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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-24

low mean to show the least resistance whatever
We'll drop 'em!"
She had been standing serenely in her hood,
her head thrown back, reveling in the glories
of triumph When the fate of the battle had
hung upon her performance, and when her
own life was threatened, she had thrown her
self body and soul into the fray, wide eyed,
unhesitant, and without a tremor; but now,
at the thought of being the executioner of
perhaps thousand men, her face blanched,
her limbs trembled, and her hands forgot their
task and clasped together imploringly. She
was the woman again, ready to plead for the
lives of those she had conquered.
My God! You wouldn't do that, would
your" she said.
The old gladiator of the sea turned upon
her fercely DO it? Do it? I'd drop them
to hell quick as l would to the bottom of
the Pacific if they show hght" he responded
We're out here to teach lesson, and they
deserve all that's coming to 'em War is no
childs game" he concluded grimly, and the
first ship that wants trouble goes down like a
thunderbolt!'
AS if to emphasize his remark, he sprang to
the signal box and issued this sanguinary order
to every radioplane in the fleet, while Norma,
faint and sick at heart, shut her teeth and
with look of pain turned back to her levers.
But she was spared this dreadful work. The
japanese officers and men had learned the
absolute futility of resistance, and doubted the
efficacy of appeal. Their one hope for life now
who held them in thrall.
1t took no long chain of reasoning to con-
clude that an enemy who could pluck them
from the seas and without visible effort lift
them more than a mile high could as readily
release his hold and send them to destruction
with meteorlike speed Even were it possible
to destroy those monsters which clutched
them, to do so would be self annihilation
They were ignored, cut off from those above,
and divorced from the waters beneath as if
they were creatures of no Importance, to be
treated like mere troublesome insects, and ex-
terminated or spared as their captors within
might dictate. The glory of an easy conquest
in the Philippines, the boastngs which had
followed the subjugation of Hawaii, the pomp
and circumstance of previous conquests,-all
were obliterated, all erased from the scroll of
valorous deeds by an action which had lasted
less than an hour. And now, like beaten legion
aries chained to the victor's car, they were
being carried away toward the rising sun and
an unknown fate.
To be continued next Sunday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-24

incredibly monstrous thing drop from the ether
upon their flagship crumple its upper works
like paper, attach itself to the turretS, and
then with phenomenal power actually lift from
the ocean twenty thousand tons of steel,-a
floating fortress believed but an hour ago to be
invincible,-and bear it away. Even as they
watched they saw this strange god which had
grasped the pride of Japan in his clutch delib-
erately shaping his flight higher and higher
into the great void of the heavens and passing
out of their world
OF what use were guns against these strange
visitantS, whose only human mark the
flag of the despised enemy? In hopeless
screams of terror their sirens awoke the echoes
with weird, despairing walls, and their engines
under full speed sent the screws lashing
through the water in last desperate effort to
escape by fight. And while their prows tore
the waves the superstitious sailors took their
disaster omen of heavenly wrath, re-
verted to the religion of their ancestors, and
Frustrated themselves in an agony of prayer
but every chance was denied them, and even
their trust in speed to evade seizure was in
effectual.
Even as the Ito, held fast by the Norma was
becoming speck against the disk of the morn
ing sky, another of those strange creatures
made scarcely less abrupt descent upon the
kashima. Stacks and masts went down with
a crash as had those others. The great wing
less terror picked her up into the air before
her engines could be stopped, and, with her
screw beating the atmosphere like the f1utter-
ing fins of a fish captured by marauding
eagle, sailed off with her into the blue above.
Once more they tried the effect of gunnery,
when the katori threatened but it was
futile, and reading their DOOM they waited
their turn. 1t was not long in coming; for
now by twos and threes they were torn from
the ocean and lifted aloft The golfers were
the last to succumb and their crews, realizing
that the hulls alone would come in contact
with the implacable demons above, ran scream
ing below decks to continue their supplications
to the deaf gods who had deserted them.
From the thick glass of his port the Admiral
looked down upon his conquered foemen and
watched the precision with which his orders
were being obeyed. Each time victim
seized he shouted, "Three's done her work.
or Good boy, Seven! You've got him!" and
SO on enumerating each success.
Some movement on the deck of the Ito
close at hand arrested his attention. His
brows came together again in fierce scowl.
Stand by the magnet levers, Miss Norma"
be commanded, because if these fellows be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-20
General Del Rev.

