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WORLDS OLDEST CITY.
1t Is Bismyn, I'm Asia, south of An
client Babylon.

IL Is bismyn, In Asia, south of An.
client Babylon.
Edgar j. Banks, professor of the
Turkish language In the University OF
Chicago, arrived, says the Baltimore
News, to-day as the guest of the Won
ans college of Baltimore, where he Is
to deliver two lectures.
THE Oldest City In the World"
| about which DR.. Banks will speak to-
day, is the ancient city Of Blsmya, In
Asia, which lies somewhat south of
Babylon. Or. Banks was himself in
charge Of the excavations Of this pre-
historic ruin, having been sent by the
University of Chicago as director of the
oriental research party. For two years
the research party works In Babylon
and Assyria, and for two years In
Egypt, successfully From his long
period of residence In these countries
and his own personal work In the mat
ter DR., Banks has a fund of historical
knowledge and graphic incidents OF lie
In the Orient
Perhaps the most interesting find"
In BlSmya, the Oldest city in the
world" said Or. Banks to-day, sis a
statue of David. 1t has been proved
that this piece of sculpture belongs to
the Samaritan dynasty, and is the most
ancient statue known to be In exist.
ence."
When asked what had become of the :
statue, DR.. Banks replied that the
Turkish government kept firm grip on
everything found on or in Turkish soil.
The strictest sort of surveillance Is ex-
,rclsed over foreign excavators that
not a single piece of ancient ruins may
be taken from the country.
"The David l am sorry to say, Is
n the Turkish museum at CONSTANT
lople," said DR. Banks. But, despite
he stringent laws and the strict watch
,yer the workers exercised by the gov L
DIR. Banks had TO admit that
IN excavator seldom left the country |
Without having struggled something :
through.
Exactly how old the Oldest city Is, II
would be difficult to say. Written rec
rds have been found In the ruins
which actually date back to 1000 b. C. ;,
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FIGHTING BOB" EVANS.
Report that He Must Soon Raise the
White Flag In Life's Battle.


