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La voz del pueblo. [volume] (Santa Fe, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1889-192?, 1908-04-18
La CONVENTION DEMOCRATICA
SERA TENIDA EN- ROSWELL,
JUNO 10.
La COmiSi0n EndOSa a MIR.
Bryan.

Como Sc habfa anunciado anticipa-
damente, la comisi6n territorial de-
mOcratica Sc reuni0 en- Ia cuidad de
Santa Fe ell sabado pasado q las p.
M.
La cOmisi0n tuvo una buena aten-
dencia de miembrOs especialmente de
los condados de San Miguel, Bernali-
llo 8 Santa F6. La junta fue presi-
dida por el Hon. A. A. Jonos, ocu-
pando Ia secretaria Mr.. Thomas B..
Walton Y su asistente, el Hon. Ra-
feal Romero.
En- medic de la mas perfecta har-
mOnfa Y entusiasmo la comisi6n de-
termin0 tener una sola convention en-
la cual seran escogidos los delegados
V sustitutos 4 la convention nacional
de Denver y el candidate para dele
gado al congreso sexuag6simo prime
70. La convention sera tenida en- la
ciudad de Roswell, metr0poli del va
lie de Pecos Y centro de la democra-
ella, el dfa 10 de Junio.
lei apOrcionamiento de representa-
ci0n en- la convention Sc flo en- un de-
legado por Cada cien votos dados 4
favor del Hon. o. A. Larrazolo, can
didato para delegadO en- la election
IL, I0nG ~ 40 aaYtp ufnrt1n.
La voz del pueblo. [volume] (Santa Fe, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1889-192?, 1908-04-18
La QUESTION AFRICANO-- --ROOSE.
VELTIANA.
lDe Cuanta COnSeCuenCia Sera
el VOiO de los NegrOS en- la
Election NaCiOnaI?

Dos cosas parecen ser ciertas fuera
de toda question: que el presidente
Roosevelt, al causar ell descargo des-
honorable del regimient0 de negros,
que Sc dice arm0 un mOtinen Browns
Vile, Texas, ha pertubado un avispe-
70 que amenaza dirigir sus lanzas
contra ell candidate del presidente; y
que en- la mayoria de los estad0s del
centro, tales como Indiana, West
Virginia, Ohio, y muchos Otros, los
negros tienen positivamente el balan-
ce del poder. Todos esos estados tie
Len mayorfas dem0cratas eliminado
81 voto de los negros, pero como estos
han estadO votandO la boleta republi-
cana s0lidamente desde la guerra,
siempre dan la supremacia politlca al
partido republican,.
La question que actualmente esta
ocupando muy sacramento la atenci0u
de los politicos es de que consecuencia
sera el voto de los negros en- la ST.
guiente campafia en- case de ser el
Secretario Taft el candida.
to? Los siguientes dos despachos in
dudablemente arrolan mucha luz so
bre el particular:
Washington, Abril ll--lIoy So Il
fue dada al senadOr Foraker de Ohio
una enthusiastic blenvehida per la con.
ferencia de la lgle,ia Metodista Afri-
cana tenida en- Baltimore. All pre-
sentar al senador de Ohio, el ObispC
Gains le rindi0 un tribute cordial
proclamandolo como el "amigo y de-
fensor de su pueblo.n
Ell senador se rehri06 Ia gran oIra
de la iglesia Metodista Africana en- Ia
elevation y mejoramiento de la raza
La voz del pueblo. [volume] (Santa Fe, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1889-192?, 1908-04-18

MR.. BRYAN Es ENDOsADO PARA LA
PREsIDENCIA.
La siguiente resoluci0n fu6 adopta-
da unanimente en- medic del mas
vivo entusiasmo:
"Resuelvase por la comisi0n cen
trail democratica de Nuevo Mexico
que expresamos por este nuestra con-
fianza en- William Jennings Bryan y
en- su gran habilidad como jefe del
partido democratico; y favorecemos
su candidatura para presidente de los
Estados Unidos por la convention ma
cional democratica que sera tenida EN-
Denver, Colorado, Ell dfa 7 de Julio,
1908"
El espfritu de entuciasmo aggressive
que Sc manifesto en- la junta dc la CO.
mission fu6 muy marcado, demostran-
do que todos los iefes de la democra-
ella de Nuevo Mexico sienten en- sus
venas que el presente es un aho demo-
cratico Y que un democratic ocupara
la silla presidential de la naci6n el
dfa 4 de Mario del ailo venidero, Y
NueVo Mexico sera representado an
te el congreso por un delegado demo-
crata
La voz del pueblo. [volume] (Santa Fe, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1889-192?, 1908-04-18
La Semana Santa en- Las Vegas.