From the New York Sun.
Ell Caney should have a monument to
Gen. Vara del Rey. as the Spanish Club of
Havana proposes. His feat In defending the
little town for ten hours against an Amerl-
can force ten times larger than his own was
perhaps the finest exhibition of valor that
the war records. He succumbed only to his
wounds and died a soldiers death. II he
had been an American or a British COM
mander his heroism would have found an
inspired singer. We are glad to see that
American officers who served in Cuba desire
to subscribe to the monument fund The
gallantry Of the Spanish veteran has its
niche in their memories of the first of
July They have done Justice to the
achievement of Vara del ey, but he has not
had his deserts from the American his
torian
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-20
Rapid-Transit Car-Cleaning.
the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
How long does ii take to clean the win
dows of one of our carsT' said railroad
man at the Reading terminal We'll, just
long as 1t takes one man to clean one
of the windows. That is not very long IS
It? The fact is, the pressure on the roll
ing stock of all railroads is 50 great now
that when a train comes in enough men
ale put to work cleaning it to enable ii To
take its place in outgoing train in a
few minutes. AS you can for yourself,
there is man on the ladder al every
window of this Garland every man is
working as rapidly as he can TO clean his
particular window. When he's done they
are all done and the windows are cleaned.
The same crew then tackles another ca .
minutes does the job
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-20
California Shad.

From The San Francisco Chronicle.
very few years ago shad were not
found in Pacific coast waters, but, thanks
to the intelligent work of the fish commits
sion, they are now more abundant here
than in the east. Thursday last large
catches were selling In the wholesale mar
ket of San Francisco at a cent a pound
The same day they were sold in New
York at 30 cents and 60 cents per fish.
when is about twelve times as much as
they brought here. Unfortunately, how
ever, while they are very cheap in the
San Francisco wholesale fish market the
retail dealers sock 1t to their customers,
making them pay the limit for shad and
all other kinds of fish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-20
In an East Side Kindergarten.

From Harper's Weekly.
Little Soly (hIs brow puckered by intel
lectual strain as he scans on the blackboard
a sketch of a milkmaid and cattle)-"One-
two-three-three cows!'
Teacher-"Yes. and what else?"
Little Solly Gin triumphant haste)-''And
one lady?'
Teacher-"How many altogether
Little OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES (stops
and draws his right foot up and down his
left Lego "One-two-th-th-thre Pauses
in a desperate effort to count little fur
Their, then gasps) "Oo-oo-ooh teacher. /
don't know how to add up cows and ladies!'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-20
Magazine for Chinese Women.

From the London Woman.
There is now published in Picking a
daily newspaper for women. edited by a
woman. 1t is called the Picking Women's
Journal. This is-a remarkable sign of the
awakening of a country whore women
were for so long kept entirely IN subjcc-
ton Since the Boxer uprising the leaders
of the nation have realized that women
must be educated. and that their opinions
cannot any longer be ignored.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-20

