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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-27
oldest Mail Clerk Dies.

Elkins, Va, March 27.-Captain A s.
Barnes, the oldest clerk in point of SER
vice in the United States railway mall
service, died here today. aged SO years
Captain Barnes during the civil war was
on the stan of General Gibbon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-27
Weather Indications

Chicago. March 27.-Forecast for
Kansas: Generally fair tonight and
Thursday; colder in southeastern por-
ton.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-01-12
THIS is MY 31ST BIRTHDAY
Jack London.

Jack London, the young American
author whose works have attracted
much attention during the past few
years, was born in San Francisco
received i'm the public schools Of his
native city and at the University of
California. He is man Of many
talents whose adventurous life made
him at various stages of his career a
sailor. gold miner, tramp. author. So
cialist. lecturer and journalist. After
serving at divers times In various FORE
castles, he developed an interest in
sociology and economis. Swayed
partly by this and partly by the fas-
cination of the enterprise. he tramped
over the United States and Canada,
many thousands of miles, and having
more than one Jail experience. because
he possessed no fixed place of abode
and no visible means OF support. Later
on he repeated his vagabond career in
the East End of London. He went
,ver Chilcoot Pass with the first of
he Klondike rush Of 1897. In 1904 he
visited Japan. Korea and Manchuria
as war correspondent His best
known publications are 1.-THE Call of
the Wild" THE Son of the Wolf" "A
Daughter of the SHOWS" "ghe People
of the Abyss" 1.-THE Sea-wolf." "The
Cruise of the Dazzler," and THE God
of His Fathers"
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-01-12
DULL DAY FOR
Law MAKERS
Listen to Reading Of Bills,
Do Little Business
and Adjourn

BOISE. Idaho, Jan. 12.-Aside from
the introduction of bills, many of them
covering special points mentioned by
Governor Gooding in his message
there was not much in the proceedings
OF the house and senate to interest the
gallery or even the solons themselves.
The Kootenai contest case was sent
to committee after some debate, and
ex- Lieutenant Governor Stoves was
given $22.50 and mileage for organizing
the senate. Following the introduction
by McClear of joint resolution con-
demning President Roosevelt for his
stand in the Japanese matter in Cali
fornia. the following bills were intro
duced:
Three New Senate Bills.
Senate bill No. 2, by Macbeth. an act
to prohibit the making or publishing
of false or exaggerated statements or
publications OF or concerning the at
fairs. pecuniary condition or property
of any corporation, joint association.
o-partnership or Individual. which
said statements or publications are in
tended to give or shall have a ten
dency to give a less or greater APP
parent value to the shares, bonds or
property or any part thereof of any
corporation. joint stock association, CO.
partnership or Individual, than the
said shares, bonds or property shall
| really and in fact possess. and pro-
viding a penalty therefor. Referred to
the committee on corporations.
Senate bill No. 8. by Butler, an act
to provide for proceeding in cases Of
garnishment- Referred to the judiciary
committee.
Senate bill No. 4. by Butler nact
to provide for holding special terms OF
court for the trial Of prisoners. Re-
ferred to the judiciary committee.
! When the Kootenai county ballot
boxes were brought into the senate
the keys to the locks could not be
found: and the locks had to be filed
off. After sending the contest to COM
mittee,F the senate adjourned until
Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
House Session Uninteresting.
| BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 12.-In the house
little was done aside from listening to
the reading Of the bills introduced the
i day before, and the introduction of
new ones.
After considerable discussion the
| ice offered by the telephone company,
and to Civ the work of printing the
journal to the Boise Statesman at 81
per page.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-01-12
Much Work Required for General
Federation Meeting.

The amount of organized work nec-
essary to make a convention of the
General Federation of womens' clubs
a success is hardly realized by thous-
ands of women who attend as dele
gates. Appreciative votes of thanks
to the local comittee are always adopt
ed. but with very little appreciation of
the months of work given to prepar-
alton: i'm order that the business and
social meetings may move without a
hitch, Massachusetts, women who are
to entertain the General Federation a
year hence are already busy with
plans.
Club presidents from many parts Of
the state held a meeting in Boston.
and were in conference for day iis-
cussing details. Every federated club
in the state will hold a business meet
ing and have a biennial hour" In
order to receive suggestions Cor the
program and entertainment to be Of
fered the club women of the country
at the next national meeting.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-01-12
Let the Pretty Women of America
Build the Churches.

