath the false hair she had long worn was seen to be as gray that of woman of 70. though she was at that time only in her forty sixth year. All her beauty was gone.
 But she was beautiful enough to her little dog, who covered under her dress. frigh tened. when she went upon the scaffcld, and who lay down beside her headless body when all her earthly sorrows were over.
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torney, MT. Jones. usually had his owl way in that court and was not accus- toned to being contradicted. And so when MT. Jefferson opposed some of his motions, he flew into a passion and upset the whole court by his angry words. Bus mess evidently could not be conducted la that court when Mir Jones was mad. ' So the old presiding justice turned to MT. Jefferson and said: Now, you stoo making MT. Jones mad If you make him mad any more r put you In jail"
 My father was q native of the valley of virginia and In the days of his boy hood was well acquainted with the lawyer Jones mentioned above. One day" said my father. 'I was in his office, where saw little memorandum book lying loose on the table. With a boys curiosity began to turn over the leaves and soon discovered that 1t was an account book
 recording MT. Jones losses and winnings al cards; and I noticed that when he at tended court at Winchester. and played cards with Parson Bellmain the rector of the parish, he Gones) always lost"
 Another story from the same authority
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runs thus: A certain sea captain who ran between England and Virginia had been very accommodating to Lord Dun more, then governor of the colony of Virginia. The governor was anxious to make some return for all his favors and he asked the captain: 'Is there any office In my gift you would like to have?" No,
 said the old salt 'I am welded to tlle sea, and no office on land would tempt me- We'll" said his Bordship. 'have you any relative whom I could help with a placer" "I don't know, said the sailor.
 "I have a brother; but I don't know how you could place him" The governor then proposed, one by one, a variety of offices.
 To one, the seaman said: He is too lazy for that" To another; He Is too big a liar for that" To third: He is too drunken for that At last the governor said: Well. how would it do to ordain him and send him as rector of a parish in the interior?" That's it to t. said the captain. He is a smart fellow and well educated, and will make a very respect able country parson." He was ordained accordingly, was sent to Orange county,
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where he exercised his ministerial gifts for years, died, and was buried at Church Run, about three miles from orange Court House.
 These last two traditions indicate that the colonial ministers of the established church were not always men of any very high grade in purity or in morals. It gives me great pleasure, however, to tes- tify that for at least two generations past. no body of ministers in this eoun- try has had, or has deserved. a higher rank as to devotion. self-sacrifice and earnest, active pie1>, than has the minis try of the Protestant Episcopal church of the diocese of Virginia. Bishop Meade, who baptized Robert E. Lee and taught him his catechism, was one of the purest and best men with whom God ever blessed any church. Bishop Johns, his successor was a man of the loYeilest character, and withal one of the most ad- mirable preachers that l have ever heard. Whatever may have been the character of the Episcopal ministry in our eoiohlal period, there Is now no discount on their character: and, after a long and wide ac-
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DELIGHT OF SEEKING GOOD.

By John c. Whittier.
 What matter though we seek with pain The garden of the gods in vain, If lured thereby we climb to greet Some wayslde blossom Eden-sweet? To seek is better than to gain. The fond hope dies as we attain; I.ife's fairest things are those which seem The best Is that of which we dream. Then let Us trust our waterfall Still flashes down it's rocky wall, With rainbow crescent curved across It's sunliL spray from moss to moss. And we, forgetful of our pain. In thought shall seek 1t oft again; Shall see this aster- r-blossomed sod, This sunshine of the golden-rod And haply gain, through parting brows. Grand glimpses of great mountain brom ud-turbaned. and the sharp steel shee, Of lakes deep set in valleys green. So failure wins the consequence Of loss becomes it's recompense; And eVermore the end shall tell The unreached ideal guided well. Our sweet illusions only die
 Fulfilling loves sure prophecy: And every wish for better things An undreamed beauty nearer brings. For fate Is servitor of love;
 Desire and hope and longing prove The secret of immortal youth And Nature cheats us into truth. o kind allurers. wisely sent.
 Beguiling with benign intent,
 still move us. through divine unrest. To seek the loveliest and the bestl Go with us when our souls go free. And, in the clear white light to oA. Add unto Heavens beatitude
 The old delight of seeking goodl
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standing close to General Washington. when Gen. Charles Lee came back on his retreat, and met Washington, who was hurrying forward to Lees help. Wash ington was greatly surprised and highly indignant at Lees disobedience of or ders. But said my uncle, he did not swear at Lee. l heard and distinctly re- member what he said: " My God! Gen eral Lee. what means this ill-timed pru- dence?" I was glad to hear this author itative contradiction of the old-time tra- dition that Washington swore on that memorable occasion, when the fate of his beloved country was hanging in the bal ance, and I suppose that most of my readers will be glad with me.
