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Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08
Did Duty in Face of Death

turret Of my flgship, the Kentucky,
watching the firing Of her 13-inch guns
at target practice in Manila bay. Many
shots had been fired, when suddenly
as one Of the guns was discharged a
sheet Of fame shot up through an
opening in the top Of the turret. This
was SO unusual that | ordered the fir.
ing to a until | could ascertain the
cause Of it. The officers and men all
wished to go on with the firing, not
realizing that they were in any dan.
ger, though some Of the men in the
turret were slightly burned about the
body and had their hair singed.
OF curse our experience in Manila
bay was fully reported to the navy de.
partment and the chief of ordnance
took steps at once to put proper gas
electors on the guns which would act
automatically when the breech was
opened. From that day to this there
has been a steady improvement in the
fitting and working Of this device and
| feel confident that II it is properly
and carefully used there will never be
another bareback.
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WHO WILL HEAD SALVATION
ARMY WHEN HE HAS COMET
Members Of Organization Al Over
World Prepare to Celebrate
Elehtleth Birthday of the
Leader, April 10.

As the eightieth birthday Of Gen
William Booth, the aged founder oil
the famous organization Of the Saliva
ton Army, the membership through
out the world is preparing for its cele'
bration, April 10. and as they are thus
busy they are wondering II the cele'
bration this year will mark the last
birthday they will be permitted to
thus remember while their venerable
leader Is in the flesh, and II he passes
away who his successor will be. In
London it has been arranged that
several monster meetings will be held
during the week In which April 10
falls, and at a number of these the
general himself will Ireside. As II
might be the last occasion on which
many OF his followers will have the
opportunity of seeing the general in
his old-time role OF leader, addressing
his own flock" these meetings will
attract Salvationists from all over Eu-
rope, and 1t is expected that eve the
Army jubilee celebrations OF a few
years ago will be surpassed. As the
separate Army organizations in the
25 different countries where Salvation
ism is definitely established number
S,35S, and comprise more than 10000
officers, this celebration will be an in
ternational one in every sense Of the
word.
Owing to the fact that the general
was recently operated upon for cata-
,ract, it was supposed that he would
not have sufficiently recovered to at
tend these exhausting functions in
connections with his birthday. But,
despite his infirmities and years, the
aged leader still possesses an immense
fund Of vitality, and exercises his con
troll over every detail Of Army organi-
cation almost as vigorously as ever.
He has announced his belief that he
will yet live to be $50; and certainly
personal contact with him does not
belle the possibility.
The writer recently visited Gen.
Booth at his home, Rookstone, at Had
ley Wood. on the outskirts of London,
and found him overwhelmed in bust,
ness, debating letters and orders to
his commanding officers, and scarcely
permitting himself a moments rest.
This was only a few days after his
operation,
He lives in a commodious, but plain
ly furnished home, of the country
mansion type. Everything about the
place bespeaks simplicity combined
with a somewhat rude comfort. The
general, when working, occupies a
large back room on the ground floor,
with bay windows overlooking a sweep
OF green lawn, Despite his years his
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vaded the Mooney yard and heroically
marched past the bristling dog, with
out so much as a scratch. On the
return trip he too attempted to excite
the animal.
Watts de matter NIT you?" he Kissed
as he passed him out on the front
lawn. You measly, mot eaten NUT,
amt you got de sand to bite a feller?'
But it wasn't any use-the dog was
cowed by such an exhibition of nerve.
And so on through the day the heroes
of the Pack Peddlers' union came and
went with quaking hearts and indomit-
able wills, each offering himself with
out success as a bone to a hungry
but discriminating dog.
That evening an Indignation meet
ing was held at headquarters and
Israel Brodski CHANGED to be present.
Say, how bout dot dog you said bit
you oud in Msssdalei" said Janowitz.
Il don't belief he efer bit you at ALL"
Eyes he did" protested Brodski. 81
kin show you de marks"
Anyhow, continued Janowitz, 81
walked right past him to-day an he
nefer bit me-"
And SO in turn each Of the peddlers
who had braved the Mooney dog with
out results recited thsir experiences.
"oh, dots easy to egsplain," said
Brodski. you fellers vas so anxious
you a brafe. You ort to hat run"
Copyright, 1903, by w. G. chapman.)
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