La festividad de la Semana Santa
de 1908 segdn fu6 observada en- Las
Vegas, sera una cosa digna de recOr-
darse por muchos amos.
FL improbable don con que nuestro
cura parroco, el Rev. Pablo Gilber-
ton, obsequio q sus parroquianos en-
haber conseguido los seryicios del elo.
cuente predicador, Rev. Leon Mo-
nasterio, de la orden del Sagrado CO.
raz0n de Maria, para que predieara los
cuaresmales ha granjeado q nue5tr0
pastor la eterna gratitud de los bue-
nos vecinos de Las Vegas.
El Padre Monasterio ocup0 la tri-
buna todas las noches desde el mier-
coles de la semana de Dolores impair
tiendo la palabra de Dios a inmensas
Imultitudes que atestaron noche 4 no.
che ell espacioso temple de Nuestra
Sefiora de Los Dolores, y la cosecha
para el bien que hizo el magnffico ora
dor sagrado es incalculable.
Muchos incredulos que oeurrieron
incitados por la curiosidad o por el
solo placer de yer brotar las perlas de
la elocuencia de la boca del predica-
dor Y q deleitar el dido con el derra-
me del puro y dulce idioma Espafol,
salieron al final de las conferencias
ardientes conversos y determinados d
seguir por el camino de la moral y de
Ia rectitud, tai era la conviction que
llevaban las palabras del magnitico
misionero.
Maflana, Domingo de Resurrection,
dara el Padre Monasterio su Ultima
conferencia en- Espafiol y al mismo
tempo predicara en- IngIes el Rev. Pa
! DIRE Kuhls, cura de la parroquia dc
La voz del pueblo. [volume] (Santa Fe, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1889-192?, 1908-04-18

negra durante los 0ltimo5 CuaFenta
afios, y dijo que en- el dfa tenian asC-
guradas todas las garantias con ex-
cepci6n de algunos derechos polfticos.
"ustedes venn dijoel senador, "que
yo procure adherirne 4 mi teXt0 pee
ro euando menOs pienso pierdo mi re-
ligi6n al hablar 4 ustedes. La perdi
cuando supe de Ia carniCeria de At
lanta ha POGO tempo. Tambi6n la
perdt cuando supe del incidente de
Brownsville, YO no habria hecho re-
ferencia 4 esa desgmdada mancha 81
ustedes no hubieran insistidO en- clio.
Y la perdf hace solo unos dias cuando
LEI acerca de Ia acci6n de Ia c0nven.
ci6n republican, de Virginia tenida
en- Lynchburg, donde fueron ignora-
das las delegaciones de la raza de uste-
des. CreO que fue una acci0n ver-
gonzosa y no me importa qui6n 10 se-
pa. No deseo criticar 4 mi partido,
per0 81 CONDENO A AQUELLO5
QUE LO REPRESENTAN. La
Nut1ilbu uut st lCNuulO tll Ia NDtlNtll-
ci6n de Virginia sera llevada para su
determination ante la siguiente con-
venci0n nacional de Chicago. Ali
nos desengaharemos 81 el partido dc
Lincoln, de Grant y de Mckinley es,
o no, un partido de blancOs inmacuIa-
dos. 81 10 es, les aseguro ustedes
que pronto nabra nuevos partidos en-
el campo que sostengan los derecho.
de la humanidad. La religion Y Ia
| politica justa caminan mano con ma
non
Washington, D. G. Abrill ll-Hoy
| fu6 leida ante la camara de represen-
tantes una carta escrlta al representan-
| Rainey, dc Illinois, por Walter $.
Thomas, presidente de Ia Liga Africa
ma de Ohio, con cuartel de su c0mi.
sion central de estado en- Columbus,
Ohio. Mr. Thomas, renri6ndose
an discurso Pr0nunciado ante Ia "a.
mara en- repue-ta a otro de Mr.. Raiu-
ey, declara que los negrCs de- Ohio
'rehusan Sci arreadOs a las urnas
La voz del pueblo. [volume] (Santa Fe, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1889-192?, 1908-04-18
Mas PaCifiCaCiGneS en- Las Fill.
pinaS.