White Flag In LiRe's Battle.
The report that Admiral Bob Evans
Is about to retire from the navy be
cause of III health has sent a throb o.
sympathy and regret through the coun
try Scores of kilograms and even ca
Diagrams have been received at the
navy department asking as to the truth
of the report, and expressing high re-
gard for Fighting Bob"
Robley Dunlingson was the name
given him at his birth, Aug 49, 1916,
/ over 60 years ago But he is Fighting
Bob to the American people.
He Is a born fighter. AT 6 he was
handling a gun. At 13 he was on his
way across the western plains to ac-
quire a residence at Salt Lake City.
He had been promised an appointment
TO Annapolis If he became resident
of the Utah city.
On the way the emlgrant train was
attacked by Indians. Bob" was
warned to stay under cover when the
fight began. When the Indians had
been beaten back an arrow pinning
Bob's right leg to the mule he rode
showed how he had obeyed the order
He had been In the thickest of the me-
lee. The arrow had to be cut between
his leg and the pony's side before he
could dismomt
When the Civil War broke out young
Evans, then at Annapolis, had a heart
racking problem to decide. His mother
was an ardent secessionist. His broth |
err did not hesitate but donned the
gray. But Bob decided to cast his lot |
with the ones who had educated him. |
although his mother sent his reslgna-
tlon to the Federal government.
His fighting spirit was vividly Illus
trated In the assault on TT. Fisher.
January. 1865. Twice he was wound
I'd fnd fought on. A third bullet
pierced his knee and he fell HELPLESS
\ sharpshooter kept pegging away at
him. A bullet tore off of his toes.
rhe Ire of the wounded man was
lroused, and grabbing his own rifle, he
hot his enemy dead.
II was well for Evans after that
attle that he had a strenuous spirit.
When he was taken to the hospital 1t
fas decided that both his legs must
e amputated. Bob heard the decision
nd that night armed himself with a
evolver, which he hid under his pill
NV.
Next day when physicians broke s
heir views to him the wounded youth
ulled the gun. "You will never take
Il my legs while have bullet left" {
as his ultimatum. They didn't think
len that 1t was absolutely necessary. |
In 1891 Evans gained his title Of /
Bob He was In command 7
the little Yorktown at Valparaiso, [
bile, 1t needed but the drop of hat, o
seemed, to start war between that Y
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The management of the Lehigh Valley
/ railroad is so well pleased with the good
work of those employees who are total alb,
stainers that it intends to order that ev-N
cry person employed in the operating de-
partment take the pledge and keep it, on
penalty of dismissal
The completed shortcut line from
ocean to ocean across the isthmus of Te-
huantepec was opened formally the other
day, when President Diaz of Mexico
started the machinery which carried the
first load of merchandise from a ship to
a car at Salina Cruz.
Travel by rail will soon be as luxurious
for horses as for their owners. The New
York Central lines have Just ordered
twenty cars to be used exclusively for the
transportation of valuable horses. lUsch
car will be lighted by electricity and heat
ed by steam. The cars will be equipped
with everything conducive to the comfortA
and safety of the aristocratic equines
which can indulge in the luxury of private
cars
Under the new rate law the Louisville
and Nashville railway declined to continue
the issuance of passes to two persons who
held contracts for life passes. Judge
Evans In the Federal Court at Louisville
now rules that the new law should be
construed precisely as If in its general
language there was an express exceptions
excluding from its operation the complain
ants contract. In no other way can the
vested contract rights of the complain
ants be preserved. The general tenor of
the opinion is that Congress did not in
tend to annul any previously made con-
tract founded upon good consideration. 7
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1429-English defeated French at Her
rings.
1543-Catherine Howard beheaded in
the Tower of London.
1554-Lady Jane Grey executed.
1890" Ralph Roiser Doister," first Eng
lish comedy, produced
1690-The reign of William and Mary
began.
1764-St. Louis, No., founded by a COM
pany of French merchants.
1796-Amboyna seized by the English.
1797-Spaniards defeated at battle of
Cape st. Vincent. +. Island of Trim
idad captured by British naval and
military force.
1842-Grand ball given in Park tkeater,
New York, in honor of Charles Dick
ems.
1S44-Thomas W. Gilmer of Virginia be-
came Secretary of the Navy.
| 1S51-Gold discovered in Australia.
1S52-France and Turkey concluded
treaty regarding the holy places of
Palestine.
1S53-Attempted assassination of EN-
peror Francis Joseph of Austria by
Libenyi.
1S56-John Sadleir, member of British
Parliament, committed suicide as re-
suit of revelations of gigantic frauds.
1S60-Bridgetown capital of Barbados,
destroyed by fire.
1S6l-JeffersOn Davis inaugurated Presi.
dent of the Confederate States at
Montgomery.
1S62-Assault on Fort Donelson, Tenn,
began.
1864 Andersonville prison opened for
the reception of prisoners.
1S6S-First session of the New Bruins
wick Legislature after Confederation.
1S72-First session of the first Legisla-
ture of British Columbia.
1S76-First telephone patent granted to.
Alexander Graham Bell
lSSl-Baroness Burdett Coutts married.
1S89-Boiler explosion in Park Central
hotel, Hartford, Conn, killed % per- 5
sons.
lS9O-House of Representatives adopted
Speaker Reeds new rules.
1891-Dillon and O'Bren, Irish National
leaders, surrendered to English po-
lice.
IS93-Home Rule bill introduced by Mr..
Gladstone.
-S94-Forty German sailors killed by
boiler explosion on cruiser Brandon
burg.
S9S-United States battleship Maine de-
stroyed in Havana harbor
fire in Brooklyn
navy yard. Emile Loubet elected
President of France.
9OO-Relief Of Kimberley by Gen.
French
9Ol-Gen. Weyler proclaimed martial
law in Madrid. King Edward VII
opened the first Parliament of his
reign. Supreme Court of Michigan
held public franchises to be taxable. \
-British-Japanese alliance announc-
ed. Two thousand persons killed
by earthquake in Transcaucasia.
Manuel Amador chosen presi-
dent of Panama.
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The old "be good and you'll be hap.
py" formula Is rather unpopular. II
contained an element of truth, but
only an element In actual life the vir-
tuous do not always triumph nor the
wicked invariably come to grief. New
ertheless, the virtuous mans chances
of happiness are much brighter than
those of the mean, small. selfish,
vicious man. Similarly, while 1t is Inn
possible TO lay down maxlms for GER
tain success In business, such maxims,
embodying the experience of ages, have
their value. TO say that the man who
Is honest punctual, prompt, careful,
| courteous Will necessarily make for
tune would be the height of folly but
certainly the business man who pos
sesses these qualities Is far more likely
to prosper than he who lacks them.
In an Interesting article In the Sunday
Magazine of the Chicago Record Her |
aid ex-Secretary Lyman ]. Gage dis !
cusses philosophically the value of |
business maxims, the proper qualifica-
tlon they require IN attempts to apply
them to Individual cases, and the val
ne of that subtle but important addl-
tional factor, personality" His OBJ
seryations are as sound as they are
inspiritlng Attractive personality is, of
course, primarily natural blessing.
But, as Mr.. Gage well says, It would
be a radical error to take a fatallstic
view OF character and personality and
assume that business men, like poets
and actors, are born, not made" We
can do much to shape and modify our
respective personalities. In Mr.. Cages
words. the mental faculties can be
strengthened by exercise, the moral
quickened by right reflec-
ton, the emotional nature purified by
good Ideals, the energies aroused by
effective appeals to ambition" All
moral education presupposes the pos
iibility Of improving aud elevatlng per-
Of depressing bad traits and
endencies and Strengthening favorable
mes. Wise Is he, therefore" to quote
dr. Gage again, "who avails himself
# every means he can discover to de-
Ivy Tic boOh anu useful llWufu
orces and powers" which he has in
erited. And happily such means are
t hand everywhere, and all of us,
egardless of station or condition, are
bic to use them. They consist Of good
ssociations, good reading, the pur-
alt of knowledge, healthy exercise,
lltiyatlon of the sense of human dig
Ity and worth. With our free schools,
zee Libraries, cheap books and maya
mes and newspapers, with our art
useums, our settlements and various
lucational and cultural associations
young man or woman need be de-
lived Of the influences that make for
laracter and success In a moral, hui
an sense. A.,
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Way of Philanthropy,