day. he frequently converts his bed.
room into a workshop. He has always
suffered from insomnia and when not
able to sleep. gets up in the night and
works away at anything which has
been occupying his attention in the
daytime.
The question of Gen. Booths success.
o is a very important one. As a mat.
ter Of fact, there is just a possibility
that there may be no %ccess at all.
No man can take the generals place
and hold the people as he has done,
and many persons who know the in.
ner workings Of the Army consider
that 1t would be better to run things
after the generals death by a coun.
Gil. Already a council of ten c~onsults
with the general over all important
matters. but of course the generals
decision is final.
To-day the general lives what might
be called in all strictness "the simple
life" while his son, Bramwell, has his
nose to the grindstone all the time.
They lever go to theaters or enjoy
any form of worldly amusement; they
are abstemious in their habits and life.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

The spirit of the religious teacher
who was against letting the devil have
all the good tunes animates a Chicago
minister, who has arranged for a NOV.
ing picture show as a regular attrac.
ton at his church, and has already
given his first entertainment. His
expectation is to attract children
and innocent young women who have
been lured by nickel exhibitions that
are demoralizing and degrading, of
which there are many in Chicago. His
idea, explains the Milwaukee Evening
Wisconsin, is to provide music and
moving pictures and all the decent fun
that can be found in a nickel theater,"
picking out for illustration stories en-
t%ertaining to the young, and removing
the temptation to go to bad shows by
Offering a good show which they will
like just as well and which 1t will be
better for them to attend. This clerical
%innoyator is Rev. Hugh T. Kerr Of the
Fullerton Avenue Presbyterian church,
and the probability is that the exam.
pie which he has set in this matter
viii be widely followed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

green But he did not falter even when
the dog was at his heels and growing
om!nously. Every moment he ex-
pected the brute's fangs to sink in his
flesh, and with fear in his soul he in.
vited the attack.
Presently he found himself at the
kitchen door without having suffered
the desired l~aceratIon. With the hope
of at least making a trade, he method
cally offered his wares to the red.
headed girl who presented herself at
the kitchen door in response to his
knock. He was not received kindly.
cit out, wild ye!" said the maid.
"Begonei" and unceremoniously
slammed the door In Janowitz' face.
Sadly he retraced his steps around
the house and found the dog stu in the
front yard. Hope returned-he might
yet induce the brute to bite him. But
the animal paid no further attention
to him, even though he clinked his
tinware and covertly kicked out his
left foot at him. Even a dog will re-
speet moral courage!
And this was the first disappoint.
ment.
The next came at 11:17 when Ep-
stein, another member Of the union
and a seller of pins and needles, in.
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had put absorbent cotton in their ears
when they saw him and his harp feel
ing their way down the boulevard,
rose and declared Homer had been
born and raised in everyone of them.
All of which teaches us that II eve
like Homer, any of US school teachers
are compelled through hunger to take
to the open road and seek the festive
hand-out. using music, skunk-like, as
a means OF extortion and defense, los
ing u eye-sight hunting for a true
friend and a place to sleep, and should
happen to make a hit with our writ
ings, We would die as soon as posi-
Bile in order that we might have nu.
merous homes and birth.places and
only" friends who had, individually,
given us our start In life.S
For many, many people who have a
natural disinclination to help the
struggler are star braggarts after the
struggler has made good and is too
dead to rise and tell what liars the
braggarts are.
Ever notice it,
While there is no authentic record
Of his domestic life, the seriousness of
Prof. Homer's writings would indicate
that he had a large family of daagh.
tiers.
Copyright, 1909. by W. G. Chapman.)
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08
The Attractlun TIA.

Charles NJ. schwab, at a d,n,er t.
New York, denied the claim of Lon
don Truth that in the MARRIAGE M.
Ket american men were at a discount
1T Is true" said Mr.. schwab "tba,
a'good many of our h~elresses MAJ
foreigners; but they don't marry tbon,
as men, they marry them as titles
to me: '"uy a !
a pity sallie Bangs, the osb.
kosh heiress, doesn't find ont tbo trnr
character of that wicked Prince Cha~
pignon she's gone and got ~
sally used to read a man like : 70,
Maybe said !, she's satisfied IN
tnis case to real only the titleI" ~
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

