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soldiers. Heroism the order in the old plains
days.
In the White River valley of Colorado de-
tachment of troops was surrounded by Utes, and
for four days the soldiers starving and thirsting,
made a heroic defense against the swarmng reds.
Relief came from Fort D. A. Russell. whence Col
Wesley Merritt led force to the rescue In one
of the greatest and quickest rides of army his
tory.
After Merritt's legion had thrashed and scat.
tered the Utcs 1t was supposed that none OF the
savages left in the valley. Lieut.. Weir of the
Ordnance corps, son OF the professor of draw
ing at the Military academy was on visit to the
west, and in the camp of the Fifth cavalry.
tenderfoot named Paul Hume had wandered
out to the camp to look over the scene of the
great fight. He knew Weir and he suggested
deer hunt
The ordnance officer agreed to accompany him
and of they started after having received warn
ing not to wander too far afield The hunters,
eager for the chase went farther than they
thought and soon they changed from hunters to
hunted
young lieutenant of the Fifth cavalry, Will
lam III. Hall, now stationed in Washington with
the rank of brigadier general was ordered to take
a party of three men with him and to make a
reconnaissance for it suddenly became the
thought OF he commanding officer that there
might be savages lurking about. Hall and his
men struck into the foothills and circled the coun-
try Tor miles. In the middle oil the afternoon they
heard firing to the right and front 1t rap
i'd and sharp. and Hall led his men straight
whence 1t came.
Rounding point of rocks the troopers saw at
little distance across an open place in the hills
a land of Utes in war paint and feathers. There
were 80 of the reds al told, and they were firing
as fast as they co6lG I'D ard pull trigger in the
direction of a small yral fertilization cf Doul-
ders quarter way u &c face OF cliff.
From the rocks cane return fire SO feeble
that Hail knew there coa;d rot be more than two
men behind the place Of defense. In trice he
thought CT Weir and Hume and he believed that
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would meet in the temple of Life and
compare their fortunes.
Immediately the elder brother set
to work and from Parian marble he
built palace of astounding splendor
and flied 1t with all manner of love-
illness and carpeted 1t with rare east
ern carpets and over the carpets
glided slaves bought with his money
who sang like Gods own nightin-
gales.
And when he went abroad daily his
car was drawn by horses bred in the
desert; coats OF silk had they and
feet swifter than the swallows wing
when he turns southwark.
Also this man gat unto himself
friends, or those he called such, and
the world named his palace the Gar
den of Delight"
But Happiness. the maiden, dwelt
not there, neither heard she the hon.
eyed voices of the slaves from those
shining walls.
Now the younger brother, who had
also health and good understanding,
went to fertile lands and built him q
cottage and sowed and harvested and
thereby got his bread.
To the neighbors around him he
seemed an ordinary man. Only the
little children. who, in part, shared
his gift. only they and the goddess
of Life knew that his life was an ex.
quisite series of delicious surprises
For this mans eyes were opened be-
cause his sense of wonder was un-
blunted and not defiled by the recur.
renee CT things. Therefore whenever
the dawn blushed in the east he
stood in kind of maze or delicate
rapture as the shell-like colors in
creased and then faded into the blue
of the perfect day. And then he
went gladly to his fields. knowing
that fresh loveliness would greet him
on every side. For his ears caught
each information from the thrush's
notes as greedily as though the bird
we're but newly formed from Eden's
clay. and he marveled over the com.
ronest flowers on the wayside as he
tad -ot done since the days OF his
aarly childhood.
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Once there were two men who had
rendered such service 10 life that she
resolved 10 grant them any favor
they might ask. and 80 advised them.
Now the two men were brothers
and above all things In the universe
they defired happiness. and SO deter
mined they would ask a gift which
should render Happiness forevermore.
enamored of their company.
Therefore together they wended
their way To the temple of Life. the
goddess, and unto her they cried
ooh Life, we are resolved to ask
you the gift that delights Happiness
that she may be willing to remain
with u.s."
And the goddess answered: MANY
have thought so to hold her. Be II
as you will"
Then the elder brother said conf
IDENTIFY:
las have already health and
many talents. only one thing more Is
necessary to keep happiness with me.
Give me gold, and in such quantities
that If live a hundred years l can
not spend it ALL"
Smiling little, the goddess said.
'Thou hast IT,
Then came the younger brother,
and his voice was low and troubled,
for he knew the thing he was about
to say would bring on him the ridi.
cule of his elder. but finally he said
Thou, the all-powerful. give me
the undimmed sense of wonder"
And as the goddess answered. 1T
is thine" the elder brother fell into
exceeding mirth and cried
''Thou fool! But will have pity
on thee and thou shalt share my
gold"
But the younger said
May. buy the maiden. Happiness
with it."
And the two went their separate
ways, agreeing that in ten years they
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they were the besieged. and subse-
quent events proved that he was
not In error.
Suddenly the Utes took to shell
ter behind the rocks which were
scattered in the open. They had
lost one man from the fire of the
besieged. They were afraid to
charge, knowing that to sweep up
that slope. even with only two
rifles covering it, meant death for
several of their band.
Hall led his men to position on
the flank of the savages and sent
in four shots. The bullets were the
first notice that the reds had that
they had two parties to deal with.
They changed their position again
in a twinkling. and located them
selves so that they we're under COW
err from both directions. but they
sent a volley in the face of the lit
tie detachment that had ridden in
to the rescue.
To charge the enemy with his
three men meant certain death to
Hall and his troopers. The lieuten-
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blood. There is no
doubt that they killed
more than double their
number, besides those
they wounded. The sim
pie recital of the deeds
of the five soldiers and
the mention of the odds
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DIuHS OF uIe ffFeI
allied braves made stand. There were GOO war
riors, all told, and they were the finest OF the
mounted plains Indians. The meager forces OF
the sixth under the leadership of their officers,
charged straight al the heart of force that
should have been overwhelming. The reds broke
and fed lover the bluffs and through the deep
precipitous canyons and out on to the staked
plain of Texas"
II became imperiatively necessary that couriers
shonld be sent from the detachment Of the Sixth
to Camp Supply in the Indian Territory. Rein
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Early Form Of Timepiece.