Manila, AbriI 15.-Un despacho
priyado, que aun no ha sido eonhr,
mado ofcialmante, da cuenta de un
encuentro entire tropas regulares y
constabuIarios y los bandidos Moros,
ocurrido cerca de LinaO, poblaci6n de
la isla de Mindanao. Sc reporta que
dos miembros de las fuerzas de cons
tabularios fueron muertos y tres SOL
dados heridos en- ell comSate. Una
c0lumna consistente de un battalion
del l0mo. de Infanterfay y una compa-
MIA de constabularios al mando del
Coronel Davis han andado en- segui-
miento de una pacota de bandidos y
Sc infere que los alcanzaron siguien-
dose el encuentrO.
La voz del pueblo. [volume] (Santa Fe, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1889-192?, 1908-04-18
La ley de PenSiOneS de VludaS
PaSa en- Ambas CamaraS.

Washington, Abril l6-La CANA
ra de representatives ha adoptado el
informe de la conferencia sobre el
proyecto especial que aumenta las
pensi0nes de las viudas de los solda-
dos y marineros, El intorme contie-
ne la prescription adoptada por Ia ca-
mara en- el proyecto original conce.
diendo el aumento de pension 4 todas
las viudas de soldados hasta Ia fecha.
Tambi6n el senado adopt6 el informe
de Ia conferencia y el proyecto esta
ahora listo para recibir la sanction del
presidente.
La voz del pueblo. [volume] (Santa Fe, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1889-192?, 1908-04-18
DECISION IMPoRTANTE.

Es importante que usted Sc decida
& tomar solo la Mel y Brea de Foley
cuando Sc yea atacado de tos Q res.
frfo, pues cura los casos mas obstina-
dos de tos reseca y arrolas selresfrfo del
slstema. La Miel Y Brea de Foley
no contiene drogas perjudiciales. In
sista usted en- obtenerla.
De venta por O. G.. Schaefer V La
Cruz Roja. I'm.
La voz del pueblo. [volume] (Santa Fe, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1889-192?, 1908-04-18

Kansas City, Kansas. Fl coro de la
iglesia cantara mahana 10 bonita misa
de Weigand que Sc ha estado preparan-
do bajo la direction del Padre Pablo.
El Padre Monasterio regresard q
San Antonio, Texas, lugar de su mi
sion, el lunes, 4 donde lie acompafa-
ran, la gratitud y buenos deseos deto-
dos los buenos vecinos de Las Vegas.
La voz del pueblo. [volume] (Santa Fe, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1889-192?, 1908-04-18
gg Illsls1'9sia
JESUS.

W. viejo paganismo dirigia
G~ Mirada ansiOsa al porvenir distante
Cuando JESUS aurora fulgumnte,
En- la noche del mundo amanecfa.
Amaba el infortonio. Senutria
De paz de verdad con f6 gigante,
Y por los montes de Judea errante,
Nueva luz en- las almas encendia.
Humilla al poderoso, al altanero,
Siembra la carload en- su camiuo,
Abre su coraz6n al pordiosoro
La vfctma expiatoria del destino,
Y mas grande que Socrates severe,
EXpira bendiCiendo a su asesinol
LEOPOLD0 Ola
La voz del pueblo. [volume] (Santa Fe, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1889-192?, 1908-04-18

Ropa para hombres q preclos ex-
traordinariamente hajos. Todos los
vestdos de prinavera estan inclui-
djs en- los lotes e'poclales, +. Ro-
ssnwal Q Hiio,
La voz del pueblo. [volume] (Santa Fe, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1889-192?, 1908-04-18
TrajeS completes para
NINOS Y NINAS
DE PRIMERA COMMUNION.