screech- evoking habit doesn't prevail around
here. and facts are facts, in PtZen Crick
just as much so as in the city OF Washing
ton.
When the swell-looking duck from the
east made that remark of his in the tone
of derisiop the piZenest citizen OF P1zen
Crick got to him in just two jumps from
his place in the middle of the road.
Disdaining to mete out any real, sure
enough Pizen Crick punishment upon the
impertinent newcomer. the camp terror
merely sat down on a key of nails that was
standing outside the railroad station,
placed the nervy tenderfoot in the pretty
clothes across his knee like little girl
does her doll when the doll has been bad
and then the camp terror proceeded to
apply his horny ham-like mitt to the trous-
erings of the sassy tourist In an industrious
and earnest way that caused the tourist to
squirm and to beg for mercy. After about
four minutes Of this the camp terror put
the neryy little one on his feet and dragged
him by the ear to the watering trough at
the north end of the station. He soused
him In the trough for five six minutes,
watching him like little boy watches a
toy sailboat on a pond. Then the camp
terror picked the dead-game tourist from
the trough, carried him under one arm
over the way. and tossed him up on to the
low soping roof of dobe to dry
Leaving him there. the holy terror of the
camp trudged down the street. where he
promptly killed three men who didn't get
out of his way in time, and then he mount
ed his cayuse and beat 1t for the desert
For he was a camp terror. sure enough.
and so there wasn't chance on earth for
the thing to break the tenderfoots way, as
he probably thought 1t might from reading
the titter-eXtractors in the funny publica-
lions.
It's a hateful task to have to slit these
gnome narratives that grow up like fungi
all the time but the truth is mighty, and it
must prevail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-20

ture, with the snlny new SILK nat SET Jaunt-
| lily on one side of his head and his make
up as frontiersman.
"Howdy, there, Luke said Jim Purdy,
| the day marshal. who was in the station
crowd Purdy was the only man in the
crowd who knew Luke. having met up with
him in San Antoine.
THE eyes Of nearly every man in the
crowd of hundred and odd were on little
/ Luke Short as he complaisantly stepped
! from the train. and not man said word
| or made an overt move. There was some
| thing in Shorts serious countenance, In ms
outstanding carriage and probably in the
| incongruity of the shiny plug hat IN com
| bnation with the rest of his makeup tiat
held them off III. l.,
eft would of course have been quite In
Laa,,,, Nth the customs and practices of
| Dndga CJ+y for the bunch or men at the
| eta ton TO shoot that silk hat into ribbons
AVA finders as Short deliberately walked
anross from the station and down the main
1850 n. uithout once even turning around.
| Ut the thing didn't happen. that's all
Tbare wasn't a word said, much less a gun
pulled
loon. still with that shiny hat set rakishly
on one ear. strolled up to the bar and called
for a drink for himself. There were a lot
of bad men in the saloon, too. But they
lust looked. They didn't say anything
about the hat and they didn't shoot.
Short disposed of his drink, and then he
removed his hat and held 1t in his hands
for minute. Then he placed it on the floor
of the saloon in front of the bar. brim
down, and sedately jumped on 1T till 1t was
the .merest pulp
Meanwhile the old freighter with whom
he had made the bet had followed him up.
noticing that there was shooting. and
he took Short by the hand.
'Buddy-podner,' he said, 'yo' win an
yo' kin TELEGRAPH tn man at Durango t
ship tn dust along t ye. Vile l respeeks
yo' fr ben' a man O. nerve, 1 KANT re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-20
Cure for Anarchy.
From the Yonkers Statesman

You never see a rich anarchist" re-
marked the Observer Of Events and Things;
when q man has to work hard enough to
accumulate wealth 1t takes all the anarchy
out Of him."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-20
HOW LUKE SHORT BECAME
MARSHAL OF DODGE CJTV
Made Him Marshal.

speck yo' f'r beiu' a Id fool. witch IN
same, barrin' yo fee,ins an askIn' yo'
pardon, | thinks Nu' Is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-20

An epigram is a commonplace In q fame,
Waistcoat.-Puck.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1907-02-12
nas Centrum als katbultrdJe a1artet.