Probably the earliest form of time
piece, says Harper's Weekly, was the
gnomon," or index rod. OF sundial.
1T first this was merely an upright
stick placed in sunny spot, and meas
uring the passage of the day by its
shadow cast upon the 5are earth, he.
cause the dial was later invention. :.
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ton prompt us to
recognize, but which
we cannot fifty hon.
or"
When night came
down over the Texas
prairie the Chey-
ennes counted their
d e ad an d t h ir
wounded and then
fed terror-stricken,
overcome by the val
or of fva American
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A woman never gets old enough not to think
ii isn't shame for who is rs old as
somebody else to- dress the youthful way shz
does.--New York Press
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where else in anthem
tic history can there be found an ac-
count of a battle won by force OF
men when the odds against them
were Is to /. In no story which can
be told concerning the people OF the
plains is there to be found tale OF
greater heroism than that shown by
a little contingent of enlisted men oil
the Sixth United States cavalry down
near Abe Red river in Texas, in the
summer of the year 1874. The Sixth
cavalry has had fighting history, but
this particular story shines bright in
its pages.
The Comanches, the Cheyennes and
the Kiowas were on the warpath and
were leaving red trail all along the
borders of western Kansas. General,
then colonel, Nelson A. Miles, was or
dered to take the field against the saw
ages. His expedition fitted out at
Fort Dodge and then struck for the
far frontier. The combined bands Of
Indians learned that the troops were
on their trail and they fed south to
the Red river, of Texas, holly pursued
by two troops of the Sixth cavalry.
commanded by Captains Biddle and
Compton.
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ASHINGTON.-In the war de-
partment in Washington is a
letter written by Lieut.. Gen.
Nelson A. Miles in praise of the
deeds of FIVE enlisted men. Gen.
Miles letter is written as SIM
ply as becomes a soldier, but 1t
is a pulse-stirring epistle. 1t is
New-York tribune., 1909-06-13

Philips. The Rev H Masliansky viii make an
address in Yiddish.
Among the other well known citizens who will be
present are Judge Meyer Sulzbacher, OF Philadel-
phia: Nathan Straus. District Attorney Jerome.
Daniel Guggenheiner, Congressman Bennett and
Olcott, of New York; Francis Burton Harrison.
Isidor Straus Samuel Strauss, Cyrus Sulzoerger,
Supreme Court Justices Samuel Greenbaum Irving
Lehman and Francis B. Deenanty, Justices Leopold
Prince Leon Sanders. F. Spiegelberg and Benja-
min Hoffman. Julius Harburger, RabbiS j. L.
Magnus, Bernard Drashman. NJ. T. Marsolfes. Jo-
seph Silvernan, /. S. Moses, Rudolph Grossman,
G. A Kohut ard Philip Klein. The various He
brew organizations in which women are the leaders
will be represented.
Tomorrow morning the grand lodge of the Order
E'rith Abraham will convene in annual session at
the New Star Casino 107th street and Park avenue.
and its meetings will continue throughout the week
Tomorrow night there will be a dinner at the
Casino, where covers will be laid for more than
two thousand persons. On Wednesday night there
will be g. volksfest and ball at Sulzer's Harlem
River Park which, It is expected, will be attended
by moro than twenty thousand persons.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-13

