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RAILROADS.
>f1esapeake& Ohio Railway
SeabOard Air Lime.

TICKET OFFICE 1921 PENNA AVE.
N0TICE.-Foowing schedule guaranteed.
9:05 AM DAILY - FLORIDA Fast Mail'
Through coaches and Pullman sleepars to Savan-
nah and Jacksonville. Through sleepers Wash
ington to Hamlet. and Hamlet to Atlanta Dim
ing ears.
$50 PM. DAILY. EXCEPT SUNDAY-"Sea-
board Florida Limited Solid electric lighted
Pullman. with sleepers. to Jacksonville st.
Augustine. Palm Beach. Miami. knights Key.
Dining cars.
7:35 PM DAILY Year Round Limited -
Coaches and Pullman ia Savannah. Jacksonville
Tampa Atlanta. Birmingham, Memphis. Dining
cars.
r. Fl. STANSEI.I.. District Passenger Agent.
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WANTED-FARMS.

THE GRANT PARISH PT,OPERTIES-FARNS
wanted for qnick moderate cash buyers: first
class small estates. farms. country homes; 5000
up; owners act quick. GRANT PARISH. 1879
y. Y. mh23-tf.4
WANTED-TO RUY FARM NEAR CITY. ON
stabling: we'll watered: good fencing; describe
when answering. Box go. Star ONCE mhIS II
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Atlantic Coast Lime.
Southern RAILWAY,

Y B.-FolloN nc schedule figures published
only infnrmat ion. and guaranteed
For Atlantis. birmingham Mobile New Orleans
Ashevile. Chattanooga. Memphis. 900 am. and
1915 pm daily.
For Roanoke. Knoxville. CHATTANOOGA Mem
phis. New Orleans. 1910 pm. daily
For Columbia. Charleston. Augusta Aiken
Savannah. Jacksonville and Florida points 10
pm. daily
Tourist cars for California. tri-wcekIy; 4:lO
pm. Monday. Wednesday. Friday.
Local for Harrisonbur2. 4 30 am daily: IL
pm. week days; for Danvile. 30 am daily
and for Charlottesville. 40 a m. and 4 90 IN
daily. Frequent trains ia and from Rluemont
L s BROWN General AGENT
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APARTMENTS TO LET.

MOORE 4 HILL INC.
1858 ST. NV.
APARTMENTS.
Tho Wallrah 18th ST. and Col. rd.. 4
rooms ard bath. 2d floor, $50.
The Carlton 2lst and n SITS. NV.
rooms and bath $500
The Marion. 1000 II ST. nv: ) rooms
and bath: $500. 1880 and $1,000.
The Melwood 1870 You NV, rooms
and bath. $3.50.
The Vernon. l774 You st. NV. rooms
The Naples. us 10th st. NV. rooms
aud bath. $3.50.
The Cadiz. 115 Sc Ar. and b., $3.50,
The Wilton. 1881 18th st. r.w., rooms
$40 NV. : rooms and bath. 90
lie 14th St. NV NV Sd A. Or. b: SIS 90
i;i6 \ st. NV. Ar. and b.. ist e. So. so
g St 81 NV. wv" ro FSH@s and aa tath
S25 st. NV, Or. and b.. Sd e.. 90
:ssm 18th NV: rooms and bath ~. 100 "o
III 9Th ST. NV. Sd d.. Ar. and b. 81 30
~ Hopkins pl.. 5 rooms and bath: $3.50
'l ttc6en ST. bath, ne ID rooms, buffet 90
l0ll H st. NV. rooms, LIST H.. $1,000
WITHOUT HEAT.
5olaI2 10TH st. u. W.. Or. and h. S.S. ID
l747 + st. NV: list door 5r. and b..sSo,5"
21ol 1lth. LIST floor. 5r. and b.. 500
ia I Yd1 st. nv ID r. Sr and 3"
1872 9th. I'd floor. Or. and b.. 49,. 81 80
l36a Willard. I'd door: Or. and b., $500
~ a. o., n,,I D, IN
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PHYSICAL TRAINING.

fGh fsDe,n, N ho,i np essins ana
dancing. Physical culture for those in Q RIM
down condition. Instructions for both sexes.
Select. PHYSICAL CULTURE INST,
Phone VI: 5S"9-Y. 1919 New York ave.
ct
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WALL PAPER.