my pack, bite or no bite. Besides II
| had got away mitout bein' chewed, II
would hat been schust de same as
vone hundred dollars oud," and he lit
a big cigar with a gold band around
it as broad as the diamond ring on
Banker Goldstein's finger.
The next day at a quarter past nine,
Janowitz. M of the wise ones, might
have been seen with his pack of tin
on his back patiently plodding
along the streets of Mossdale. With
an intuitive of locality, aided by
sundry inquiries, he was making d.
rectly for the Mooney mansion.
In due time he arrived at his destina-
ton, and having noisily slammed the
gate after him, started bravely up the
walk to the house. And then a dog
came from somewhere and made for
him. He was a fierce looking cur and
Janowitz had heard that he was dan.
gerous. At the terrifying vision his
heart sank to the lowest depths, and
his complexion faded to a pale pea
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08
Fine Tribute to Goodness and Heroism
in Danger and Death.

When the powder began TO blaze in
the handling room of the Missouri, two
gunners' mates, NJ. Momssen and c. S.
Schepke, who we're in the magazine, at
the imminent risk Of their lives, pre-
vented the flames from reaching the
powder there, says Rear-Admiral Rob
ley ID. Evans in Hampton's magazine.
This heroic disregard for their own
safety was the miracle that saved the
ship. Why not call it by its proper
name? 1t was the prompt action OF
brave, cool-headed sailor men in blue
shirts that saved the ship, and If they
were miracles then the navy, ! am
proud TO say. is full of miracles. Those
miracle workers walk about the decks
Of our ships by the hundred.
The first ever knew of a bareback
came about in this way-and | believe
this was the first one ever seen and
recognized as a danger in our navy.
I was standing over the after 13-inch
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08
Merry Moments
With Hurnorists
The Umbrella Chase
BY Norman II. croweII.

Connolly, the butcher, and his FRIEND
Pelton, the drug man. we're in from ;
country town to see the capitol. Be
ing wise. and dressed In their best
they carried umbrellas.
The street car stopped in front Of
the imposing terrace and the men got
out. Just as the a started Connolly
became aware that he had left his
umbrella in 1t.
Waltz / forgot my umbrella.
can catch the car at the mex stop!'
remarked Connolly, hurriedly, and
darted away.
Several long FIVE minutes went by
and Pelton rose to his feet. He close
ly scanned the immediate vicinity,
half-suspecting that Connolly had
sneaked back and was lurking be.
hind some nearby refuge.
Far up the street to his left, on an
intersecting track, a car was rapidly
approaching. In a moment 1t came to
a noisy standstill directly before him.
Pelton was gazing at It disinterestedly
when his heart suddenly leaped to his
throat.
1t was the identical car the UNI
brella had been left in!
A quick glance at the open third
window from the front revealed the
surprising fact that Connelly's umbrel-
la was still standing where he had left
1t. And Connolly was not in sight.
Aware Of the urgency Of the case,
Pelton stepped briskly to the window
and was about to grasp the umbrella
when he observed that the seat had
been taken by a lady. Tipping his hat
he asked, politely:
Madam, will you kindly hand me
umbrella? l left it by accident"
YOUR umbrella" she returned,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08
BOOTHS SUCCESSOR

figure is erect. and he gives the I'M
preston of being over six feet In
height. When in his study he works
in a great. acknowledging dressing
gown of thick. saffroncolored ma
terlal, and this garment also tends to
add to the impression Of height
Being accustomed to domineer over
and dictate to every one with whom
he comes in contact, the generals
amer Is anything but pleasant;
though when sitting for his picture be
fore the camera he is an ideal subject
so far as immobllity is concerned The
general is such a tremendous worker
that he seems to regard any time as
lost which is not spent In attending to
AFFAIRS OF the Army, He usually man
ages to keep two or three secretaries
busy most Of the time. Not satisfied
with working his full ten hours per
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08
His practical minu.

A border farmer. whose practical
mind scared above a taste for things
beautiful, had the good or bad fortune
to marry a vote who brought with her
a wooden substitute for n Of her
neither limbs, says London Tit-Blts. On
being demonstrated with on the exer-
els eof his choice. John thus answered:
"Hech, sir, it's maybe no a vera
bonnie thing to marry a woman wi a
wooden leg; buA man. she'll be awful
usefu' at settln' time, when I'm putin
doom my cabbages, neeps and tatties.
She can gang on In front an max a
hole wi her stump. while / come ahint
n put in the seed"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08
City May Have Forester.