bes Il ngIaubens bas @es
m me Der Gonfefiionen be-
toncn. limb tpieoer Gnbere tperben
mid iosar Der Storuns BEG confeiiios
nenen SriebenS beidulbisen.
@ber, nm ben beioen lesten gins
i~piirfen 5unadit gu besesnen, 1T es
benn cine Storung bes confeiiionelen
Sriebens, ipenn MAJ bic Sbatia6e
feititeat, bnB Der fatboIiide
q ei It bas @anb Der ginbeit, ia bas
6 ebensprin5ip bss Gsn<
trllms lit? l1nb glaiibt man ben II NJ
gIduben nirfidm bef6mpfen at
f0nnen, tpenn man bic @ren5linien
5tpiihen &e6tslauben unb Srrs
g I a b e n i'm S6atten ldbt unb bas
8emeiniame bensaIii6 beleuHtet?
Ser relisios ni6t ssbilbete &atbolit
- unb ba3u geboren iebr pisIe Der ios
genannten sebiloeten 2eute, Die nit
a0er mDelid}en 2iteratur ii9 bei6dftis
gen, aber Elm religioies 8u6 felt i6ren
S6ulinbren fnirm me6r IN Der Sanb
batten = miro bann i6liebli6 Dor
lautem v@emeiniamen" nidts mebr
pom @eionberen ipiiien. limb tpenn
es ai9 ni6t gum dliBeren gbfau
fommt, 10 bod bdufis senus i'm Sers
gen CUR @laibensfrantbeit unS gum
@laubenstob. Man muB MIR ettpas
unter ben 2euten berum gebort baben.
limb 5ubem: bns @emeinIamel ga.
iporin benu, uno NIT mem? Gibt es
benn beute ~iiberbaupt nod cine nift>
fatbolii6e NeIisionseeieuidaft. Die
Elm %beitimmtes. fat umriienes Be-
tenntnib bat? Sic alien Befenntniile
Der e%in5elnen proteitantiihen 9anbeS>
firden in Seutihlanb Iteben auf benz
Sapier. tpie @iele balten ii6 nod
baran? @etpib gibt es nod elGilz
bi9e. ia tieffromme H%roteftanten.
Iber tpie biele, unb mo iino iie?
Nidt Iebr biele o 9enen. Die IN Der
breiten Seffentli6feit gonIerbatibe,
Hpiitipe, Srtbooore eenannt tperoen,
seboren ba5u. Sas, tpns mir in
Seuti6lanb NIT Der groben Maiie bes
proteItantii6en 8olfstbeiles I'M @lnls
ben nod semeiniam baben, lit bluts
tpeni9. I'm bebipillen cine 8erihnoms
menbeit oes Observation-Disclosures bel
&~atbolifen 5u risfiren. lit ni6t anges
bra6t. Sie @efabr bes Yerluites fir
ms lit srDber als Die begriinbete Soffs
nuns auf @etpinn.
Nin Der erite ginfpanb: Sas Gens
trum lit cine poIitif6e Bartel.
@an5 geniB lit es 9as, unb ioa e5
audi bleiben. Gber iino benn polis
unb fatboIii6 chamber
alsIhliebenbe Seeriffe? @enn az
4 bolifhe Widrmer auf 0runblaae
ibrer tatbolif6en @eltanifmis
un9 I'M politii6en 2eben unb
8irfen lih 5uiammentbun, bilben tie
ba bebbalb feline p d. Yartei.
ipeil Tie ~fatboliih iinb unb nd6 ibren
fatboliiGen 9runSidsen ii6 betbdtis
sen2 ODER iinb iie ettpa cine 8ru,
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1907-02-12
(Spe5ieu fir bieie Seitung.)
atnm P. Cos. attrner, S. J