ROOMS PAPERED. 50 UP SEE Me BEFORE
HAVING YOUR HOUSE PAPERED: ORDERS
PROMPTLY FILLED. RICHARD CARI.ISLE
4f5 y. \. AVE. NV. PHONE y. 2Sc1 nh2t l-!Wt
GEO. Y. HANSELL.
WALL PAPER AND DECORATIONS
SATISFACTION ASSURED.
Gol " ST. NE. PHONE l.. 911-L.
1e2S-9ot.4
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NEW YORK CITY REAL ESTATE.

FREE TRIP TO NEW YORK C1TY-REAI. ES-
tate in the city is the best and safest invest
ment in the world. The fourth ward. where
our property is located. Increased i'm assessed
value rs per cent last year. All titles insured.
Lots. $500 M. Monthly payments. $40 up.
Write call for particulars today. PIERCE
REALTY 20. ,Inc.,, Metropolitan Bank bldg,
Washington. o. e. mh2J3t
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APARTMENTS TO LET.

TO LET-BY THE F. H. SMITH COMPANY.
Z. Q. SMITH. LEE u. LATIMER.
liOS NEW YORK AVENUE.
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WANTED.

WE HAVE A LARGE LIST OF APPLICANTS
for suburban places to rent and buy. LPt us
get you a tenant at once. MYERS & LIGHT
FOOT. 1907 n. Y. NV. mh27 81
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FARMS.

FOR SALE-OR EXCHANGE FOR CITY PROP
erty-Fruit and chicken farm: r.. =. and =.
RR.: 16 miles from Washington; must sell at
once account business. Call or address OWNER,
H26 18th sc. m127 -2ts
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FOR SALE OR RENT,

FOR RENT OR SALE-BENNING HEIGHTS
Very desirable. new. modern Groom and
basement Semidef ached houses: colonial
porches: furnace heat; electric lights: min
cral spring water In houses: fare; -
minutes to center Of city: no commissions
terms to suit; open Address or call on
owner o. G. SPITZER, Benning.
mh14 I6. IS 90. 81 p 2S-
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FOR RENT-FARM OF ABOUT 60 ACRES
within four miles of Washington: we'll watered:
house Of 10 rooms; necessary outbuildings. A.
n ADDISON G0o 18th q ia4-f1
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FOR RENT.
FOR EXCHANGE.

FOR EXCHANGE-FOE SMALL DWELLING; IN
city. n large Groom frame dwelling: furnace
heat. gas. cellar. fine porehes: 3 minutes to
electric car: lot 100x2OO: circle. Riverdale,
Md Price. 3d. 500
mh21-3t McGRANN & CO. 1920 G. ST.
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FOR SALE-HANDSOME S-ROON HOME. ALL
mndern conveniences: hot-water beat front and
back porches: side lights; lot ., feet front
squire from line; northwest section Of
city: price reasonable; small cash payment,
balance monthly instsllmants.
TERRELL & LITTLE.
mha1- IN W St .14l:. III ST NV.
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Sroom dwelling 3n.Ooo 4, Of land: fruit
irrrs: fine garden; pretty lawn. Price. $4,000
loom dwelling: corner lot. south Of Bradley
lane; Ie' t. front: terrace all modern i'm
P:Ovcments new. Price 81. 80.
II. VI MARTIN l4O1 y V ave
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DR.. Shade,
WINDOW CLEANING.

