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CITY CENTER OF WAR
SINCE YEAR 667 B. c
Constantinopic Prize in Conbats
Of Nations for Over Two
Centuries.
LONG IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
Mohammedanism and Christianity
of Late Contesting for Control
of Ottoman Capital.

Since its drst colonization, 2,51,
years ago, If ancient dates may be
trusted the city at the southern END
of the channel between the Black Sea
and the Sea Of Marmora, first known
as Byzantium and for the last 1,5U
years caned Constantinople. has beer
center Of conflict between the East
and the West-between Asiatic AND
European ideas The present conflict
Is nothing different in this respect
from the most ancient-!t Is the antag
onsm between Asiatic Mohammedan
ism and European free thought and
free action, as represented In the young
Turk element, that has caused the
downfall Of Abdul Hamld.
ByZantium was settled, II Is record
ed, by Greek traders, in the year 667
y. c. Two natural causes made II
early prominent as trading point-it
was an economic center for the grain
trade of the regions bordering on the
Black Sea. and the Golden Horn gave
rich rewards to fishermen besides offer
Ing a rarge and safe harbor for yes
sells
Center Of Many Wars.
Byzantium was the subject Of strug
giles between the early Greek states: It
was captured and recaptured many
times, and finally became a tributary
TO imperial Rome. The remains Of the
ancient city have never been adequate
L. ~ {,,, ,,1f
ancient streets and fragments of build
ings buried under the modern Constan-
tiople, which Is virtually a city upon
the grave Of a city.
In the year $50 A. d. the Emperor
Constantine determined to make a new
capital for the Roman Empire. He Sc
lected for this purpose Byzantium.
which hcrcefOrth was to be known as
Constantinople-the City of Coustan.
tine. The modern Constantinople con.
sists OF three parts-Istamboul or
Stamboui, the main city, on a blunt
point OF land at the southern end OF
the Bosporus, and opposite STEAMBOAT
two lesser towns. Galata. 10 the north
across the Golden Horn, and Scutari.
10 the east across the Bosporus The
Bosporus is here about a mile wide
the Golden Horn, an inlet or harbor
some eight mites long, IS from one
third to onehalf mile wide. Galata is
the modern port of commerce and Is
connected with Stamboul by two pom
toon bridges. Back of il lies Pera
another ancient settlement. and the
modern non-Turkish residence quarter
Rebuilt by Constantine.
Constantine virtually rebuilt Con
stantinope. ana at the final disruption
OF the Roman empire into two great
remnants OF the former majestic whole
It became the capital of the eastern or
Greek empire. The great religious
schism between the two branches of
Christianity that In modern days form
the Roman Catholic and Greek
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New Gymnasium for Ripon.

Chicago, vice president of the Harris
Trust and Savings bank, Friday an.
nounced the gift of a site for the new
Ripon college gymnasium. Mr. Farr has
purchased the property adjoining the
campus on the west owned by former
president Of Iiipon college, T.. H. Mcr-
rei, closing the deeds and turning the
nronerIY nrnr 10 the college.
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Mosque n Famous spot.

Aside from the Sultans palace and
the other government buildings, the
most interesting structure in Constan-
tinople to the ordinary tourist Is the
mosque of st. Sophia. Its interior is
considered one of the finest specimens
of Byzantine architecture. AS the
Christian church of the divine wisdom
the first stone of the building was laid
in 532 on the site of several successive
churches of the same name the first
of which was erected by Constantine
the Great.
Galata and Pera are chiefly inhab-
tied by Christians. Here are the diplo-
matte headquarters of foreign countries
and other non-Turkish institutions.
The two bridges of boats between Gal
alta and STEAMBOAT are crowded with
traffic constantly. Scutari is a town
of about 10000 people and contains
numerous manufactures, besides being
large fruit market. The total popu-
lation Of Constantinople and its sub
urhs is considered to be about HOO
coo. Nearly two-thrds of the lnhab.
itants of the city proper are Moham-
mcdans
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-05-06

SUPERIOR, Wis, May The biz
ard Of the past two days ended las
light 70 lie succeeded by stendy an
cavy snow fall this morning. Wheel
ave been abandoned for sleighs a. I'll
iain streets have from six inches to
%: of snow
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-05-06
The .Jokrr'S Wife.

