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The Holly chieftain., 1908-02-21

The name of John Herzel of Fowler,
who. to save the family honor, has
turned over the savings of years to
the holders OF notes on which his
forged signature, as surety, was
placed by rascally son. is deserving
of respectful mention in these days
when 80 much that is dishonorable is
told Of men, says the indianapolis
Star. Mr.. Herzel's course Is something
more than one of common honesty.
The law did not compel him to make
this payment, but his own fine sense
Of rectitude and personal responsi.
bility did.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-02-21

Lhasa, formerly the mysterious for
hidden city, will, IL report be true, be
Joined to the rest of the world by tele-
graph, and there Is to be a Thibetan
newspaper There will be NO more
celestial calm for a people who must
learn to put a telegraph message into
ten words, and must read in the morn.
ing paper that there has been ter.
rible fire in Chen Lungs barn at East
Hankow.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-02-21

The records Of Yale vindicate the
simple life by showing that the rich
students are the poor scholars. The
amount of scholarship declines in pro.
portion to the sum Of luxury. There
is no getting over the stern natural
law that only favored few are gifted
with the character which is best de.
veloped by prosperity. College stats.
tics. emphatically urges the Baltimore
American. do not alter the tradition
that 1t is the poor boy, working his
way. who has had the most influence
in shaping the destinies OF the nation.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-02-21

Before investing in that gold mine
at hve cents share, guaranteed to go
to $1.10 before the first of next month
before biting OF a chunk Of this
good thing wait until Prof. Mccoy has
made q few more experiments. He
thinks he is about to transmute the
metals one into another. It might
be well to buy pile of scrap iron
and waiA
The Holly chieftain., 1908-02-21

A poor woman in New York. whose
clothes accidentally caught fire,
thought Of the danger to her little
children. and even as she herself was
living torch and In direst agony,
pushed them away and locked the
door to the room, that they might not
share her fate. And yet the Carnegie
commission finds it hard to discover
heroes.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-02-21

A California architect sees 100
story buildings ahead. When q man
takes the elevator for the top doubt
less he will bid his friends good-by
as II he were going to Europe. He
will have to take his lunch along un-
less the elevators are equipped with
private diners.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-02-21

Presidential elections in Switzerland
are not exciting. The federal as
sembly met the other day and elected
Ernest Brenner to the presidency for
the current year without SO much as a
preliminary torchlight procession. or
even q discussion of the Importance Of
publicity in the matter Of campaign
funds.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-02-21

A man in New York was sentenced
to jail and to pay q heavy fine for
contempt Of court. All are not SO pru-
dent as the famous Irish lawyer who,
when accused by an angry Judge of
contempt OF court. replied that he had
expressed none-on the contrary, he
had carefully concealed his feelings.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-02-21

In London massage by the blind IL
IN accepted and successful profession.
BONE doctors will employ NO others.
In Japan. until recently. none except
the blind were allowed to do massage.
and in Yokohama alone It 10 stated
that out Of 1000 masseurs earning .
livelihood 500 are blind.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-02-21

Nulai Hand. in taking up his cvtiea
~ sultan Of Morocco. promises to ig-
more the provisions of the Algeciras
convention. One or two European
povers will be likely to await with =
good deal OF interest and impatience
the results of the ignoring he may do.
Arizona republican., 1908-09-27
BISHOP KENDRIcK HoME-Bish-

BISHOP KENDRIcK HoME-Bish- op Kendricll has returned home and il is expected he will preach this morn ing in Trinity Episcopal church.
 ROsH HASHoNA-Rosh Hashona was observed generally yesterday by the Jewish people of the city. Re | ligious services Friday evening and yesterday morning in Melczer hall, were well attended.
 A IRRITABLE GREENHoUSE- Lovers of the beautiful in nature will enjoy dropping in at Hill's seed house opposite the postoffice. He is making Ia speciality Of potted plants, green house goods and decorative .greenery along with his seed business and just now has a fine display.
 FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.-Monroe street and Sec ond avenue. Sunday school, 9:45 a. m.; Mir. Lloyd B. Christy, superin- tendant. Epworth League devotional meeting, z a. m.; MT. F. w Reed president. The pastor, James Allen Geissinger, will preach at II a. m. and at 8 D. m. Professor Thomas Hughes of the Arizona School of Music will sing. Strangers welcome As this church desires to be of serv- ice to any tourists or temporary resi- dents of Phoenix who may attend it's meetings, cards have been placed in all the pews for the names and ad- dresses in case such people may wish to get acquainted with the church members, or if it is desired to have the pastor call.
 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Services today win De as follows: Sunday school, 9:45 a. m. The morn ing service will be a union service with the Baptist congregation in their church building at the corner of Third avenue and Monroe street. Rev Orville Coates will preach. Y. P s. c. F. prayer meeting at 6;30 D. m. Evening service in this church will be a union meeting. the con gregation from the Baptist church in this house at 7:3O with the congregation from this church The Rev. Coates will preach the ser mon. Please note the change in time of the evening services. both Chris tian Endeavor and regular service. ! All are cordially invited to attend these different meetings.
Arizona republican., 1908-09-27