Admiral Guinea Full Justice was done TO this
creation by Mr James Hearn. most versatile
character actor. Without the realism ana
power OF this vivid and picturesque impersona-
ton the audience would have found It difficult
TO associate the play with men of genius like
Stevenson and Henley. AS il was. the play
was followed with intense interest, and while
the four acts, with their five characters. dragged
from lack OF condensation there was a dis
tinctly dramatic close. This was the play sub
stituted for Mr. George Bernard Shaws re
lieious conversation which the censor had IN
terdicted irreligious.
After this play came Mile. Genee's appear
ance with Mr. Cleatpor. in The Dryad,"
pastoral fantasy composed by Miss Dora Bright
Out of q hollow bole where she had been i'm
prisoned by Venus with a respite once In ten
years from n1oonrise until dawn, danced the
graceful sprite. and the shepherd sang TO her
and lost his heart SIS she glided before his eyes
in one measure after another. He wooeo her
with ardor and promised TO remain constant to
her until her return after the lapse Of ten
years and in this way to rescue her. In the
second tableau the dryad came back and lis
tened hopelessly for the shepherds song, and
at the approach of dawn she heard his pipe
and danced for 10Y. He entered the glade with
q shepherdess on his arm. and the dryad in
despair implored the tree to give her the shell
ter of oblivion. It was beautiful fantasy. with
tuneful music, and Mile. Genee danced like
fairv L n. z.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-13
TO OPEN TEN MILK DEPoTs TUESDAY.
Remarkable Increase in Work Done for the
Poor by Nathan Straus.

TAr additional pasteurized milk depots will be
oronea nv Nathan straus Oh Tuesday. making
seventeen in all including the seven kept open the
1,aer round The additional stations will be IN
rarLs and on recreation piers for the sale of pas
te,,rtzAd milk by the glass. and viii be located as
follows:
Ratterv Park, City Hall Park. Central Park
Mount Morris Park Educat tonal Alliance roof gar
aen and the recreation piers at East Sd street.
Fast 24th street East 1i2th street. Barrow street
and West 50th street.
THE wear round stations are at No 34S East SD
s+rae+ No 45 Monroe street. No. Al West Esd street
No az MscdougaI street. No. S22 East seth street
No gOa East nth street and Tompkins Park.
In rompkins Park a model milk station Just
ooonIeted by the city is to be occupied the entre
go IT &c an octagonal building. half used by
the aanartnent for the sale of pasteurized mod
tsed milk in nursing bottles and the other haiI Ior
tho sale OF milk by the glass 10 the children play
,n. ,n the mark The milk is kept IN large retrig-
rators In the centre Of the building and there are
.ao,ities for heating the bottles for mothers WHO
80 snending the afternoon in the park and want 10
-oad their babies there There is also an once IN
.t.b -, nbvscian treats sick babies free of charge
rrba milk sold by the glass is drawn through
.o,oo+s from tanks which are kept packed IN ice
and &c served counters set in the wan ana m
,ara5 b,, folding shutters when not IN use. me
,.rs for the station to be copied IN LONDON
.rLt station is in the district where there Is lhe
80. demand for the Straus milk. the output
ra,1g over three thousand bottles and three tnou-
sand glasses day ,. ,s 900
Dtr straus supplied $4,000 bottles OF MIX IN II I
srst year. Last year he dispensed over 40O"O'"
New-York tribune., 1909-06-13
ORDERS GOLDEN JUBILEE
Birth abraham to Celebrate THIS
afternoon at Hippodrome.