"Your husband seems to have a nev
er-ending source of fun
YES replied the joker's wife, sar
castically; III appears to be my cook
Detroit Free Press
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-05-06

Most men expect their wives to be
religious for the whole family.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-05-06

Don't ever expect an answer to the
question Whatever did you do with
your money!" IT Is question that
no one can answer
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-05-06

Nobody pays much attention to holt
days except olilceIo,ders. school
teachers and bankers
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ful as a soldier he lacks the disci-
pline and the long range courage that
90 with modern warfare. But in the
early days he was a conqueror wher-
ever he went
Made Great by Mohammed.
Starting from point nearly in the
geographical center of Asia, the Turks
became subject to the Saracens, those
wild Arabs that invaded Spain and
have left many scattered fragments of
their genius in the science and the art
of modern Europe The Arabs deve-
oped a religious organizer of the first
rank in the history Of the world, Mo-
BANNED In the siXty-One years of his
life that ended in 632 this wonderful
man laid the foundations of great
empire. The Turks embraced Moham-
mechanism and Mohammedanism made
them a world power. 1t pressed them
forward to conquest after conquest.
Under Mohammedan rule Constan-
tinople became a semi-orlental city
The Christian churches We're trans
formed into mosques: the streets and
buildings took on an appearance of
Asia rather than Europe; the local as
well rs the general government became
surcharged with suspicion. intrigue
and despotism. These conditions have
continued with little change down to
the present day. But the desire for
change is abroad, as is evident from
the young Turk movement-uniess this
movement after all should prove only
an attempt to substitute one despotlsm
for another Nothing certain can be
said about the Turks apparent desire
for progress
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left her husband Of less than a year
The minister mas now been granted Il
divorce on the ground that the first hus-
band was living when the couple we're
married.
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Informed that his wife had given
birth to two bouncing baby girls, James
-. Jordan, a well-to-do citizen of Car
tcrsvillc Ga, cried: This il too much"
packed valise aud fled. It is thought
Jordan has gone To South Carolina, and
n liberal reward is offered for informa-
ton as to his whereabouts by his dis
tressed family. This is the fourth set
of twins in the Jordan family, and the
father announced after the third pair
came that fourth set would cause
him to leave home.
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4 rate clerk in the Santa Fe general
offices in Topeka, Kan, recently brought
"A bride from San Francisco. She had
never kept house and knew but little
about things in the kitchen. A few
mornings AGO she got after the milkman
What is the matter of your milk -
said she with great vehemence.
Il don't know" he replied. What do
you find wrong with it,"
Well" said She every morning it is
covered with nasty shiny, yellow
scum"
And what do you do with tae scum %
why, | skim il off. of course, aud
throw II in the garbage"
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Emerald Dixon, young man living
in Grand Ledge. Mich, aud student
in the high school, has completed hi,
tenth year in attendance at the Baptis'
Sunday school without missing Il single
week. 1t has been inconyenient ut time,
for him to go. but he never missed. once
he was absent visiting in Canada, hut
reached home by the last train Saturday
night. At another time he had TIN
mumps and could not 90 to school, but
Sunday found him i'll his accustomed
place at the church
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Less than y year ago Rev. Jerome l.
Goodrich Latter hay Saint minister
woocd and won widow IN Columbus
O.. believing that the first husband hat
died The wife later received an anony
nous letter stating that her former hus
laud was living III Michigan. \ close in
vestigatiog followed, aud Mrs. Goodrich
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y mistake by Mrs \. q. Murphy of
bloomington, ILL.,, in voting bank
check instead of the regulation ballot
defeated her husband, who was caudi-
date for member of the board of cGuca-
tiuu of Tayloryiic. She folded up her
ballot before she left home placing it in
her purse. She also placed check in
the purse. When She reached the voting
place she handed the wrong piece Of pa
per lo the Judges, and the error was not
discovered until evening when the judges
uutOldcd the check. As her husband was
tied with Thomas Hin for the place. il
was necessary To draw lots. Hin was
the lucky contestant. Had Mrs. Murphy
not voted the check her husband would
have been successful.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-28
+tasa f,bris+ians love one anotn