A lady who was recently appointed
visitor to a hospital for children.
fearing that poor children failed to re-
ceive the same attention bestowed on
those of richer parents, paid her first
visit to the institution, intending to
effect change. In ward she found
a tiny boy quite alone. He Informed
her that there was another boy in the
ward, but that he was being examined
before clinic. The lady looked
around her for evidence of neglect
on the part of the attendants. A sniff
of clothes lay huddled on a chair. Fold.
ing them In an orderly manner, she
said:
Surely, my dear, these trousers are
too long for you by several inches"
Yes, ma'am," replied the boy.
"a sin and a shame" cried she. and
took companion" from her bag. She
sat down and cut off the legs of the
and hemmed the edges.
Now" she said, triumphantly, when
the task was complete they will fit
you better"
"The other boys taller than me- re-
Piled the child. "They belong to him.
And there's the rest cure; but don't
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in America. You will hear women and tell you not
much who they know and with whom they associate
those whom they will not do care to know IT
is ridiculous condition here in democratic America
The people who thus considered impossible are not
from any evil line; they simply mot our set"
Such Idea and such system has place in this land
want you to consider minute how different this
spirit is from that which actuated the character Of Him
whose funeral procession in the Holy Land to-day is
much the that when Lord raised
the of the widow of Main. 1t meant caste
defement touch dead person yet Lord not only
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country and the United States Evans
was in the harbor, facing ten forts and
the Chilean fleet He took on his ship
the refugees from the American lega-
ton in the teeth of the protests of the
Chilean government. More than that,
he kept them safe and bluffed the en-
tire fleet and all the forts by calmly
threatening to open fire. The world
read of it-gasped In sheer admiration
of the nerve of it-and he became
Fighting Bob" forever.
Evans commanded the Iowa at the
battle of Santiago and was in the thick
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II often happens that a farmer has
much difficulty In weaving calf and
the longer the baby COW is permitted to
draw its subsistence from the maternal
fountain the greater the difficulty be-
comes and the more pathetic is the
spectacle presented. SO It is with hui
man beings who are compelled to sur
render any special privilege In the en-
toyment Of which they have been unIn-
terrupted for a long time. They lose
the capacity to distinguish between a
privilege and vested right and they
set up whine In which grief and In,
dignation are so mixed as to make a
tear-pumplng blend.
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MAKING TABLE GLASSES.
Many Boys and Girls Work mt 1t
Out I'm Kansas