Este dchoso da presto egara para que todOs leven
los msmos traes hemos preparado con tempo quita-
remos la moesta las seoras If tenda por tenda para
poder competar estos aes ha pasado otros amos
La voz del pueblo. [volume] (Santa Fe, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1889-192?, 1908-04-18
CI2ISTO.

g. u vida fu6 un re6mpago. Su historic
~ Grabada en- el martirio de su suerte,
Sc derram0 en- la sangre de su muerte
Para llenar al mundo de su gloria.
A travGs de los sglos su memoria
Gufa la humanidad, que osada fuerte
Lucha como El, que triunfador inerte
Sobre la cruz clavaba la victoria.
Apostol de la fe noble y severe,
Mas grande en- su immortal fllosofia
Que Socrates famoso y justlciero,
La libertad su genio iuminaba
Cuando al hombre del hombre redimia
Y la augusta verdad le reyeIaba.
DIEGO FERNANDEZ ESpIN(
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-06
Ice Explosions In Siberia.

A Siberian traveler. relates: SAT Sa
donsk in the intensely cold nights the
silence was sometimes broken by a
loud report as of a cannon. This was
the bursting of one of the ice bubbles
in the river, phenomenon l had nei-
Their heard nor re;fd of before. The
streams coming down from the hills
were frozen on the surface some six to
nine inches thick The water beneath
flowed faster than 1t could escape, and
the pressure, on the principle Of a
hydraulic press, became irresistible.
First the elasticity of the Ice was seen
by the rising of circular mounds from
six to eight feet in diameter and from
four or FIVE feet hlgh. The bursting
point came at last with report like
an explosion. The water escaped, but
soon froze again have seen scores of
these ice hillocks in few versts of the
river"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-06
HANG in Your Watch.

The question whether 1t is better to
wind watch at night or in the morn
ing was discussed at meeting of the
British Watch and Clock Makers guild
The London Express took up the sub
ject and obtained the views OF George
Russell. an expert on tlmepieces. "Giv-
en- good watch. 1t does not matter In
the least whether you wind 1t at night
or in the morning" he told the reporter
But watch never keeps the same
time when the position is constantly
altered. Watches which are sent to
Kew and which are tested In several
positions rarely keep the same time.
The moral to be drawn, therefore, is
keep your watch as much as possible
in the position In which you wear it
during the day. In other words. hang
your watch up at night"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-06
WORSE THAN KISSING.
Stone Throwing Vas a Habit In The
alters Of Ancient Greece.


Getting the bird. writes a CORE
spendent. need not always prove a
source of woe to the unfortunate actor,
for there are still some nations that
express their applause by kissing. The
Basutos, for instance, and the natives
of the New Hebrides employ this meth
cd of expressing their admiration.
Even among ourselves any Interrupt
ton of the actor who grips our atten-
ton Is queled with the kissing "Hushy'
which Is intended to silence the inter-
rupter and show our admiration for the
Interrupted.
On the whole. authors and actors of
today have reason to congratulate
themselves upon the disuse of many Of
the ancient Greek methods of Showing
dissatisfaction in the theater. The
worst that playwright must reckon
with now is an ironical cry of "Au-
thor" followed by boolng demon
stration. But 1t is on record that the
Athenian audience at least once forci-
bly, elected an unsuccessful comic poet
from the theater. The pelting of bad
actors With vegetables and questiona-
BILE eggs Is rare now even in the re-
hottest provinces. But the Athenians
did not draw the line at figs and olives
as missiles. Aeschincs was said nearly
to have been stoned to death during
his stage career. and there Is story
Of second rate musician who Dor
rowed a quantity Of stone from a
friend to build a house with. promising
to repay the loan with the stones col
Iected at his next performance.-Lon-
don Chronicle
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-06
Marriaoe hNs Halter.

Among ignorant people of English
birth it was once the belief that wife
bought with money or goods was legal
.ly married If the purchaser led her all
the way home by a halter.
Mr. Barring Gould. the English anti
quarian. told of a village poet known
to him who bought wife for half
crown and led her twelve miles to his
cottage. The squire and the rector pro-
tested to. the village poet that he was
not legally welded.
"Why, yes, be-" he replied. "I'll
take my Bible oath never once took
the halter off till she'd crossed the
doorsill and the door was shut"
The latest instances of such wife
sales occurred in 1858 and 1859, when
women were sold In Little Horton and
in Dudley. In these cases a blue rib
bon took the place of the straw halter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-06
A STRANGE Test Of Manhood.