II has long been a custom i'm Paris.
and still is, to have the most beauti-
ful and charming woman TO hand
around the purse i'm churches for all
charities. Madame Recamier, a famous
French belle. was given this honor
lection on one occasion amounted to
twenty thoucand francs-equal to ten
thousand dollars today
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-01-12
NEWS FORECAST
COMING WEEK
Friction in Congress, Eclipse
of Sun and Reunion Of
Blue and Grey

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 1.-THE
coming week In congress is likely to
be full OF incident, and. indeed, the
same will probably hold true as re-
CARDS the remainder Of the present SEES
sion.
All Indications point to great deal
OF friction. As soon as the great sup
ply bills OF the nation are out OF the
way there will be taken up one or
more of the important measures whose
passage will be contested at every
step.
Organized labor is prepared to re-
sumo the fight OF last session.
Great financial interests concerned
IN the anti-immigration bills, the ship
subsidy bill and the Philippines tariff
bill are ready to look out for their
welfare, while Pacific coast interests
are prepared to fight at every turn any
attempt to modify the Chinese exclu-
sion act.
Would Enlarge Foreign Trade.
At the New willard hotel next Mon
day there will assemble representatives.
OF commercial organization through
out the country gathered to consider
and devise measures for the enlarge
ment of our foreign trade and to pro-
mote the demand abroad for the prod
net of our farms. workshops and
mines"
The conference will be followed
Tuesday by the annual meeting OF the
National Board OF Trade. Both gath
erings are held at the present time
With view to influencing congress to
take action at the present session in
regard to some of the important meas
ures in which the merchants and man
ufacturers are especially Interested.
Eclipse o. Sunday Monday.
The Interstate commerce commission
will sit at Spokane early in the week
to hear the first case which has come
mp under the amended long and short
haul section of the interstate COM
merce law.
An eclipse Of the sun will take place
Monday, but will not be visible in
America. Several scientific expedi-
lions have been sent to points in
Asiatic Russia to take observations.
The eighteenth annual convention OF
the United Mine Workers of America
will be held in indianapolis. opening
Tuesday. The wage scale does not
come up this year and the convention
VIII occupy itself with routine bust
ness.
The convention Of the Southern Cot
ton association will attract hundreds
OF delegates to Birmingham, Ala, dur
ing the week
Reunion Of Blue and Grey.
Edwin S. Stuart will be inaugurated
as governor of Pennsylvania Tuesday
and Malcolm r. Patterson will assume
the office of chief executive i'm Ten
nessee.
A notable reunion of the blue ant
the grey is to be held during the weel
at Fort Fisher, near Washington. n. C
The legislatures of several state!
will elect United States senators dur.
ing the week but the interest is dis
counted by the certainty Of the seiec
ton in advance
The National Wool Growers asso
citation will meet in annual convention
Thursday at Salt Lake City.
On Saturday the centennial of Rob
ert E. Lee will be observed through
out the South.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-01-12
; RESULTS AT ASCOT AND
; OAKLAND.