Two hundred years of glass blowing
ancestors in Switzerland and Bohemia
are behind the Swiss glass blower who
is making tumblers and sherbet glasses
for us in Chanute, Kan, says the Kan
sas City Star.
The glass blowers guild still exists
and is one of the very few that limit
the number Of apprentices. Glass blow
ing Is thing In which nothing like
inaccuracy can be tolerated. Things
must be done not nearly but exactly
right The boy whom a glass blower
takes into employ as helper must be
one who appreciates his job, and is
willing to give the closest kind of at
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stopped the procession rather than passing down side
street. would be apt to do but actually took the
dead youth by the hand, rlskng what meant much TO
Oriental On the other hand have list of those
do not to associate with because they do not
belong to particular class Of society.
Never has there been time when there was greater
need of a more enlightened and Christian way OF
living. Conditions in America such that 1t Is Inn
possible follow the ideas of the founders of the land
The early Purans had certain ideas which would be SIM
ply ludicrous were to try to live up to them we
must add new standards.
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English manufacturers Of shoes have
begun to make larger sizes for women,
and now a number eight is advertised.
not by the vigorous athletic young wom-
EN- who wear that number, but by the
merchants who know that the girls feet
are big enough TO ill such shoe Small
feet, as well as gentle voice, are adj
mirable things in women, but more
admirable thing is shoe that does not
pinch.
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Alright 1t may be shynesshough not likely. 1t may be
suilenness-but what about?
If have deuded yourself with the idea that there
Is warm heart under the icy exterior and teeming
brain yelled by silence away with the deuson for
warm heart will make Itself manifest, and the active
brain will not be found by silence Thoughts find their
way into words just surely the river finds the
ocean. No matter how great n sacrifice you may make
In order to do an act of kindness silent o
woman distressful stare is the token acceptance,
and do not know whether the silent struggling
to express thanks Is trying kill you for your
ofiiciousness.
These people have not stamina enough to be either very
good very bad They unreliable in business way
and socially they bores and nuisances and the wife
of silent man is always unhappy all efforts to please
him are met with that mpenetrabe silence that hurts
worse than blow and yet since he has beaten his
wife with his fists club, he would claim be kind
Speech is natures special gift to man. all other
ties shared in with lower animals; to man
kind alone is given the of clothing thoughts in
words Silence but thnly wells ones thought Be
ware of the silent person.
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Some statlstlcian has found that
there are 100000 women In this coun-
try who are earning their own living
He has not had time as yet to find out
how many are supporting their hus.
bands
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prentlces The bureau believes that
even under modern complex conditions,
the oldfashioned apprenticeship would
be very useful. 1t is grave question
how the foreman, the superintendent,
sle master workman of the future are
To be made out Of the boy of to-day.
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CLASS DISTINCTIONS IN CHURCH.
By Bishop Potter.