Chicago may soon have a forester
to look after the planting and care Of
trees in the city streets. A citizens
committee has taken the matter up
and is planning to ask the legislature
to authorize such an official. At a
meeting Of the committee 1t was urged
that special assessments to defray the
expenses of tree planting would not
work a hardship on any property hold.
er. The system in vogue in New
Jersey and other states was reviewed,
and 1t was shown that the cost OF
planting trees 40 feet apart in every
city street would be approximately
$3.50 a year for each lot of Is feet
front.
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The Faddlst in the sehOOlroom.

NNN aAGtAA w we 0CNOOtTOOms
Thus far we have been told not to
NEEDLE with the course of study. We,
the laymen, must keep our hands on
and let the professional educator ar
range the schedules, And as a result
every fad and fancy has been given a
place. until the printed course Of study
resembles the menu ard of a metro
politan restaurant Modernly, every
teacher has become a psychologist. and
the beautiful science Of child study
has been wounded and torn by thou.
sands OF clumsy, awkward amateurs.
whose addenda TO this course" Of
study make the schools ridiculous TO
earnest, sensible men, says S. P. orth,
In the Atlantic, or course it is all
dealt out in homeopathic doses. There
are pellets OF anatomy and physiology,
OF painting and sculpture, Of psycholo-
gy and philosophy, Of some arithmetic
and some grammar. And all the pellets
are s~uear-coated, for the whole peda,
gogical theory seems to command that
the teacher make all these things easy
for the pupil. So we have all kinds of
patent devices for making the chlld's
pathway n OF velvet There are won
derful new textbooks that have all the
lessons analysed and classified, leav.
Ing very little for exertion. There are
charts, m%ulti-colored. that simplify the
lessons, and pictures and cabinets that
illustrate the charts. Everything is
put into the pupils hands, Genuine
effort seems to be discouraged.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

tic pedestrian turned the corner two
blocks above and came down the cal
track at a rapid pace, II was Connel
ly! He saw the car and hope SCARED
anew in his breast-as Il had done al
least Ave times previously.
FELTON,, grasping the situation clear
ly, deity concealed himself behind the
bronze figure and waited. Connolly
approached with as much labor as
speed. rushed to the third window
from the front and looked in. Ali
Il was there. He thrust In an eager
hand and clutched the umbrella.
But something held It. Connolly
looked up inquiringly and found an
indignant lady confronting him.
What are you trying to do?" she
demanded. shrilly.
Get my UMBRELLA left II In there
a while ago." said Connolly. between
puffs.
That's the second time that's been
tried, mister. This is not your UNI
brella!" said the lady, with great firm
ness.
Not my umbrella" calculated the
amazed Connolly.
Certainly motif belongs to mel"
Slowly Connelly's fingers relaxed
their grip, He glanced aimlessly
around, as If seeking mental aid and
consolation. On the greensward at
the foot of a bronze statue his eye
fell on a wrlthing form. Connelly's
jaw dropped. 1t was Pelton! There
was an umbrella in each of Pelton's
hands!
Just then the car started, leaving
Connolly earnestly cogitating as to
what brand Of idiot his friend had be-
come. A minute later he was ex-
hibiting marked traces Of a similar
brand of i~dlocy-but the umbrella
chase had ended and he could afford
to laugh.
Copyright, 1909. By w. G. Chapman1
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08
Brodskii's Luck
BY Peter Newell.

There was great excitement at the
headquarters Of the Pack Peddlers'
union. Israel Brodski in the peaceful
pursuit of his vocation of selling
matches had been bitten by a vicious
dog. Not that the infiction of such
wounds upon the members Of the
union was such an uncommon occur
ence, but in this instance the unfor-
tunate-or shall l say fortunate vic
tim had been able through a process
of law to collect a hundred dollars
damages as a salve to his wounds,
physical and mental.
Then Brodski, full OF his subject,
added some details. "Yust so soon as
! see dot dog comm at me, knowed
he a de bitin' kind, en- dots Wy |
run. II hadn't had my pack | could
hat got outside de gate before de dog
ketcned me, but | wasn't goin' to leave
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

taking Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to g what 1t would do,
and 1 am restored to my natural
health. Mrs. ETA DONOVAN, Box
200, Willimantic, Conn
The success of Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, madefrom roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. IL may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, infam-
nation, liberation, fibroid tumors, ir-
regularities, periodic pains, backache,
bearing-down feeling, fiatulency, indi.
gestion, dizziness, or nervous prostra-
ton.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
suffering women owe 1t to themselves
to at least give this medicine a trial.
Proof is abundant that it has cured
thousands of others, and why should it
not cure your
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08