 In our colonial days, when Thomas Jef- ferson was practicing lawyer, he was called lover the mountain" to defend a prisoner in the valley" The prosecuting attorney was one of the best known law yers in the whole valley, and had pow erful-indeed an irresistible influence with the county court before which the prisoner was tried. The prosecuting at
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"HE awakening of China and its 4oo,-
 O00,OOO inhabitants will in the years
 4 to come, be regarded as one of the great events of the twentieth century, out we are today confronted with greater awakening, one that will be at tended with far more important results, and that is. the awakening of woman. Fot many years past several of them haze been awake and they have gone about arousing thei~ sisters in words we'll befitting the lost arch-angel when he saw his vanquished legions slumbering on the banks of the Stygian pool. Awake, arise, or be for ever fallenn'
 And they have awaked, and they have arisen. and in their rising threaten to overthrow an ancient empire which is fas. losing, if it has not already lost it's former vigor; empire, that in its senility does not hesitate to contribute
 to the causes which hasten it's de- cline and assure it's fall. This is the masculine empire, or the rule of man. Man, born to command, created to exc cute, fitted to lead, qualified to direct basely abdicates the high position as
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signed to him by his Creator and meekly surrenders his prerogatives into the hands of those who barely veil their contempt fc the victims of such weakness. Did Goneril or Began have either love or respect for Lear after he resigned in their fayor? Does history furnish one instance in which a woman ever yielded up sov- ereignty once acquired? Is there on record one case in which, after marriage, a woman conveyed her property to her husband flor love and affection and the further consideration of $1?" There are many instances in history of men vol untarily abdicating thrones, there are daily records of men conveying their property to their wives to purchase the love and affection which is supposed to be given in return for support and protec- ton, but which. it would appear is just as merchantable an article as tea or su- gar.
 Adam, as he came originally from the hand of his Creator, is portrayed by Mill ton in his fourth book of Paradise Lost as one whose flair large front and eye sublime declared absolute rule,' while in the delicacy and beauty of Eve the poet saw implied subjection, but required with gentle sway" How far does the
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sufficient to set one before, above or be- yond the other The existence of these differences will ever cause the struggle for supremacy unless some fixed rules be set whereby things are put and kept in their proper place.
 Order Is Heavens first law, and this con-
 fessed.
 Some are, and must be, greater than the
 rest.
 Order and equality cannot co-exist. so the question arises, which is the greater and which the less? Who shall be the ruler and who shall be the ruled?
 The growth and advancement of species has been accomplished by the survival of the Attest and the extinction of the weakest. The race is won by the swiftest and leadership naturally falls upon the hravest. By competition these qualities are made manifest. and in competition no favor is supposed to be asked or given. The rules that held good When Knight hood Was in Flower" find no place in the competitive examination hall nor in the struggle for office or position when men and women meet as candidates Place
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ITS well known and generally cred
 tied tradition that General Washing 4 ton hercery swore at Major General Charles Lee, when the latter officer, in disobedience to Washmgton's positive or ders. retreated at the battle of Mon mouth Now, when we remember Wash ington's general orders to his troops, in which orders he condemns the habit of profane swearing in exceedingly vigorous language, and charaeterlzes it as low and vile, it is not easy to believe that he allowed himself to indulge in such Q habit.
 During my pastorate in Richmond Ya. l was we'll acquainted with the late Moses D. Hoge one of the ablest and most elo- quent pulpit orators that the Presbyte- rian church has ever produced; and on one occasion, at a meeting of Richmond preachers he told us the following story, of the truth of which I have no doubt: My grand-unele," said pr. Hoge, "was
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to them, have been but too faithful too thee. With thee were the dreams of my earliest
 love;
 Every thought of my reason was thine; In my last humble prayer to the Splrll
 above, Thy name shall be mingled with mine. Oh! blest are the lovers and friends who
 shall live The days of thy glory to sec; But the next dearest blessing that Heaven
 can give Is the pride of thus dying for thee.
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~ OMETHING has been said as to the
 advsability of the democratic party o seeking a candidate for President at the south. About the last opinion ex- pressed by the late Senator Morgan of Alabama. was that the democratic na- tional convention of 1908 would determine whether there would be a democratic party in this country after the November election of 1908. MT Morgan was a very wise man, a democrat from skin to core and from core to skin.' and he declared that it is much more important to pre- serve the democratic party than it is to elect a democratic candidate. It was precious little John Tyler Morgan cared for practical politics. but it is impossible to measure his devotion to pure politics. He was the last of the old south in our politics Pettus made his career at tho bar, in the field, and on the bench be- fore he came to the Senate, fine old southerner that he is. Senator Money was a lad of seven, and Senator Daniel a child of three, when Morgan was all ready a conspicuous figure at the south. When Morgan died he left incomplete an address to the people of the south, and it's loss IS a calamity to that SecllOH dHu to the entire union.