The ancient clan Macleod used to ex-
ercise strange test to prove the man.
hood of their chleftains. At Dunvegan
castle, island of Skye, there is preserved
the large horn known as Rory More's
horn" This capacious vessel holds
rather more than bottle and half of
liquor. According to the old custom,
every laird of Macleod was obliged on
his coming Of age to fill this horn with
claret and without once laying 1t down
to drain it to- the dregs. This was
taken as a proof of his manhood, and
he was then deemed a worthy sue
cessor to the lairds of the past.-Dun-
dee Advertiser.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-06
How is your Digestion 2

Mrs. Mary Bowling of No. 228
9th Ave. San Francisco, recon-
mends q remedy for stomach
trouble. She says: "Gratitute for
the wonderful effect of Electric
Bitters in case of acute indi
gestion, prompts this testimonial.
[ am fully convinced that for
stomach and liver troubles Electric
Bitters is the best remedy on the
market today" This great tonic
and Alternative medicine invigorates
the system, pnrifies the blood and
is especially helpful in all forms of
female weakness. Soc at Eli T.
Reynolds drug store.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-06
Seven Years of Proof

II have had seven years of proof
that DR.. Kings New Discovery is
the best medicine to take for coughs
and colds and for every diseased
condition of throat, chest or lungs"
says w. V. Henry, of Panama,
Mo. The world has had thirty.
eight years of proof that DR.. Kings
New Discovery is the best remedy
for coughs and colds, la grippe,
asthma, hay fever, bronchitis, hem
orrhage of the lungs, and the early
stages of consumption. Its timely
use always prevents the develop
ment of pneumonia. Sold under
guarantee at Eli T. Reynolds drug
store. SOC and $l.O0 Trial bottle
free.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-06
AN IC0NoCLAST.
His Views on Visiting the Birthplaces
of Great Men.

His Views on Visiting the Birthplaces
of Great Men.
If you like you may visit the house
where Longfellow was born, but l
have never myself done so. It seems
rather foolish to make pIgrimages to
the birthplaces of distinguished men.
You are certain to be disappointed.
There Is Shakespeare's--il least, it is
conjecturally his, a wretched, squalid
hole of a. garnet, which only makes
you sorry for the poet And there is
the birthplace of Robert Burns, trans
formed into peepsho~ of tawdry
"relics." What does it matter where
man was born? There is no particular
merit in being born. No one who Is
born has any choice In the matter. He
is Just born because he has to be. The
real thing to consider Is what he does
with himself after he has been born.
feel a reverential thrill when I enter
Sir Walter SCOTS noble book lined
study at Abbotsford and see every
thing just as 1t was when he was still
alive-his leathern chair and his desk, at
which he wrote each morning before
his guests were out of bed. But where
he was born is of no earthly conse-
qucnce. Shakespeare and Scott and
Burns and Longfellow must all have
looked alike when they were babies,
rather red and given to squalling and
doubtless smelling of sour milk. No;
Longfellow's birthplace will not Wis
1t. like to think that when he was
man he. too, walked on Congress street
wearing rather gorgeous waistcoats.
But to my mind Portland is not so
much an object of admiration because
Of Longfelow as Longfellow is to be
envied because he had the good luck
to be born In Portland.-Boo
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-06
FAIRIES OF CORNWALL.
superstitions That Still Live In This
Corner Of ENGLAND.