Boston is not feeling as CHEEKY as IT
did a week ago. What has happened?
oh, nothing much, only there's 10 be a
collision OF an unknown dark body with
the sun, and with It the termination OF
life on the earth says the Boston Her.
aid. Prof. Percival Lowell says It; and,
what is yet more gloomy. that the
catastrophe will be prophesled IA years
before 1t occurs! The pleasure OF an.
ticiDation in this case leaves much to
be desired. For one doesn't like to
wait with this prospect in view. 1t
would be much more agreeable not to
have 1t hanging over one; but, since
this great astronomer has mentioned
the ominous certainty Of some wander
ing dark star ultimately upsetting the
solar system. what's the use Of max.
ing plans? Why build the canal, why
worry about Susie's front teeth, or
why long for a 10000 motor car?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

Something like an economic revolt
ton is threatened when our great corr
crop, now risen to between $500, 600.
600 and 5000, OOO, 900 bushels a year,
is becoming too dear in price to be
used proftably in ~fattenlng hogs that
sell at six dollars the hundred pounds.
1t looks as If the American farmer was
reaching out to become the plutocrat
OF the world.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08
WAR HOSPITAL TO SHELTER
CRIPPLED CHILDREN.
Hospital Established for Wounded at
Alton, England, to Become a
Splendid Refuge for Grip.
Piled Children.

Through the energetic efforts of Sir
William Purdie Troloar, who has been
called the children's lord mayor OF
London, the great Boer war hospital
at Alton, Hampshire, England, has
been turned into a home and college
for cripples, This institution. which
now has become a permanent feature
OF England's relief work, is the result
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08


The little South American republic
of Ecuador is showing notable progress.
siveness. With a population not
greatly exceeding a million, Ecuador is
making the best of its natural advan-
tages. An instance is seen in the re.
cent completion of a railroad line con.
Meeting Quito, the capital. with the Pa.
cific coast. Owing to typographical
difficulties it had been thought that
communication of this kind was i'm.
possible. But the E~cuadorians seem
to have overcome the obstacles. and
their pluck and enterprise are likely
TO be rewarded. The new road will
open up the interior for valuable trade
and will tend to important develop
ment. Moreover. it will be one of the
side lines to that great intercontinen-
tai road which at some time, possibly
not very remote, will unite the three
Americas"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08
Musicians In contrnuer.u.

A controversy between the musical
critic and the editor of Messaggero of
Rome, on the subject of popular views
on music 100 years ago, has given
both writer's a chance to tell some
queer stories, among which this oc.
ours: When Rosslni's "Gazza Ladra"
wal performed for the first time the
drum In the orchestra not only excited
much comment, but caused the enc.
mics Of the composer, whom they de.
nounced as a foolish invention OF un.
musical novelties" 10 threaten Rossinl
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

Starch, like everything else, is b.
ing constantly improved. the patent
Starches put on the market 25 years
ago are very different and inferior to
those OF the present day. In the lat.
est discoyery-Dehance Starch-all in
furious chemicals are omitted. while
the addition OF another Ingredient, in.
vented by us, gives to the Starch a
strength and smoothness never ap-
preached by other brands.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

A San Francisco poet and magazine
writer who is also a burglar has been
sent to prison for 80 years for a muir
derous attack on a ieweler whose place
he had entered. Perhaps he had to
"burgle" in order to live while he was
waiting to hear from his manuscripts.
Now he can continue to write and wait
without anxiety.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

The banking power Of the United
States in 1908, as represented by
capital, surplus and other profits, de-
Dosits and circulation of national and
other reporting banks. together with
estimated amount of funds Of this
character in the incorporating banks,
Is shown to be $17.642, 7O5,274 in the
report OF the controller of the cur
rency.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-04-08

You always speak kindly to your
wife?" said the prying friend.
Always" answered Mr.. Meekton.
u never think Of giving Henrietta a
harsh word"
Because you believe in ruling by
~gentleness?"
No. Because self-preservation is
the first law of nature"