how these Christians love one anotn-
err Then our Lords words would
have practical illustration. "A new
Commandment | give unto you, that
We love one another. as | have loved
you''-to the extent of laying down our
lives for each other. AS the Apostle
declares. I'VE ought also to lay down
our lives for the brethren
1t has seemed at times as though
some of those who profess relationship
to Christ as members of bis Church
do even more Of petty evil-speaking
and slandering and busy bodying than
do the worldly who make no profess
sion whatever. According to the stand
ards set forth In our text the worldly.
If they have more Of the quality OF
mercy In their hearts will evidently
be more pleasing to God than those
who have made much profession and
neglected the Masters commands and
failed to cultivate his spirit OF love
and mercy. in word and deed.
Let us all remember our text and ap-
ply it, by thy words shalt thou be
justified. and by thy words shalt thou
be condemned" As we think OF the
fact that these sermons reach the eyes
of about seven millions of readers
weekly. we feel the weight OF our re-
sponsibiity. 1t is our desire that they
be Just such as the Lord can approve,
and such as will be helpful to hearers
and readers.
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THE WORD "BANzAl."
II Has Been Used In Japan From the
Earliest Aces.

u mas beeu OSc0 III SaP0h 'Si'' 49,
Earliest Ages.
It is not infrequent to find men spec
ulating as to the origin of the now IA
miliar "banzai," and we believe that a
general impression classes this excel
lent ejaculation among the inventions
of modern Japan. Quite recently In
deed we heard learned Japanese de-
clare that the late Professor Toyama
was the originator of the word as the
Japanese equivalent of ''hurrah." But
the truth is that "banzai' belongs to
a very much remoter date. History
shows that it was used certainly as
long ago as the year 486 A. D., and
probably it was not an innovation
even then. In the CHRONICLES Of ia
pam" a work published In the year
800 A. D., it is related that in the
spring of 1876 A. D. the Emperor
Woke, remembered by posterity as
Keno, Tenno," repaired to the park
of the summer hall and there held
revel by "the winding streams" His
guests were a concourse of ministers
and of high officials known at that
epoch under the titles of Omi Muraji
and Miyakko When the feast was at
its height the guests, we read, raised
repeated cries of banzai." 1t may
fairly be assumed that this formula
of graduation did not originate then,
but at any rate its undoubted use in
Japan more than fourteen centuries
ago deprives any Meiji savant of the
credit of having invented it.-Japan
Mail
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He COULD DRAW.
Artenus Ward on His Own connec-
fion With the Art.