Around the World Cruise
By SIS. Arabic. 1900 tons. Oct. l6. $3.50 AND UP.
80 Tours to Europe $3.50 up
r. NJ. HICKS. 1906 st. NV. Washington.
FRANK c. CLARK. Times building. New Yors.
jaS0-Sa. IN tn. tn. tits
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-OR StLE-6.n ACRES. IN SIGHT OF ACAD-
oIuy Junction. blue and red clay and building
and on properly. SAMUEL REALMEtE iI6-
III Law bldg. Baltimore. Md mh21-3t'
'rI; SALE so ACRES OPPOSITE GEORGE
Town University: fine View ~ Washington
SAMUEL RENIMEAE 1tG11. law hidg
BAIT more. Md. mh21-3t~
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FOR SAI.E-2O ACRES. TEN CLEAR. TEN IN
wood: 100 fruit wees bearing: 6-room house
large stable: poultry hous'- for 900 hens: build
ings nearly ter minutes walk stat on. six
miles Capitol. 81. 100: terms.
Nearly Groom hc'ISc, three poultry houses
lots 1>uXlI-t: fruit: rich garden: hsrries: wstcr
and GS~ IN Kitchen: two ranges: two blocks 10
ears: H. o.: Srhncl>: s. tOp:
Go. & WALkEH H!attsVille. Md.
NIL 9ul-lu
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NE ARE AGENTS FOR NUMBER OF VERY
attractive cottages ROW ia course of c"nstruc-
ti"n large lots in the northwest section OF
Ih, District. Houses Will L. ready for
cupancy ny May |. Now is the time To in
sIert. while the properties in the course
Of construction Special prices at this time
and terms To suit. All modern convenenceS.
One square from ear line.
TERRELL. e. LITTLE.
ms IN u 49,; I'll st NV.
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Money Loaned Salaried People
and others without security: easy payment
offices in S3 principal cities save yourself
money by getting terms FIRST. ID. Fl. Toll
MAN. Room SOC. 5;; 18th st. NV. uolS-tf.6
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DELIGHTFTL Suburban HOME.

Especially attractive in location: large
grounds: house with ami. linel
price. etc-. exchange. rent 10 buyer. See
OWNER Z 4 lS24
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'oRNER LOT. WITH 1-ROOM HOUSE: GEL
lar. stable: good porch and shade: in Bright
wood. D. e. only $500. Get our catalogue
II suburban and farm bargains MYERS 4
LIGHTFOOT. I4D7 y. y. NV. mh21-2t
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FOR SALE-NEW GROOM COTTAGE NEAR
TenIeytown: small cash payment. balance
monthly: also pretty lot electric cars;
terms To suit. Address Box 17s, Star Office.
mh21-2t
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FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE-AT kENSINGTON
handsome corner property; fine shade. fruit:
S-TOoin house: all modern conveniences: owner
having moved from kensngtOn will offer spe
cisl Inducements 10 purchaser will exchange
for city property.
TERRELL & LITTLE. Agents.
mh2I-sa m w.:st l41; IL ST. NV.
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DAIRY FARM - 100 ACRES GOOD LAND:
shipping station near; Wash. 30 miles; we'll
equipped. Stock farms in blue grass Loudoun.
CLAUDE G. STEPHENSON, Herndon. Va.
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'"H SAI.E-6I ACRES, ADJOINING; ANNAPO-
Is: half mile water front. SAMUEL. REAL
NEAR. 116ll1 law bldg. Baltimore. Nd.
fuh3.-ats
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Fou Filters In London,

"All London public buildings are
now erected with fog flters," said an
architect. 'They are essential. Lon.
don's yellow brown fog, made Of the
smoke of a million soft coal fires,
smells Of sulphur, irritates eyes and
throat and causes headache. It pene.
trates houses. Waking on a winter
morning. you can't see across your
bedroom for it. So now all public
buildings filter it. The air is drawn in
one orifce only, and fans hurl IT
against curtains Of cotton six inches
thick. It is forced through these cur.
tains. 1t comes out on the other side
for distribution through the various
rooms a fairly clean, pure, transparent
air. But the white filter curtains! Ev.
cry day they must be changed. 1t
takes only an hour to gray them, and
by nightfall they are as black as ink"
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More Trouble For Heinze.