(By Special Wire to Imperial Turf
Exchange.)
Winners at Oakland.
OAKLAND, Cal. Jan. 12.-The win
ners yesterday at Emeryville We're:
First Race-Selling one and one six
teenth miles: Hand Maiden first, AL
eric second, Silver Line third.
Second Race--Selling. seven eighth
mile: Meada first, Rotrou second, jim
Pendergast third.
Third Race-Selling futurity: Vel
lowstone first, Procastinate second
Hedgethorn third.
Fourth Race-Selling. one and one
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-01-12
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eighth miles; Lone Wolf first. Trap
setter second. Briarthorpe third.
Fifth Race-Selling one mile: Met
lakatla first, Swagger second, Kogo
third
Sixth Race-Purse, futurity: Ban
posal first, Lisaro second, Monte Luz
cile third.
Winners at Ascot.
Los ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 1.-THE
winners yesterday at Ascot were:
First Race-Selling. -eighths
mile: Greene first, Renraw second,
Kilter third.
Second Race-selling, three fourths
mile: Cotillion first, Col. Jewell sec
ond. Mountebank third.
Third Race-Selling futurity: Sue
coed first SLY Ben second, Lord OF the
Forest third.
Fourth Race--selling. one mile:
Uncle Henry first: Bauble second,
Sherry third.
Fifth Race-seling, one mile: Kins-
man first, Komombo second, Roman
Boy third
Sixth Race-Selling, n-eighths
mile: Critic first Confessor second
Sir Caruthers third.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-01-12

tBy Special Wire to Imperial Turf
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-01-12
WEEK IN SOCIETY.

Continued from Page Three.)
terest Of the state federation as well
as of the general federation. 2.-To
know Of the existence OF every eligable
organization In her state that is not
a memeber of the General Federation,
with the end in view OF securing the
membership Of such clubs. 3.--Each
state federation is requested to choose
the secretary from among the MEM
bers Of the board OF directors or
make her a member Of the state board.
4.-she shall collect data, year books.
and other printed matter OF state
clubs to be filed with the bureau of
information of the General Federation.
5.-She shall report to the federation
the status Of club work in her state
and attend state meetings as a repre-
sentative OF the General Federation
poses.
Washington Club Women Actively In.
tsrssted in the Blind.
At recent convention OF the Wash
ington state federation the care of the
consideration and discussion. A COM
mittee was appointed whose object II
should be to promote the interest OF
of the blind of the state.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-01-12

Suffered day and night the torment
OF itching piles. Nothing helped me
me permanently."-Hon. John r. Gar
rett, Mayor. Girard, Ala.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-01-12
Washington Club Women Actively In
terested in the Blind.
There Is Hope With Men Interested

N. o. Nelson, a prominent
man of ST. Louis has promised the
womens' clubs of that city to match
dollar for dollar with them, the fund
to be used in paying to needy mothers
the weekly sum they now receive from
the wages of children who ought to be
in school. Jeane Adams and other
Chicago women did the same thing
some time ago. but Mr.. Nelson is. so
far as We have heard the first man to
follow their good example.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-01-12

VIII the people who have call .
. ed at $50 Sixth street to lsok at .
. furniture kindly call again today =
. or tomorrow. House can be Sc =
. cured now. See For Sale" ad. =
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-01-12

Accidents win happen. but the best
regulated families keep DIR. Thomas'
Electric Oil for such emergencies. 1t
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1907-07-05

the flesh wasted away, and then the
bones, without winding sheet or
coffin, are slowed away. In several
rooms are large piles of skulls; in
other rooms there are bones of the
legs, arms and other parts of the
body piled up like cordwood. Many
of these are FROM the early days of
the prosecutions, others from more
peaceful times. Some have the Spe
cial honor of having their bones
placed in basket and hung to the
ceiling. In one eDrner is a skeleton
of a man in a sitting posture, his
teeth grinning hideously, and a
beautifully worried silk cape over
his head. The story is that he was
noted for self-dN tais and fastings;
and EuropeanFSfincess bestowed
the cape on hispemains as a token
of honor. In aabox are the bones
of two brothers. chained together.
They were sons 9f Persian prince
and so fanatieal " their zeal, they
chained themselves together, and
thus their bones remain. 1t is esti-
mated that there are thus in this
cave the bones OF 30, 900 human be-
ings.
A place of much more Importance
in the past, present and the future
is the library. Here are thousands
of volumes in parchment, written in
Arabic, Greek and Latin--lives of
saints and other subjects of more or
less Importance. There is a copy OF
the psalter in Greek, written in a
female hand. It is twelve good
sized pages; the handwriting very
neat, but so exceedingly fine it re.
quires a good magnifying glass to
read it. Another item of interest is
beautiful manuscript copy of the
four gospels, written on superior
article of vellum in double columns,
and in letters OF gold 1t is orna-
mented with illuminated portraits
of the apostles. 1t must have taker
very long time to have made it
Investigations are going on, and
very valuable discoveries are still
being made. On the wall are mum.
erous pictures. One in rich mosaic
and very old, represents the trans
figuration-the figure of Christ in
the center, Moses on one side and
Elijah on the other, the three apos,
ties beneath, Peter PROSTATE upor
the ground; inscriptions and expla
nations in Greek.
The excavations in Egypt and the
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1907-07-05