ton With the Art.
On the occasion of Artemus Wards
professional visit to London, which oc-
Cured not long before his death, j. E..
Preston Muddock says in his book,
ssPages From an Adventurous Life, "
that the American humorist's adver-
tisements Of his "show" were as full
of funny surprises as the lectures
themselves. One that tickled the gen
eral public was this:
Artemus Ward Delivered Lectures
Before All the Crowned Heads of Europe
Ever Thought of Delivering Lectures
And an excerpt from his lecture on
Drawing is quoted by Mr.. Muddock
as a particularly delightful bit.
81 haven't distinguished myself as
an artist" Ward said in his inimftable
way. "but have always been mixed
up In art. 1 have an uncle who takes
photographs In his sane moments, and
l have a servant who takes everything
he can lay his hands on at any mo-
ment.
"At very tender age could draw
on wood When g mere child / once
drew small cart load Of raw turnips
over a wooden bridge. 1t was raw
morning. The people Of the village
recognized me- They said it was 4
raw turnip drawing That shows how
faithfully l had copied nature. | drew
their attention to it, so you see there
was lot of drawing in it.
1.-THE villagers, with the wonderful
discernment peculiar to villagers, said
had a future before me. As | was
walking backward when l made my
drawing l replied that l thought that
my future must be behind me-"
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FIG. xxxI-PLUMs HANGING THICK.
come within three or four feet of the
young trees. as they need plenty OF
sunlight and moisture.
The filler crop should receive ire
quent and thorough cultivation. AS
soon as the land can be worked in the
spring It should be plowed, unless this
has been done the fall before. After
blowing the disk or spring tooth har-
row very effectively breaks up the
clods and fines the surface. final
narrowing will complete the process of
getting the soil in shape.
Cultivation.
There are two principal objects in
cultivating the orchard. In the first
place, cultivation, as explained in ar
ticle No. 2, liberales plant food and so
enables the plant to make a faster
growth 1t is a wasteful practice to
apply fertilizers to the orchard until
you have made the fertility that Is al
ready there available by cultivation.
The second reason for tillage is to
conserve moisture and promote deep
roofing. The upper layer of cult1yat-
ed soil is dry, and in consequence the
roots will turn downward to seek
layer in which there is more moisture
At the same time the upward rise OF
water by capillarity is checked just at
the dry layer, so that little is lost by
evaporation. 1t is very important to
make the soil a vast storehouse OF
moisture for orchard trees, since they
must have large quantities If they are
to produce proftably. A full grown
apple tree gives off as much as 25O gal
Ions Of water a day through its leaves
during the summer months.
Cover Crops.
AS the trees come into bearing the
growth of a cultivated crop between
the rows should be discontinued. Some
cultivation, however, will still be nee
essary if the best results are to be Sc
cured. One of the best means to give
this is by blowing and preparing the
soil In the spring and then sowing
clover or some legume as catch crop.
This will supply the soil with nitrogen
and humus and keep 1t in good phys
ical condition Calves, sheep or hogs
may be turned into the orchard in the
fall to eat the clover. or it may be
plowed under the next spring.
The trees will be so large by this
time that it will be impossible to cul-
tivate close to them. nor is this neces-
sary, since the feeding roots are far
Their out in the spaces between the
rows The space close around the
trees may be seeded to blue grass or
some other perennial.
AS the orchard gets older 1t may be
left in clover for two or three years
at time. An occasional blowing and
reseeding will be necessary TO renew
the clover and to prevent the orchard
from becoming sod bound. If used as
a hog pasture the hogs will keep the
soil loosened up sufficiently, at the
same time adding considerable fertil-
itg. In such a case all the treatment
that is necessary is an occasional re-
seeding If well fed the hogs will do
no damage to the apple trees. On
the other hand, they win do great
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The "pure food law" is designed by
the Government to protect the public from
injurious ingredients in both food and
drugs 1t is beneficial both to the public
and to the conscientious manufacturer.
Ely's Cream Balm, successful remedy
for cold in the head, nasal catarrh, hay
fever, etc, containing no injurious drugs,
meets fully the requirements of the new
law and that fact is prominently stated
on every package. 1t contains none of
the injurious drugs which are required
by the law to be mentioned on the label.
Hence you can use it safely.
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Always There.

Mrs. Binks (reading)-John, read
where scientific expedition explored
an extinct crater 1000 feet deep and
at the bottom they found the bones
Of prehistoric woman. How do you
account for it? Mr.. Binks-Oh. that's
easily accounted for. Martha. You
know woman is at the bottom Of ev-
erything.-New York Globe.
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What we obtain too cheap we esteem
too lightly.-Paine.

too lightly.-Palne
Curious Habits of Spiders.
The water spider carries air down
with it when 1t dives. DR.. McCook
saw one remain forty-five minutes I'M
der the water. One water spider
builds a nest under the water attached
to the stem of some plant and In the
shape of diving bell, with the open
ing downward. 1t fills this bell with
air by taking down bubble ut time.
Coming to the surface, it incloses an
air bubble under its body and instant
ly descends. Getting under the nest.
the bubble is allowed to escape into 1t,
and this process continues until the
nest is full of air. The spider then
lays its eggs there. inclosed in CO.
coon. and leaves them to grow in this
underwater palace, safe from all fly
ing foes. When these water spiders
are seen under water they look like
little balls of shining silver. Little
bubbles of air seem to cling among the
hairs of their bodies. AS spiders. like
insects. breathe the air at little holes
along the whole length of the body,
they can easily make use of these bub-
bles of air for breathing.-London
Standard
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THE GORDON BLEU.
AZ First an Order For Women Cooks
Established by Louis XIV.