Cornwall, that corner of Britain that
has resisted modernism. made IL strong
appeal to the Imagination Of Katherine
Lee Bates, and she writes of it in her
"From Gretaa Green to Lands End"
In Cornwall, as in Ireland, the fairy
is still In possession and folk lore is
almost a religion. THE small people
have been gay and kindly neighbors,
sometimes whisking away a neglected
baby and returning the little mortal
all pink and clean. wrapped in leaves
and blossoms, as sweet as nut
These are the spirits of Druids or of
other early Cornwall folk who, as
heather, may not go to heaven, but are
too innocent for hell So they are suf-
fered to live on in their old happy
haunts, but ever dwindling and dwin-
ding. till it is to be feared that by and
by, what with all the children grow
ing stupid over school books and all
the poets writing realistic novels, the
small people will twinkle out of sight.
1.-THE spriggans, lurking about the
cairns and cromlechs. where they keep
guard over buried treasure. could bet
ter be spared. They are such thievish
and mischievous trolls. with such ex-
traordinary strength in their ugly bits
of bodies, it is more likely they are
the diminished ghosts of the old giants.
The piskies ere nearly as bad, as any
bewildered traveller who has been pis-
ky led into bog could testify. The
only sure protection against their
tricks is to wear your garments inside
out
"Many a Cornish farmer has found
a fine young horse all sweated and
spent in the morning. his name knotted
into fairy stirrups. showing plainly
how some score of the piskies had been
riding him overnight. And many a
Cornish miner. deep down in the earth,
has felt his hair rise OH his head as he
heard the tap, tap. tap of the knock
ers. souls of long imprisoned Jews
sent here by Roman emperors to work
the tin mines of Cornwall"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-06
HE WAS QUALIFIED.
The clersymah's Visitor Finally Got
What He Was After.

VVHde TIC was fNflSts
"In that crisis" said theatrical
manager, speaking of stage blunder
he had committed. Il made mistake
as queer mistake as one that was
made by friend of mine a clergy
man.
THE clergyman had advertised for a
butler, and the next morning after
breakfast well dressed, clean shaver
young man in black was ushered into
his study.
Name, pleaseT said the clergyman.
Hilary ArbGthnot, SIR
".Age?'
'Twenty-eight.'
"'What work have you been accus-
toned tor
"T am a lawyer, SIR
''The clergyman started. This was
odd. However, as he knew, many
were called in the law, few chosen.
But he said, do you understand
the conduct of householder
elm general way, yes murmured
the applicant.
scan you carver
ayes
"'Wash glass and silverT
'I-er-think So The young man
seemed embarrassed. He frowned and
blushed. Just then the clergyman's
wife entered.
".Are you married? was her first
question.
That said the young man.. was
what | called to see your husband
about, madam. desire to know If he
can make 1t convenient to ofliciate at
my wedding at noon next Thursday
week."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-06
sKYscRAPERs OF ROME.
Ancient Regulations Regarding the
Height of Buildings.

"T'he skyscraper is no modern inven-
tion,' says st. Louis architect we'll
read In the history of his profession.
"In all the ancient cities where brick
or stone was available high houses
within the walls Of the city were very
numerous because of the lack of ground
space for building.
''ln the days of Augustus the tene-
ment houses of Rome became so high
as to be dangerous. and laws were
passed condemning a number of tene-
ment rows and ordering them to be
taken down. while at the same time a
law was enacted limiting the height of
all future tenements to hundred feet.
Fer palaces and public buildings there
was no limit.
AFTER the burning of the city in
Nero's time the streets. which before
were no wider than our alleys, were
made broader Some of them through
the business part of the city were for
ty feet wide. and some of the great
thoroughfares were sixty.
''The tenement height was lowered to
eighty feet. and as n consequence the
city spread far beyond its walls. The
average height of a ceiling in Roman
tenement was little over five feet.
The windows were open holes in the
wall. stopped In cold weather with
board shutters So the worst modern
tenement is a palace compared with
the skyscraper home of the poor when
the empire was at its best."-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-06
Ere a Weddinos.

Fire is an essential in some wedding
celebrations. In Persia the service is
read in front of fire. In Nicaragua
the priest. taking the couple each by
the little finger. leads them to an apart
menf where a fire is lighted and there
instructs the bride In her duties, ex-
tinguishlng 1t by way of conclusion.
In Japan the woman kindles a torch,
and the bridegroom lights one from it,
the playthlngs of the wife being burnt
then and there.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-06
Where Were the cordon.7

An old woman of the name of Cor
don in the north of Scotland was lis
tenlng to the account given in Scrip
ture Of Solomon's glory. which was
read to her by little grandchild.
When the little girl came to tell of the
thousand camels which formed part
of the Jewish sovereign's live stock,
"Eh, lassie," cried the old woman, "a
thousand Campbells. say We? The
Campbells are an auld clan. sure
cneuch, but dinna We see the Gordons
tooY