writings on monuments and noun
tains that are being deciphered re-
late largely to the age OF the world,
represented by Abraham to Moses,
but the discoveries in this convent
library relate to the days of the
apostles and other times in the
Christian era During the century
following the crucifxion, the perse-
cutions of the Christians became so
great that the fortress built around
ST. Catherine was the only safe
place in all that country to preserve
Christian relics and protect their
lives. The prosecutions continued
till the sixth century, since which
time. IAader Mohamedan rule, the
world has had no light upon the
priceless relics contained therein.
During the past fifty years many
valuabfe things have come to light,
and on account of more liberal rule
the Franks are allowed access to
this library. In 1892, Mrs. Lewis
and Mrs. Gibson, two English
women, discovered the Syriac Cos
pei. Those women gained the conf
dence of the monk and were per-
mited to take Photographic copies
of some palmisets. A palmiset
means when an old parchment had
been glazed over with parafine and
written upon again on account of
scarcity and expense of material
upon which to write. They sue
ceeded in getting the glazing off
and found the originals to be the
srac,aolc in poIocfiuo A no mic Ion
guage, the same language it is be-
lieved our Savior aud His apostles
used. This Syriac gospel is almost
entirely identical with the st.
James version of the gospels.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1907-07-05
A New Corporation Tax

The Secretary of State has sent
out copies of a new law taxing cor
pO sions. The law provides that
every corporation in the State shall
| file list of it's officers, ETC., on or
before July 1st. That every such
corporation shall, at the time of
fling SAID statement with the Secre-
tary Of State, pay to the said Secre-
! tary Of State sum of money as fol.
lows: Every corporation with a
capital stock authorized by it's char
ter of less than 800, 900 and more
than 500, 900, $50; every corporation
with a capital stock authorized by
its charter of less than $50, 900 and
more than $50, 900, 80; every cor
poration with capital stock anthor-
lied by it's charter of less than
$25, 900, So; every corporation with
a capital stock authorized by it's
charter of more than 800, 900 and
not more than $3.50, 900, $50; every
corporation with a capital stock
authorized by it's charter of not less
than $3.50, 900 and not more than
$500, 900, $50; every corporation
havinga capital stock authorized by
its charter of not less than $500, 900
or more than 81 ,000,0 900, 800; and
every corporation having capital
stock authorized by it's charter of
81 900, 900 or over, $50. That
every company or corporation fail
ing or refusing to prepare and file
said statement and pay said money
as hereinbefore provided shall be
subject to penalty of $500, which
may be recovered in a suit brought
in the name of the State of Tennes-
see.
The notice of the existence of
such a law never came out until o
few days ago The Memphis cor
porations, through the Business
Mems Club, have moved on the
State authorities to get an extension
of the time limit until September
LIST. Corporations of 800, 900, I'M
der the reading of the law, seem to
be exempt. The local corporations
generally paid the tax under pro
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1907-07-05
Good News for Fishermen.

EDITOR LEADER-If you wish to
have nice, clean fshworms ready in
a moments notice to join some MIN
rods who are on the way to the lake,
and to save those for a month that
you did not use, do this, When you
dig the worms pick them up clean
of dirt, put them into a clean half
gallon tin bucket Do not put in
any dirt; take an old ragged clean
towel or knit goods of some kind.
Wet this in clean, fresh water, rim g
out and cover the worms. They
will crawl up into the meshes OF
the damp cloth and live nice aud
clean for a month if the rags are
washed out and dampened every
four or five days and the bucket
kept in cool, shady place. Raise
up the cloth when you want a bait,
and there it is in the meshes of the
cloth, nice and clean.
The way l do is this: I have a
jar [ keep them in in the wood-shed.
When | get ready to go fishing
turn them into my tin bucket on a
damp rag. When get home turn
them back into the jar and rags.
They never crawl out. Try this,
brother, and report results.
J. R. BARTLETT
Det roit, Tenn.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1907-07-05