New crop of pink beans just in. McKee's Cash Store.
Arizona republican., 1908-09-27

this city has not enjoyed before. Mir Johnson is the only shoemaker in Ari- zona who has such a complete estab- lishment and it is interesting to mere ly visit his shop even though one does not want work done.
 TRAPPEO-Walter Downey who for a year past has been employed in the Hotel Adams pharmacy went back to Kansas a short time ago on visit The Kansas people liked his looks so well after his residence in Arizona that they would not let him return but con- nived to sell him a drug store in To- peka and were successful n itheir plot ting He writes that he will not take charge of it until January 1st and in the meantime he is enjoying himself in Kansas City.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-26

upward or downward at the pitchers
bidding left the greatest. batters Of
the opposing team mere air-pushers.
They could not unravel the curves.
and Brooklyn won great game.
Then, unknown to the 1000 fans,
Bell collapsed In the dressing room
and wept like a baby when Manager
Patsy" Donovan patted him on the
shoulder and said: George. have a
bunch that the baby is going to live.
Go to it. We can't spare you. but
If your presence is. to save the child
every man in the team will be root
ing for you while you are on your way
to Knoxville"
Hastily dressing, Bell was rusAed
to the railroad station in time to
board train bearing him to the bed
side of his dying child in Pennsyl-
vania.
Three minutes before he was called
to play the game of his life. Bell re-
ceived the telegram announcing that
his child could not live "a hours. He
had primed himself for the great eff
fort against the Pittsburgs, had stud
led how to defeat their best twirlers
and was confident that nothing would
get away from him in the battle Of
bats and wits. The receipt Of the tele-
gram was blow to him.
Manager Donovan was loath to ex-
cuse Bell. knowing the pitcher could
win, and professional pride induced
the pitcher to "see the game out" An
other man would not have amounted
to 80 cents in the box. Donovan said
after the game, but he added: BELL
is different from other men. sin
cerely hope that his baby will get
we'll. We all hope so-every man In
the team"
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-26
Capt. BaIdwIn's Airshlp.

men fought from RATS. Later came
their crude canoes and then the
Vikings. Several hundred years
elapsed and big nations fought from
behind bulwarks on wooden ships. En-
forts were then made to put speed into
the sailing vessels. The discovery
Of the steam engine helped this.
Then came the eventual discarding of
wooden vessels. This was brought about
in America when the battle between
the Monitor and Merrimac was fought
and the fight In itself marked q step
in naval warfare. The Merrimac en-
bodied an idea up to that time un-
thought Of in Its armor Of steel rails
laid half foot or more thick on its
sides and top. No shells of that time
were found able to pierce this arrange
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-26
Drawing the Raging Seas They Res.
eued the Unconscious Sailors.

crew thought them drowned. The life-
savers saw the fishing smack which
he'd sighted the distressed yacht turn
about and put for the scene. Within
200 yards Of the sinking yacht the
captain of the strange sloop had to
luff because of the shallow water, and
three men Of his crew dropped along
side to the sloop's dory. These men
beat their way through the binding
spray and breakers to the yacht, to
find that her two occupants had given
up their struggle and lay unconscious.
They were taken by the smacksmen
to the lifeboat, now pulling toward
them, and wero delivered into Capt.
Thompson's care. The rush to get the
unconscious men to safety is ascribed
as the reason why no one discovered
the name Of the fishing smack or her
crew. She put back on her course as
soon as her charge was delivered and
has not been heard from since.
Arbe and Wyatt were taken to Bar
negat station and were worked over
all night. They recovered fitful con.
seriousness at dawn, and were able to
give their names and tell something of
the causes of the disaster.
The wreckage of the launch came
ashore next afternoon, when 1t was
discovered that her gasoline tank had
burst from the pummeling of the
waves, and it is believed that the
fumes from the gasoline are partly re.
sponsible for the long Inconsistencies
Of her lone occupants.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-26