NEW YORK, May 29.-The United
Copper compsny's books are missing.
The federal officials hunted for them
last night3without success. They must
be In the federal court here next week
or the compsny's directors will be
found in contempt. This sensational
development came as the result of the
grand jury investigation of F. Angus.
tus Heinze's aft fairs in connection with
the alleged misapplication of the funds
of the Mercantile National bank.
United States District Attorney
Wise obtained from Judge La Combe
an order directing certain United
Copper company officials to produce
the concerns books in court forthwith
or to be declared in contempt.
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Garden Seeds In Strips.

Backyard gardeners may now buy
strips of tape with the seeds embedded
In them. Each tape 10 carefully label.
ed with the name Of the vegetables II
will grow, SO that there 10 no excuse
for the amateur who uses the seed tape
when radishes spring up where toms-
toes were supposed to be growing.
1.-THE tapes are about t~hree-fourths
of an inch broad and come in rolls
like ribbon. The advantages of this
new method are several. There can
be no wsste Of seeds from unsteady
scattering or from the spring breezes.
Also the seeds are all separated from
each other . scientifically proper die.
tsnce," said . salesman Of q seed
company. "several our customers
have reported experimenting with the
seed tapes. They all agree that the
tapes r oil right for the backyard
gardener, lbut are not practicable for
the msn who plsnts on . large SCALE"
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A Deadly Tornado.

BRowNwooD, Tex, May 20.-A tor.
nado OF great fury struck the little viii
lage Of Zephyr, in the eastern portion
of Brown county, at l o'clock Sunday
morning, and left q path of death and
destruction seldom paralleled. The
death list has reached q total of 30,
and the number of seriously and ia.
tally wounded will reach SO.
The storm formed half q mile south.
west ofaZephyr and swept down upon
the village, cutting a wide swath d.
rectly through the residence and bust
ness sections.
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GREAT FALLS, May 81. - Cuno
Jacket, q highly respected farmer
and one of the pioneers Of the county,
was almost instantly killed yesterday
at his home on his ranch, at Red
Butte, southwest of Stockett. Death
same as q result Of a kick from q
horse which Mr. Jaeckel and four of
his neighbors we're endeavoring to
brand. The animal became unman.
ageable upon the application of the
hot branding iron and, wheeling about
with terrible force. implanted both his
hind feet in'Mr. Jaeckel's breast, who
fell PROSTATE and s~enseless to the
ground.
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principals Of their party as laid down
by the national democratic platform
for any little worthless mess of pot.
tage put Ia front OF their noses.
II We only had q Bryan 10 the sen ate
now to properly castigate those n
tors who seek to increase the cost of
living on the whole nation for the
benefit of some little or big trust in
their home state it would be a great
gain for the democracy. But the
party SEEM ~leaderless and drifting in
the senate. LaFollette and some of
the insurgept western senators like
Cummins and Clapp, seem to have
more real democracy in them than
most of the nominal democratic
senators. We have q few like the
senators from Oklahoma who stand
staunchly by the principles Of the Dem
9 platform, but It is q fact that on
some Of the test votes the western re-
p~ublicans furnished more votes in
support of democratic platform princi.
ples than the democratic party did.
"What tort Of Q record 10 that to
go before the people with? What sort
Of political leadership ls 1t that pro.
vides such q damnable record? We
denounce the graft and special pri.
Of the Dingley bill on the plat.
form and our democratic senators join
10 the scramble for these same grating
for their onstituents."
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THE DEATH PEnALTY.
Horrors incidental to Old Time Exc
cution by Drowning.