&atedumenen. Or tpebrt Dem gins
bringen nnb ben I%nmdBungen Der
proteitantii6en Suertreiber. unp.
lpie geia9t, er inmmelt Die 8letnen
Inn fi6. bdlt lie bon Der Strabe, lebrt
lie beten, brin9t linen Die 9roBen
Sra9en bes &ate6ismus uno Die tptf@
tighten Siiide Der @ibel bel II. {. no.
&ur5 unb gut, es lit nidt MIR
fpiini6ensipertb. ionbern mibebinat
rotbipenbig. Dab mir cine In5abl
2ebrer bdtteu. Sos beiast aber 5ua
eleih cine 8obnin9 fir feline Sns
Mile unb Elm Sdulbals. Sun, mas
Denfet Sbr, mas be5iebt Der Wednn
fur iib uno 8eib mn &inber? Seet,
lido aue Sreiie 10 tbeuer iinO, gan5e
3 8s. (nob nidt $4,000 I'M Ionate;
bon flint 5u fiinf Sabreu erbdlt er
cine Tupee mebr, bis er 8ulebt od1t
Hupee (ui6t bnae $1,000 be5iebt.
Sbr iperbet 5ugelteben, bab oies elm
tpabrer Siu9erlobu lift; uno perbet
@u6 tpnnbern, bob mir nafiir iol6'
brdu6bare 2eute finben, pie piele
inter linen iinb; henn Die ameritants
iten unb en9liideu Wiiiiondre eeben
ibren 2ebrern bas 9appelte uno Sreis
fade; nnb Sober, Der BEL uns abfiele
uno 5u linen iibertrGte, ipuroe NIT
%pifenen Mrmen unb gnn5 belpnberen
2iebfoiunsen bon linen auf9enomnterl.
1lnb nun Die SGulel Sic 1T cine
W~ubarbiitte fpie Die anbere, nlr ettpas
breiter unb tiefer urD bnt 5fpei Sbeile:
einen fir Die 2ebrersfamilie uno eineit
fir Die S6ulfinber. Borne lit lie
often, bamit Qift unb 2uft 3utritt
baben; bas @an5e lit aus 2ebm 9es
baut rnb nit Heiiis uno 2ebm ges
bedt: Gin aaiten tpie tein 8cttler
in europa ODER Nmertfa i'm betpobnt.
ga boden unb iteben IN Heiben Die
@uben unb Mdbhen bon finf biz Sebn
Sabren unS Iinsen Dem S6ulmeiiter
@prt fir @ort nad, mas er linen
porIinat, big lie es d%iiStrenoig fpilien;
Ie1en fonnen 1ie ia ielbIt nod ni6t.
Die 8roBeren freilih baben aud cine
Ghiefertafel unb einen @riffel unb Elm
2eiebuh. Gle Iernen buditabiren
unb rehnen, 10 gut es sebt. aommt
elm 8inb in Die Sabre, mo es Die bl.
Communion empfanesn fon, 10 nebz
men mir es in uniere Communicate
ten Initult in Walan unb bereiten es
perionlid auf bic fl. Sanblung Dor.
SelbitperitGnblih miiien mir iolange
fir ieine 8efoitignns unb gefleioung
auftomrnen. - Brinst aber elm &nabe
es gar 10 tpeit. tn ieinem 0orfe oas
pierte Sud- an leien, 70 nebmen mir
i'm in uniere 2ebrerprdparanbenzGns
Stalt bier in 8aIan unb lafen Tin ben
aansen Sduleang our6maden, Inn
! brau6bare 9iIfstrdfte beran5u5ieben.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1907-02-12

Dor flr5er Belt bat man in einfIuB.
reidet, erniten fntboliihen Sreanen
an oas fatboIii1e Golf Die 8umutbung
9eiteut. IN ii6eren Gentrumsfreiien
anb prote It d. Gambia
ten auf5ultelenll Sut man mad Der
proteltantii6en Seite bin 8iidlinae
gemadt unb I'M CUNT ~seiperben. bab
Stnem mandnlal Der ltnmitb in Die
Seele griff. gs pGre ia Ifon mn
etne groBe Sartei, Die bic aldubiaen
@lemente beiber 9onfeIIionen su elmer
patriotiiden ginbeit geaen llnaloubeu
nno umitur5 5uiamnienfaBte ober audi
MIR nm geeigneten 3upahs gum Gens
trum ans Dem prote itantiIfen GoIfsz
tbeil 5u %geipinnen. glber BEL Der
Stimmung ben beutifen Yroteitanten
lit IN abiebbarer 3eit baran ni6t an
benfen.
Wenn Der gesentpdrtise Wablfampf
ilberaa I'M fdtbolii6en Eager &ldrung
nno &ldrbeit ihafft, Damn fam man
Dem Siiriten bon Billion fir Die Nufs
loinng bes Gei1stnges nur banfbar
Iein. Gin in ben Ieitberieen 8eleiien
nerlalltener lino IN gefpobnIider @eiie
9eldlofener 8eihstag miirbe bas nidt
permOgen. = Sic aottlide @orIebuna
tpadt all6 iiber Die beutihen aatbos
ltfen. - (gSir baben an ebitorieIer
STEELE nniere Inii6t iiber Die bier be-
%lprod)ene Srage seeeben. = Gnm. 5.
8eb.)
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1907-02-12
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(Spe5ials gorreiponoena aus
Seuti6lanb.)