given to the world. and by the exer-
ton Of bits of Imagination here and
there naval experts declare they fore
see one of the strongest navies which
ever kicked up spray in the Pacific.
Here's the way it's being done. this
being the oficial announcement given
out by the Japanese admiralty bu-
reau at Tokyo:
THE Japanese admiralty has de-
cided upon large scheme of rearma-
ment instead Of building new ships,
the ornaments of the old will be
altered 10 as to bring them into line
with the most modern ideas and with
the requirements indicated By the war
with Russia. Thus vessels Of the
Mikasa type which have hitherto car
ried four 12-inch guns and IA six-inch
will henceforth carry four ten-inch
instead Of II si1-inch, so that their
principal armament will be brought up
to eight pieces of heavy caliber. In
fact. their fighting strength will be
doubled. Similarly In the case Of ves-
sells like the Retvisan, taken during
the war, their new arament will con-
sist of four 12-inch and four ten-inch
pieces. the latter being substituted for
the IL six-inch which these vessels
originally carried.
when the programme is carried out
It will have the advantage Of creating
thoroughly homogeneous fighting
force.
"First-class cruisers are to be added
to the navy. These ships will have a
displacement of 1850 tons with a
horse power Of $4,000 and a speed Of
IS knots. They will be $50 feet long
over all with so feet beam and draft
of Is feet. Their armor will be seven
inches and their armament will con-
sist Of ten 12inch guns. some six
inch and ten 4.7-inch. One of these
ships II to be built at Kure."
Every year naval efficiency is
reaching = higher plane and experts
declare It to be physiological GER
tainty that . more powerful mode OF
warfare on the water must come. That
has been the trend Of events from
time memorial. One may 90 back into
history to the time when the Noese-
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-26

will recall the session Of parliament
which dealt with the last British
naval budget, the largest In the his
tory Of the nation. Emperor William
of Germany, it was reported at the
time. addressed personal communi-
cation to Lord Tweedmouth, who had
charge Of the naval end of England's
welfare. asking the latter to cut his
naval budget. This story was not de-
MED, but talk of 1t was SO avoided by
oficials that the British public to-day
believe that the letter actually was re-
ceived. 1t aroused criticism from all
Britain. 1t is said that the kaiser
realized that the two biggest nations
Of the old world must keep pace with
each other in this line, and perhaps
feeling that large expenditure by
Germany was not advisable, realized
that the only avenue Of exit from such
budget reduced.
President Roosevelt's feelings on the
matter were amply told in the record
of the last congress when he tried to
get that august body to appropriate
for four new warships. However, there
there were too many men Of peaceful
and public buildings inclinations
among the wearers Of the toga and
they dealt a solar plexus blow to the
project, from which it only half re
covered-to the extent Of two war
ships. Both of these vessels have
already been launched.
With Japan. the little terror Of the
far east, furnishing up its navy, the
probabilities are that the powers may
go even farther next year in expendi
lures for warships. and the only block
to the great amount expended seems
to be the devising of some new mode
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-26
Twins Love Tragedy,

Vienna.-A romantic love tragedy
Is reported from Edlitz, Austria. A
pair of twin sisters, Maria and Anne
Grabner. who had been deaf and dumb
from birth, committed suicide be-
cause they both loved the same man.
The young man in question at first ap-
peared equally devoted to both of the
sisters. but few days ago he called
on their father and asked for the hand
Of one Of them. The girls, who were
deeply attached to one another, could
not bear the thought of one Of them
being sacrificed, and they settled the
question by taking poison. They were
found dead locked In each others
arms. and beside them lay letter to
the dancs explaining why they had
daed.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-26
cAURcH.srEp POKER coNoonGD.
Pastor Lays Blame for Boys Gard
Playing on Precedent Of Adults.