Horrors incidental to Old Time Exc
cution by Drowning.
Execution by drowning was abol.
ished in France by Iienri Quatre, only
to be revived by ne * his sucs essors.
It was finally abolished as a statutory
method Of execution by the earliest de
cree Of the great revolutionaries.
AS late as the eighteenth century
death by drowning was decreed to a
felon in Edinburgh, and in the middle
ages 1t was a common enough mode
Of doing a convicted criminal to death.
That execution Of this nature was con.
sidered as humane as any other, SO far
as the victim was concerned, is shown
by the fact that 1t was not unknown
among the early Jews, who varied the
punishment Of stoning adulteresses by
drowning them. Among the Egyptians
It was common. The Roman lex cor.
nelia sanctioned the method by placing
It on the statute records. Tacitus tells
US that the Germans copied the rrac.
tice from the Romans. The Teuton
termed It the "last baptism" and he
did not allow his powers Of imagina.
ton to sleep when he set about de-
vislng additional varieties which
should add to the excitement attend
ing upon the doomed persons depar.
ture from life. The convict was sewed
up, Monte Cr1sto fashion, in a bag, and
with him were inclosed q vicious dog,
q hungry cat, a violent rooster, a ven.
omous viper; all very much alive and
presumably kicking.
For what a It IL hard to see,
but death by drowning was by many
peoples considered preferable for Grim.
inal women. In the case Of very de- +
based or very mean offenders the
Romans had a nor or less pleasant
fashion Of drowning the doomed ones
in marshes, first incasing them in
elaborate crates.
For refined cruelty in killing of their
female criminals the earlier Albanians
were certainly the most inventive In
the matter Of ingenuity. It is com.
monty known. Of course, that even the
modern Albanian has less respect for
womankind than any other known male
in the human catalogue, not even ex.
Guiding the Chinese. The approved
method of doing a criminal or even q
displeasing woman to death prevalent
among them up to rather less than q
century ago was to chain her In a tank
into which the water was allowed to
low gradually. As the water reached
her breast It was allowed to recede,
sometimes back to her ankles, when
the reflling Of the tank began anew.
II the woman had children the torture
was varied by the drowning or mutila.
ton Of them before her eyes. To vari.
GUS parts Of her body al attached
such food as attracts rats, Of which
number would be let loose.-New
York World.
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Labor Leaders We're Grafters.

CHICAGO, May 29.-After As hours
of almost constant wrangling, the jury
In the case of Martin Skinny Mad.
den, M. j. Boyle and F. A. Pouchott,
labor leaders charged with strike
grating, today brought in q verdict
Of guilty, fning each of the defendan ts
$500. The long delay Is said to have
been due to the inability of the twelve
men to End . common ground Of pun
ishment. Madden almost collapsed
when the verdict was read. He was
scarcely able to speak, but finally
managed to state that be considered
the verdict q bad thing for unions.
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A~LAMENTABLE TRAGEDY.

Among the current news of the day
are frequent reports of q lamentable
political tragedy that is being enacted
in the United States senate in connec.
ton with the framing OF q new tariff
measure. AZ the various schedules
r presented for discussion, it de-
velops that democratic sen ators from
Districts affected by imports Of foreign
products that it 10 propoeed to tax, are
In favor Of q stiff duty upon those
particular products, in defiance and
reg ardless offthe ''tariff.for.revenue.
only" pledges Of their party plat
form.
Some of these democratic backslid.
ers make no attempt to defend or ex.
cuse their political perfdy-in fact, in
. few casessthey appear to be proud
OF their action in the matter, and pro.
claim that protection 10 one of the
great principles of the orthodox dem.
ocratic faith. So appalling and de-.
plorable is this e departure, that
the Great Falls Tribune is moved to
utter this lamentatiou:
"When the question OF protecting
some sortlLof a;I~concoction that is
K tracted from chestnut trees and
used in the tanning business comes up
in the senate, behold Sen ator Daniels
of Virginia, where these plants are
mostly located arising and pleading
for q higher rate of duty on the stuff
than ever existed before. When the
question of duty on iron ore comes up
behold the democratic senator's from
the south with onekarm linked through
that OF the infant industry OF the steel
trust and the other through the re.
publican party, marching Is strong to
the support OF the steel trust lobby
and rescuing iron ore from the free
list, on the pitiable plea that the tariff
on iron n is arevenue measure only.
When the lumber schedules are up the
democratic senators from the southern
lumber states Joined hands with the
republicsns aud the lumber barons
again 70 keep up the price OF lumber.
Il 10 certainly d~iscoursging and dis.
gushing.
IA number of these southern zen.
ators have been whining and cussine
ths leadership OF Mr.. Bryan, and de.
msnding that be 20 way back and 81,
down Wills they play the part Of Moses
IN lesding the democracy out Of the
wilderness. Nice leaders these men
oss! They seem willing 70 batrsy the
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And So He Left Them.