 John Warwick Daniel has been sug- gested as the democratic standard bearer in 1908. His nomination might not, and probably would not, bring victory; but it would bring salvation. His defeat would leave us democratic party. 1 do not believe that any man who was d Confederate soldier will ever be President of the United States. That is not all. No man who was Confederate soldier is fit i, to be President or senator if he were willing to blot from his life one hour he gave to the Lost Cause, though the re- cantation sufficed to purchase for him the presidency of the United States for life. There is no mistake about that Northerner and southerner are in hearty accord as to that Senator Daniel would not surrender his Confederate record for all the applause and for all the honors the twentieth century could heap upon him.
 But Daniel is of the stuff of which great President could be made. He is not only an American, but a gentleman He is a statesman, a jurist and an ora tor He recalls those generations of N1r- ginians from which came our earlier Pres idents He understands the principles of the American system and would not sur render single one of them to cant or brigade in 1861, and continued in the
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ho nominated who favors the initiative and referendum, or the government OWL ership of railroads or both, he. too, Will
 be the platform, and they will be the Is sue whatever the platform may say, or not say. Will the convention run away from these two questionable silent on them? That would be suicide. Unless the platform expressly and emphatically condemns them, the democratic party will have them to tote until the day of cleo ton. There may be some doubt about some things. but there Is no doubt about that thing The wine Is drawn. It must
 be drunk or poured out on the ground. The democratic party has ten months to
 crack that nut.
 Leaving Breelinridge Douglas, and the campaign of 1860 out of the account, 1t will
 have been sixtyfour years in 1908 since the democratic party took candidate from the south. For practical purposes southern birth, southern training, ana
 southern citizenship have rendered dem
 orats ineligible to the presidency, as much so as alien birth. Thus for more than threescore years the south has had her
 place below the salt at the national board.
 How long is this thing to keep up? Johti c C..isle would have been President had he lived one mile north of where ne did live Bland would have been nomi- mated in 1896 had he hailed rom IOWA. William L. Wilson would have been Pres
 ldent had he been born at Niles, ono and kept that town for residence. ZeD
 Vance would likely have been President
 had he beenaa northern man. Had Joseph
 q. Cannon remained south, where he was born, and had a political career ldentichi with the one he has made, he would DC , less of n presidential possibility todhy | than William o. Bradley or Walter r. BrownloW.
 The south will have to furnish the votes | in the electoral college. There will likely l be two radical tickets in the field, one
 headed by Theodore Roosevelt the other l by William R. Hearst. No radical dem
 ocrat would have the slightest chance m ! that event; but a conservative democrat
 and a southern man would have n splen- did chance. He would lose West Virginia now a province of Pennsylvani nia. Possl- bly he would lose Delaware. But he
 would sweep everything else south of the
 Mason-Dixon line. The battle would he in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey,
 and Ohio. and all would be doubtful
 states; Massachusetts would be shaky
 so would Rhode Island and California.
 Why 20 to certain defeat? Why lose be- fore the election, when there would be a glorious chance under southerner With the tariff paramount-as paramount | as it was in 1892-a southern candidate can
 win.
 Washington. July B. 1917.
 1 (Copyright by F.. w Newman)
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POEMS YOU OUGHT 70 READ

flor with thee Into the desert, never to return, My one black thought shall ride away
 from me, First born, for whom by day and night
 l yearn, Balanced and just are all of Gods de-
 crees; Thou art revenged, my first born sleep in
 peaeei'
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BETTER THAN GOLD.

By Father Ryan.
 Better than grandeur, better than gold, Than rank and titles a thousandfold, Is a healthy body and mind at ease, And simple pleasures that always please. A heart that can feel for anothers woe, With sympathies large enough to enfold All men as brothers, is better than gold. Better than gold is a conscience clear, Though toling for bread in an humble
 sphere;
 Doubly blessed with content and health Untred by the lusts and cares of wealth. Lowly living and lofty thought Adorn and enoble poor man cot For mind and morals, in natures plan, Are the genuine tests of q gentleman Better than gold Is sweet repose Of the sons of toll when the labors close, Better than gold is the poor mans sleep, And the balm that drops on hls sluihperS
 deep
 Bring sleeping draughts on the downy bed Where luxury pillows it's aching head. The toier simple opiate deems A shorter route to the land of dreams. Better than gold is q thinking mind That in the realm of books can find A treasure surpassing Australian ore, And live with the great and good or yore' The sage $ lore anu lHt ppct Q i"S' The glories of empires passed away The worlds great dream will thus unfold And yield a pleasure better than gold. Better than gold is a peaceful home, Where all the hreslde characters come The shrine of love the heaven Of life Hallowed by mother, or sister or wlfe. : However humble the home may be, Or tried with sorrow by Heavens decree, ,,t bought or sold
 And centre there, are better than gold.