place for the encampment of a great
army, and Mounts Horeb and Sinai
at the south end of the valley, tow
ering high up toward heaven, being
over 1900 feet high, impresses them
of the correctness of the words of
scripture, "And there the Israelites
camped before the mount Elk.
1922. The topography of the
mount, ard the general features of
the mountain and plain show that
no careless hand wrote the scrip
lures. For instance, what seems
like a casual remark in regard to
touching the borders of the mount
is shown upon examination to be an
absolute correct expression. When
we approach any mountain or hill
we meet with such a gradual eleva-
ton at first that we could not say
that we could ttouch the borders
thereof. In this case there is all
along the base of the mountain a
great granite wall rising abruptly
and perpendicularly from the plain
so prominent that you could place
your hand on it, as on the side of a
house.
From the oldest traditions known
in history it was believed God lived
in Mount Sinai. The impression on
the minds of all visitors is that they
are on the identical grounds where
God talked to Moses and gave him
the tables of stone.
To ascend to the top of Mount
Sinai is more difficult than to the
top of Mount Horeb. The Sinai
peak is the highest, and when the
sun rises in the morning a shadow
is cast over Mount Horeb.
The guides show visitors places
where, tradition says, was the
burning bush, where Moses smote
the rock, where Elijah hid in a cave,
etc. Some of these things are pos
sible, some are improbable.
There is place of interest to all
visitors. It is the -charnel-house
inside of the granite walls, around
St. Catherine convent, that | de-
scribed in a previous letter.
We find an entrance from the gar
den into the hillside. This is the
cemetery of the convent. Here art
the skulls and other bones of hu
man beings who died in generations
past. Their bodies, after death
had been exposed in some way unit
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1907-07-05

Whenever permitted to do so other
explorers have been taking photo
graph copies, and it will take some
years to translate and copy what
they have.
One valuable papyruS was found
containing portion of the pospelof
st. Matthew, written $50 A. d.
This is the Oldest ever discovered.
Another document found was por-
ton of book called "Logia, or Say
ings of Our Lord, written by Papi-
us, who was thought to be disci-
pie of St. John. References have
been found that such man wrote,
Explanation of the Lords Dis
courses in five books. They are
not vet found. Jer. 32:14 said,
Take these evidences of the pur-
chase, both which is sealed, and
this evidence, which is open, and
put them in an earthen vessel, that
they may continue many days. "
Several such vessels have been
found. In 1886 three documents
we're found in tomb in Egypt con-
tanning a narrative of the crueifix-
ion; a portion of what is called
the gospel of st. Peter and part Of
the book of Enoch. The latter is
referred to in Jude 18th verse-the
only reference to it in the Bible.
The Sunday school world for the
next two weeks will be studying
about theTen Commandments given
! Moses on Mount Sinai.
The statements given above /
hope will give my friends increased
interest in that sacred locality.
God is still opening up to us the
proofs of His word, and we haye
reason to believe Sit is better fur
Their on. w. NJ WHITE.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1907-07-05

SECRETARY MORTON says that with
one or two exceptions Tennessee
corporations have complied with
the new tax law. The corporations
are paving. or the demand is. that
they pay to the full, every cent of
taxes demanded from every other
business concern. This new tax
seems a sort of extra good measure
demanded by the taxing power.
This seems to us to border very
closely on class Legislation. Tax
payers should be dealt with equit-
ably. The fact that they are
creatures of the law is hardly an
excuse for inequitable taxation.
The law seems to exempt some cor
porati0ns of certain capitalization,
and the amount fixed on the capital
stock is even negotiable among the
corporations, the amounts lacking a
proportionate charge. Injustice is
not becoming in the taxing power,
even in dealing with corporations.