E8taplISnG0 by LOUIS Nv.
When you hear a man spoken Of as
a Gordon bleu" you know he is
great cook, but few people have any
idea of how and when the expression
originated. The Gordon bleu was at
first an order for women cooks. 1t
was established by a king-which
makes It a real, proper order. Louis
XIV. once asserted to Nine. du Barry
that only men could cook really well.
The famous beauty challenged the as
sertion, but the king insisted that he
was right-that women might be all
right for boiling potatoes and per-
forming the simpler operations OF
cooking, but that when 1t came to
work of art 1t took a man.
Soon after this argument the royal
favorite invited the king to dinner.
He praised every dish; he even ex-
pressed his august approval OF the
menu as a whole Then his hostess
triumphantly announced to him that
the entire dinner had been prepared
by women, from the arrangement OF
the menu and the selection of the
dishes to the preparation Of the sauces
and the sweets and the serving of the
several plats Accordingly she claimed
the foundation of an order of merit for
her female cooks. The claim was at
once granted, and the Gordon bleu
was first conferred upon the women OF
Nine. du Barry's kitchen.
Gourmets of today would be inclined
to say that. however great the cooks
of Nine. du Barry may have been In
their day, the dictum of Louis XIV.
would be true today. There are now
few great hotels or restaurants In the
world in which cookery is fine art
where the chef is not a man.-New
York World.
Cornmeal as Food.
Cornmeal is one of the most health
full. nourishing foods and the best
bone muscle and tissue builder of
all the breadstuffs. Our forefathers
fought their wars and tanned the viii
derness upon corn bread diet and
they were hardy, heady set, many Of
whose examples we might profitably
follow. OF course cornmeal to be per-
feet should be ground upon stones
turned by water power. The steam
ground roller mill product of today
has some advantages in the way of
economy of production. but it kills
the delicacy of the grist. so it's said
NV Somo -naIIaS Naurs
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EQUINE Pride.

Lord Churchmouse-Tha horse
had Of you is all right. but he doesn't
hold his head high enough. Dealer
oh. that's is pride. MUD. Ell odd
it up when 'e's paid for.-London Tel
egraph
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-28

George With the assurance of your
love could conquer the world Grace
- That will not be necessary All you
have to do is to conquer papa Lon
don Tit Bits
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Making Money
On the Farm
XVI Orchard Manage
ment
BY G. v. GREGORY.
Author Of 'AOme Course In Modern
Agriculture"
Copyright. 1909. by American Press

Copyright. 1909. by American Press
Association

TOR few years after the young
orchard is set out it will do
better if 1t is cultivated. Dur
ing these first few years, be-
fore the trees come into bearing, it is
neither necessary nor desirable to let
the land lie idle. Some cultivated crop
can be grown between the rows Of
trees, thus utilizing the land and CIV
ing the orchard the needed cultivation.
Corn is not very good crop for this
purpose, since it grows too rank, shad-
ing the young trees and depriving them
of their share of the moisture supply.
Potatoes are one of the best crops that
can be grown in young orchard.
Squashes and cabbages also fit In well.
1t is often convenient to have the veg
etable garden in the orchard during
the first few years. Small fruit can
also be probably grown as filler
crop. Where bush fruits are used,
however, they must be cut out as soon
as the orchard comes into bearing.
Whatever crop is grown 1t should not
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"Why is Maude so angry with the
photographer
"She found label on the back OF
her picture saying, The original OF
this photograph is carefully preserv-
'"-Boston Transcript.
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A Pessimist.

Little Willie-Say. pa. what is pes
simist?
PA pessimist. my son. is a man
who derives most of his pleasure from
his effort to spoil the pleasure of 9th
ers.-Chicago News.
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Aml,eruris,

The essential characteristic Of am
bergris is the penetrating and peculiar
odor, similar to that of musk. 1t is SO
powerful and so diffusive in its per
fume that the most minute quantity
when mingled with any other strong
scent is still perceptible. Its chief
component is fatty matter called
ambrein. which Is got by boiling am
bergris In alcohol