 WHEN HE WHO AZORES THEE. By Thomas Moore.
 When he who adores thee has left but the name ~ Of his fault and his sorrows behind. Oh, say, wilt thou weep, when they dark en the fame Of a life that for thee was resigned? | Yes, weep and however my foes may con demn.
 | Thy tears shall efface their decree: For Heaven can witness, though guilty
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In one particular the nomination of Sen ator Daniel for President would be admir- able. His personality would be the plat form His record is where all men can read ii. II is democratic-the democracy of Jefferson Whatever the result, how ever overwhelming the defeat. the party would yet live. On the other hand, If one
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for the rural communities of Georgia and Mississippi? Could frenzed politics go further than to appeal the legislation of the American Congress, the work of the chosen representatives of the people and of the states, to an electorate Of which the slums of our great cities con- tribute so large an clement2
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forth the progress of the relief work,
without any mention of the incident
which caused the Americans to with
draw from the island. This dispatch
was not dated, Indicating that it was
sent before he received the govern
ments request for an explanation.
The Evening Standard concisely
sums up the prevailing sentiment as
follows: "Sir Alexander Swettenham
committed the gross and objectionable
blunder of writing a letter to Admiral
Davis which bore all the appearances
of a carefully studied insult. Even
if he received vexatious provocation
from the Americans, no shred of justi-
fication can be urged for letter. The
only course it leaves open to him and
to his countrymen is to apologize to
the nation to whose officer it was
directed"
Among the newspapers, the Globe
alone, in its customary anti-American
way, persists in "applauding the firm
ness with which Swettenham assert
ed the rights of his sovereign and
flag in position of peculiar difficulty.
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Former Governor Of Idaho
Says Young Girls Are De.
bauched by Teachers.
ARRAIGnS THE ENTIRE
SYSTEM As INCORRECT
Secretary Hitchcock Of Interior is
Charged With Having Concealed
True State of Affairs-Extreme
Cruelty, Says Indian Commissioner,
Is Practiced by Instructors.
Associated Pres. to The Evening Times.

Associated Press to The Evening Times.
Salt Lake City, Jan. 22.-Former
Governor Mcconnell of idaho and
Indian commissioner, in an interview
in the Herald charges gross misman-
agement of Indian schools and ar
raigns the system by which young
Indian girls are taken away from their
parents and sent to Indian schools.
He alleges that the teachers in the
schools practice great cruelty upon
their charges, and that girl pupils are
allowed to be debauched. The blame
for these conditions he places upon
Secretary Hitchcock, whom he says
he acquainted with these conditions
during his tenure of Office, but who
pigeon-holed his report. He, further
says. that officials of interior depart
ment conceal the true state of affairs
from the president. The reservation
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other states of the north and west
Its members declare that it has al
ready accomplished what no other
organization has ever been able to do
that is, it has the cotton situation
of the United States we'll in hand and
under the most thorough control. 1t
is generally conceded that to the as
sociation's stand for 11-cent cotton is
due more than anything else the fact
that up to this time the average SELL
ing price of cotton has been far in ex-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-22
British Nation Condemns Ac-
tion of Jamaica's Governor
and His Insult.
ONLY ONE OF ALL NEWS.
PAPERS UPH0LOS SWETTEMHAM
Government Wires Official for an Ex.
PLANTATION Of His Gross and Uncalled
for Conduct-English Nation Can
Find No Justification for Treatment
Of Americans.
A..ociated Pres. Cable to The Evenin,
Times.

A..ociated Press Cable to The Eveninx
Times.
London, Jan. 22.-The British gov
ernment and nation having shown the
strongest reprobation of the attitude
of Goveror Swettenham of Jamaica in
bringing about the withdrawal of the
American warships under the COM
mand of Rear Admiral Davis from
Kingston, the chief interest now CEN
ters in the governors long deferred
reply to the British governments ur-
gent demand for an explanation of
his conduct, as this will give the first
adequate means of determining the
governments final course in repudi-
ating or condemning the governors
action. This explanation had not
been received during the early hours
of the day, although a dispatch has
reached here from Swettenham setting