| deplore the formation of castles
in communities, the dividing of peo-
pie into little cliques who affect to
be superior to those outside them.
The attitude of the Christian Church
should be-to disregard all questions
of caste, the point where our religion
differs greatly from all other great
systems of theology, doctrine and
philosophy is that all people are
alike In the sight of God. There is
no place for caste and caste dlstlnc-
lions in the Christian Church, yet,
~ 90 ea.4
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A Baltimore scientist has invented
an electric cook stove which, he says,
VIII reyolutionize things in the kitch-
en-. Perhaps it is his plan to have It so
arranged that the cook may be utilized
as a short circuit when she becomes
too arbitrary.
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Mr. Edison talks of retiring from
active work aud merely amusing him
self" with electricity hereafter. As a
good business man lie viii see the wis
dom Of doubling the insurance ON his
life before he begins his career Of
amusement
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cruelty and unscrupulousness in international relations
place nation at disadvantage The prosperity of the
nation, the individual of the corporation in
the long secured not by hostile but through
the closely linked commercial and social intercourse in
times of peace and friendship
Among nations, among business corporations we
may that in the long If the moral sentiments of
individual citizens right moral practices pay The
ultimate responsibility rests with Individuals and
the outlook future hopeful The evils clearly
must be before the remedy be found Many Of
the evil deeds of the last few years have been committed
because the changing conditions the of these
evils has been clearly There is STILL however much
more to do for each of in the way of seeing more
clearly the application of the simple old fashioned prn-
cpes of private honesty to the great transactions of
porae business, and to the still greater problems of
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of the scrap that destroyed the Span

OF the scrap that deStroyed the Span
ish fleet.
He was always quick to meet an
emergency. While dining the German
emperor on board the Columbia, at
the opening of the Kiel canal. he told
the emperor all of the watertight doors
in the ship could be closed in thirty
seconds. To make good he ordered
the signal blown on the siren. There
wasn't enough steam and the emperor
laughed, Evans quickly turned in his
seat, pushed the general alarm buttons,
and In minute and half the doors
were closed.
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1t seems almost foolish of the Mas
ping faith healing. For people who are
not sick there is apparently nothing
wrong with faith healing.
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Destiny" says the Baltimore Amer
lean, "is the irrepresslble fate of man
Kind" Grover Cleveland could not
have said that any better, though he
might have put 1t in more imposing
form
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Unless It is soon discovered what
has become of the freight cars Of this
glorious country, every honest man will
feel like stepping up and asking that
be be searched.
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A Nebraska farmer wants a pretty
girl arrested as II witch, because his
son can't stay away from her. If the
precedent Is established all the women
IN the country will be In JAIL
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Mark Twain says this country Is go
ing to become a monarchy, and Chan
cellor Day will probably be glad to
nominate II. II. Rogers as the opening
monarch
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Small waists are again the style
with women. However, there will be
no change In the fashion of masculine
arms; they will remain very much the
same as those our grandfathers wore.
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Some men seem to think they are do
Ing great deal toward rightlng the
worlds wrongs by fusslng with their
neighbors
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Didn't Know About EN-.

The Maid-What's your opinion of
the type of girl who never wants to get
marrled2
The Bachelor-Im not qualified to
express an opinion on the subject.
The Maid-Why, are you prejudlced?
The Bachelor-No, but I've never
seen such a type.-Cleveland Leader.
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What's in a name, after all? sena-
tor Money, of Mississippi, from his
place in the Senate, announced that he
is the poorest Senator in the United
States
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Bailey, the Snowman, left fortune
estimated at 100000, Evidently the
proportion Of small boys who crept
under the canvas was not large.
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The young woman who said she was
a psychologist has been Indicted as a
sneak thief. Is 10 account to be taken
of the offense she confessed?
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A Matter of Money.

Would you marry woman who had
sued another man for breach of prom
ise?"
well, 1t would depend largely on
how much the jury had compelled him
to pay her."-Chicago Record Herald.
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dissoute of inherited wealth. So deep conviction
have that proper of responsibility comes only
with earning and saving wealth. that I often have
thought it meet and just way man to Distribute
estate by first providing for his family and then d
viding the. remainder among the employees who had
served him faithfully and aided him to amass his for
tune
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GREAT WEALTH NOT MENACE TO NATION.
By Henry CIeWS,

Let us bear In mind that the vast individual
fortunes of Americans are nearly all sef-made
and In the hands Of men who began life in
poor circumstances and that most of the most
men in business are those who pos
sess high character as well as remarkable ca
pacity, great thrift, and other good qualities:
and that men of this type with great wealth
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"Race suicide" Of course, would re
suit In there being fewer children In
the mills and factories, but