Pittsburg. Pa.-Rev. DR.. c. L. q.
Cartwright of the First Methodist Epis.
copal church. Braddock. took for his text
Playing Cards on Church Steps" He
said he discovered d number Of boys
playing poker on the steps for Gig.
arettes. His first impulse was to or
der the boys away. but he recon
sidered
why should they not play on the
steps Of the church," he inquired, sar.
castically. Some members Of our
churches play cards in their homes. on
trains. and at summer hotels. They
play for prizes, books, cut glass,
hair combs and vases.
Why should not those innocent
boys play for cigarettes? They like
the smoke better than the women like
the vases. The boys parents probably
play cards, and it is likely they play
at religion, as WELL"
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-26
BRAVE DECO IS
ITS OWN REWARD
SAILORS MAKE HEROIC RESCUE
AND DEPART WITHOUT
LEAVING NAMES.
SAVED TWO FROM ANGRY SEA
PIaudIts Of the Courage Of the Men
Ring Along the Eastern Coast,
Where Mariners Are Used
to Danger.

Atlantic City, N. 1.-THE crew of a
fishing smack, whose captain drove
Into the turbulent breakers which were
flashing the yacht Rena to wreckage
and brought Walter Arbe and James
Wyatt, of Seaside Park. to the life
boat, which was lunging to the res
cue, turned back on their course after
the singular heroism without even
leaving their names. Plaudits of the
courage of the men In the smack rang
along the coast, and the coast mari
ners said that seldom had finer heroism
been displayed In facing the treacher-
GUS shoals Of Barnegat bay, though in
the government reports the meager
information of the rescuers is simply
"the crew of an unknown fishing
sloop."
Wyatt and Arbe were trolling for
bluefish in one OF the toughest seas
which the Barnegat bay has had for
years, and In their effort to land a
catch ran their slender craft close in
to the shadows.
A comber struck the listing yacht,
set her on end, and grounded the
launch keel. A second breaker half
capsized her and filled her with water
to her gunwalea
The fight which began then lasted
till both ATbe and Wyatt were faint
with exhaustion and could barely sue
coed In attracting the notice Of Capt
c. B. Thompson, in charge of the Bar
negat station.
Capt. Thompson collected volun-
teer crew. launched his boat and drove
into the breakers. Their gigantic force
threw him back to the surf. Again and
again he set out, and finally the craft
breasted the foaming breakers.
Meanwhile the two men on the Rena
bad gone into their cabin, and the life
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-26

Of warfare which will render warships
useless.
OF course every country maintains
a land force, but all realize that the
best move against an oncoming enemy
is to beat them to the battlefield, and
as consequence, the usual approach
being water, the navies of the world
are strengthened to their top-most
point. Russia has not yet recovered
from its set-to with the mikado's sub
jects. but the scrap left the Japs with
q few more battle-ships and q splendid
plan for Strengthening their navy
without expending great sums Of
money and contracting new loans.
Going farther into the probabilities
Of the new style Of warfare which
seems imminent. we may have battles
of the ara very dangerous mode of
scrapping to the uninterested specta-
tor below. Probably that would be tho
deadliest sort of combat known, for in
sinking" an airship every man aboard
would undoubtedly be killed by lard
compact with mother earth.
Then, on the other hand, perhaps
there will be no future wars, at least
among the large and civilized powers.
OF course the barbarians will break
out occasionally, but among the bigger
nations there are now SO many peace
bodies that one has to walk about
carefully in order not to encounter
doves of peace, minus feathers. There
are dozens of International peace and
arbitration societies whose one theme
is don't shoot" and these hold ses-
sions annually. 1t is said that they
really cement relations between coun-
tries and the time may come when
they will become so numerous that con-
fiict will be impossible without staying
brothers. The Hague tribunal ia an
other medium of the big powers, al
ways ready to decide little disputes
which threaten to develop into Inter
national complications"
As a consequence 1t looks dark for
the dogs of war and Just as inky for
the men of peace. who would keep the
CANNES tied. But come what will,
within a generation or two the world
IL to be gives some new fighting force
which will astound the nations, not in
on the secret, to such an extent that
there will either be an entire cessa-
tion of all hostilities or some two will
get together and one will be made
such q beautiful example of that the
watching nations will decide that Gen.
Sherman was right about war.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-26

APAN il doubling Its tight
ing strength on water.
The eyes Of the whole
world are on the ORR
entail kingdom, for the
Japanese admiralty has
started n decided inn0-
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-26

was the Inventor of the biggest move
towards high standard of efficiency
when he perfected the revolving.
avmored turret.
What this invention will be one can
only guess and most of to-day's guesses
are poor. From present Indications,
however, the airship Is to be factor,
and when the inventor turns out an
aeroplane which can carry mnn and
shells in SUFFICIENT quantity to do real
damage, then our impressive battle
ships will be melted into steel rails.
Each year the powers are putting
more money into their marine tight
ing apparatus. and Germany and Eng
land, more especially. are eying each
others naval budget in an anxious
matter. Most readers Of foreign news
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-26
Killed in sIah. 0, Audl.ne..