5out perben, unb bas aus benz 0tunbe
Ieines mG6ti9lten @esnersl Sn Der
Shat, bas Centrum lit cine mabre
8oItspartei. ollie Stdnoe, ale
&laiIen oes @olfes, bonn eiura6iten
Irbeiter big gum b%ornebmiten IriItos
fraten finben in linn ibre 8~ertreting,
ale bere6tigten SntereIien iebes
@olfstbeiles S9ub uno Yflege. 8abS
runs unb Soroeruns. $50 lid tpirts
lide ODER bermeintli6e @egenidbe
auftbun. ba finben iid Die entgeeens
itebenben @ruppen 5uiammen auf
einem gemeiniamen Witteltpee, unb
mo elm boiler Iusalei6 ii6 ni6t err
moelift. ba ldBt lid feline bon blinoer
Gelbitlu6t binreiben, ionbern peiB
Sober gum @oble bes 0an5en Selbit>
Iuht an iiben unb audi Spfer 81
bringen. limb pober eripd6it elmer
groben Yartei, in Der ale Stdmme oes
ipeiten beutiGen Hei6es nit ibrer
gigenart unb giseniitte. ale Stdnbe
beg @olfes nit ibren Sonoeritrebuns
gen nnb Sonberinterefien. bertreten
Iinb, tpober entnimntt iie ibre einisenbe
&raft? 8as lit bas 8anb. bas 10
Wieles uno 0erf6iebenes gu einem
madts unb f%raftboIen 8an5en 5uiams
menbGlt? gs lit Der gemeiniame
reItgi6fe Stanbpunft, es lit oas
hriftlide SittenseIeb. Die tatbp<
Iii6e @eltanidauung. Sd iage
abiidtli6: Die fatbolif6e, ni6t
Die 6riitlide @eltami6mrung. Senn
bas 8ort .6riitlib" tpiro in n~nierer
Seit in elmer iol6en peiten 8eoeu@
tilng sebraudt, Dab bon benz mr.
ipriinglihen Gimme oft nidt mebr piel
All erfennen lit. SdS 1T namentlif)
Der Sail, tpenn es nit setpiiien anoes
rem IusoriiGen 5uiammeneeitellt miro
nie 6riItli6e Gultur. 6riitli6e Iufs
fai1ung Ii. +. 10. Sn .6riitli6es Sitz
teneeieb" 1deint mir bas @prt DRIFT
lid" bon ieiner eisentli6en 8ebeutung
nod am meilten 9erettet 5u bdben.
8as nennt iid ionit nidt Gaes
,driItlih"l ollie Yrote1tanten nebs
men fir ii9 in Inipru6 g6riitli6"
Al iein, bon St6der Bis &nltboff unb
Geiar. Glio Die fatbolif6 e
8eltanidauuns lit es, Der fatbolii6e
@eiit, Der bas gielseitdlti9e unb
1annigfaltiee 5u elmer lebenSfrdftis
gen unb lebenstbdtigen @tnbeit I'M
Centrum berbinoet. Sd neiB freis
lid, baB berartiee 8emertungen ni6t
iiberaq germ eebort iperoen, al6 bel
manhen Gentrlmsleuten unb &ntbos
liten slnitob 81 erre9en. @tpelde
nerben unpi0ie entsesenbalten, bas
Centrum Iei cine p d e, feline
confeIiione0e. alto feline fatbolii6e
Yartei. &nbere tperben es ~ungebOrig
finben, bab i6 bas .fatbolii6" bers
porbebe. MAJ miiiie IN nnierer Belt