With a heart full of good intentions
and a bag full Of uplift tracts he up
preached the cottage in the bucolic
wilds.
madam, may l leave some tracts
with you?"
you may, kind sir, but leave the
heel marks Of them pointing directly
toward these steps."-New York Times,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-02
Scottish Impartiaiity.

Color sergeant Of highland company
I'm which were one or two English)
calling the roll:
angus Mackay" No reply. cloud.
er.) "Angus Mackay" Still no reply.
(Sotto voce.) II ken ye're there. Yer
aye at yer jooty, decent mon, but ye're
over modest to speak before sac mony
folk. I see We fne." marks him down
In the roll.)
"John Jones!"
Squeaky voice replies, "'Ere."
Sergeant-Ou, aye, ye're here or say
ye're here, but ye're sic a muckle leear
I nj believe a word that comes DOT
O yer mooth, sac I'll jist mark ye deon
as absent!"-London Answers,
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE :, 1909.
TAxPAMsRs #nDT THE BILL.

Justice David J. Brewer, of the
United States supreme court, q jurist
whom people Of the west regard with
special esteem, believes that the cost
OF the recent cruise world of the Am
erican battleship feet was money
wasted. This view is not generally
concurred in by the public, says the
Kensas City Journal, for the reason
that the popular conception of the
purposes Of the cruise does not accord
with that of Justice Brewer, who in.
terprets the voyage % . mere naval
demonstration Of strength, to overswe
the nations OF the SOrieut and bring
about peace. Viewed from that angle,
the money may or may not have been
wasted, but this csnlhsrdly be called
. fair, or ct least q complete statement
Of the reason for the cruise or the ef.
fects resulting therefrom.
At the same time, Justice Brewer
gives Soma significant figures which
tend to disprove the popular idea that
the United statesldoes not. ezpend the
large sums for its army and navy re.
quired by the huge standing armies
AMP beliieerent nsvies Of Europe. The
annual outlay Of the. United States for
these two branches islthe immense SUM
Of s365, O00. 000-a daily expenditure,
Sundays Included, OF . round million
Of dollars. This is more than any
other nation Of the earth spends in
one year. and snounts. to IS per cent.
Of the governmental expenses.
That 10 . staggering sum to be spent
by . country whose standing army is
only . ~corporal's guard compared
with the armies of otherlnstions, even
though the navy ranks with the great
nsvies of the world. when one remem.
bers that there is really no such thing
as an Americantmerchant marine and
that the shipping Of the country is
done in foreign bottoms. Entirely
independent of.the recent cruise of the
feet, the outlay of hundreds of mil.
lions of dollars on q navy, while the
American flag flies over practically
no merchant chips, furnishes q con-
trast which s.open to criticism, at any
raet. TheiAmerican people demand a
navy that canIuphold national honor
and interests. but commerce has its
honor and.its interests no less than
war.
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Much Like Demosthen...

Much Like Demosthenes.
"Woman," he said. 'really ought to
be a better orator than man."
"Why sO?" she asked.
Because" he replied, "to a certain
extent at least she follows the meth.
DDS Of that famed orator Demos.
themes"
I'm what wayT she inquired, still
busy with the finishing touches Of her
toilet.
"You remember" he answered, that
Demosthenes used to practice talking
with his mouth full Of pebbles"
She hastily took the pins out Of her
mouth and Informed him that he was
a mean old thing anyway.-New York
Times.