Erie, Pa.-William e. Mum, stage
manager at the Vaudeville theater. at
Four-Mile creek. was killed by an
electric shock as the result Of touch
ing q defective current wife in .
switchboard during the fourth act Of
the performance. He was Watching
the act while working the switch
board. The tragedy was witnessed By
several hundred people, who were
seated In the theater. Mum fell head
long upon the stage in full view Of the
audience.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-26
RUSHED FROM FIELD
TO HIS DYING CHILD
PITCHER STIRRED FANS TO IN.
rHJsiAsM, THOUGH HIS
HEART WAS ACHING.

New York.-George Bells baby was
dying when he pitched in the remark
able game which netted Brooklyn .
victory over Pittsburg. shutting out
the latter team to DIN the pres
ence Of 1000 baseball fans. Not one
among the 1000 who applauded the
work of the pitcher knew the fear
that was burdening the heart Of the
man In the box.
Never before had Brooklyn's twirl-
er demonstrated such ability. He
was master of the ball. 1t did his bid
ding to the slightest curve. 1t magical
ly approached the plate. then moving
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-26
Pet Cats Bite Cause. n,br.,.

New York.-Mrs. J. C. Trumbull of
Baldwin, L. l., succumbed to rabies.
which developed from a cat bite re-
ceived three months previously. For
eight hours before her death Mrs.
Trumbull endured the fearful agoniss
Of the last stages of the disease. The
cat which caused Mrs. Trumbull'6
death was pet. While she was play,
ing with It 1t suddenly turned on her
a1d saAk it, teeth Into her Ao0a.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-26

ment. But the Monitor came along
with its revolving turret, ironclad. and,
northerners say, bested the Merri-
mac. Right In that battle were two
steps in naval progress. and Capt.
Ericsson. whose family tree dates
back to the times of the Norseman,
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-26

walton In accomplishing that purpose.
An almost unbelievable amount Of
cash is not expended In this move
ment. but the Russian vessels. cap
tured in the Russo-Japanese war, are
being re-equipped. re-armored. more
guns are being installed and the gen.
eral appearance and strength of the
entire navy. including the craft which
were under the mikado's Jurisdiction
before the war. is being heightened.
Into Japan's plans are being thrown
the most modern OF ideas and every
possible weakness. noted in the recent
war, Is being banished in the strength
ening process. Since the recent in
stallation Of new Japanese cabinet. q
part announcement Of plans has been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-16

| one man. who wag looking at the three
girls. say to his companion:
"I've been watching sights like this
every day and yeyesNSwhere for over TWO
conviction that the American woman
doesn't know how to walk.
II was a sweeping criticism. But, hon
est. isn't 1t halfway true:
Three little children Of the poor were
sitting on curbstone. talking over the
good time they had had on some free
excursion. The two boys had discussed
the wild animals they had seen as the
cars flashed by. Cows munching grass.
horses prancing in the neids ana wnoie
string of spotted little pigs squealing
after their razor-back mamma.
Then the little girls time came to bub-
b,e over the flowers that were growing
nil over everywhere, without belonging
tn nobody. -. M,
are and with a foreign burr OH his tongue.
aiso had an active memory for the
III hadn't not been in that car l
would pick them things an sell EN- Tor
r.. cents q bunch--an make me the
you'd ouehter give 'em away. There
was such a plenty" suggested the other
boy. whose eyes were good-natured
blue. :; A., u..,.
o;ri who was mostly bone. with eyes
th,t were too big ''They looked satters-
fled out there all to thelrselves-like they
was alive an liked It,.
And II lis a sure thing that one day in
washington there will be a rich man. and
generous man and woman with
soul. -, 49,
hlack Are and a foreign burr on his
tongue.