The Hippodrome will be the scene OF an I'M
posing and impressive celebration thls sI'e''iooi'
tn which probably the finest happening VIII oe 'ne
singing Of The Star Spangled Banner by seven
Thousand or eight thousand Hebrew citizens, mostly
Of foreign birth each waving enthusiastically an
American flag The occasion for the oeleuTatloh
will be the nfteth anniversary OF the Order 3 nun
Abraham officially termed its golden jubilee Inc
great auditorium Will be proluseiy oecoid'ed WIN
the national ooors.
The order was incorporated under the laws OF
the state of New York in 1859. The actual date OF
fts hftieth birthday June II. but as that date
fell on the Jewish Sabbath this year the celebration
mas deferred until to-day. The order was organ
,za5 half = century ago by Portuguese Jews at
a time when the Jews began TO emigrate 10 this
country from different parts of Europe coming TO
Americas shores strangers 10 one another stran-
gers 10 the conditions this country and strangers
m the language. 4 few Of the wiser Hebrews who
had already become thoroughly established in the
United States saw the necessity OF bringing all
these newcomers together, and this led 10 the nst
tuition OF the Order Birth Abraham, with a lodge
eystem in which all and women OF Jewish
faith could become members. with a view or uniting
the Jewish people In their new home.
The history of the order has not been without its
dissension. A few years ago quite a number with
drew from the parent body and organized the In
dependent Order Birth Abraham. The original
body has to-day membership OF 5000. distributed
among 3H lodges throughout the country. Since its
organization II has paid s7ooO.00o in benefits and
contributed half much ~ the sick and needy.
At the celebration to-day. at which Samuel Dorf.
the grand master, will preside. will be many dis
ting1,ished Hebrews and many eminent citizens or
other nationaties Samuel s. koenig. Secretary
of State of New York. will make address as
renresentative of the state government and Pat
rick F MCGOWAN will make the address of welcome
on tef1aff of the city government Addresses will
s,so be made by Congressman Julius Kahn. of
California; Congressman Henry NJ. Godfogle. Of
Nayv York; Louis Marshall and Deputy Controller
New-York tribune., 1909-06-13

don, at the Garrick Theatre, with Miss
Violet Vanbrugh and Miss Grace Lane
in the principal parts.
The Hurdy Gurdy Girl words by r.
Carle, music by H. L. Hertz, was pre-
sented at the Colonial Theatre. Chicago.
with R. earle. Pauline Perry. and others
IN the cast
Charles wyndham and Miss Mary
Moore appeared az the Empire Theatre
IN THE MolIusc,'' acting Tom Kemp
and Mrs. Baxter. Notable success
Mr.. Sothern and Miss Marlowe. at the
Academy, performed as Hamlet and
Ophelia lia-Announcement that ]. E Dod-
son will appear in London in April, 1916,
in The House Next Door."-Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Corson Clarke began an en-
gaseuent az the Coliseum. London, in
Strategy Summer season OF varieties
and moving pictures was begun at the
West End Theatre.-"The Follies of
1909 was produced. by r. Zeigfeld. tr.'
at Atlantic City: words by H B. smith,
music by Maurice Levi.
play called The Sign OF the Rose"
was presented at the Colonial Theatre,
George Beban. Frank Sheridan and
others appearing in IT.
formed at the Academy of Music. Mr..
Sothern appearing as shylock and Miss
Narlowe as Portia.-Tableaus and per
formances began at Lambeth Palace,
London, to illustrate the history and
growth Of the Church of England.
End OF engagement Of Robert Hilliard'
at the Liberty Theatre, in the vulgar.
repulsive. odious play. called "A Fool
10
his engagement at the Lyric, acting IN
The Great John Canton" To be sue
ceeded. June 15. by a musical farce called
The Motor Girl"-C1ose OF The candy
Shop" ct the Knickerbocker.-Eld OF
The Follles Of the Day at the Lincoln
souare.-Plays visible in June at the prin-
cipal theatres that remain open are the
House Next Door: at the Gaiety Thea
ire; The Midnight Sons: at the Broad
wav Theatre; The Motor Girl: at the
Lyric announced for June lo); The
Blue Mouse: at Maxine Eliotrs inca
ire: The Beauty Spot: at the Herald
Square Theatre: Havana: az the Ca
sino: The Nollusc': at the Empire The
atre Ctiu June Ie): The Third Degree:
At the Hudson Theatre; "A Gentleman
from Mississippi. az the Bitou Theatre:
The Man from Home; al the AStor
Theatre; The Girl from RectoT's': at
Webers Theatre: Going Some: at the
Belasco Theatre.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-13
DRAMATIC RECORD
Continued from sixth page

Criterion Theatre, IN The Fair Co-Ed."
Miss Crosman ended her tour, at At
lantic City, in Sham. Close OF sea
son at New York Htppodroma-Miss Kit
" Cheatham appeared at the Theatre
Fenina, Paris
Mr.. sothern and Miss Marlowe began an
enga cement al the Academy OF Music,
acting in 'Pomeo and Juliet. A hlthy.
disgusting play, called The Narrow
PATH written by John Montague. and
first offered IN Philadelphia. was presenter
at the Hackett Theatre 1t had only one
performance. proving such dismal fail
ure that It was not repeated.-Opening
Of the Aerial Gardens on roof OF the New
Amsterdam Theatre. Miss Marie DreSsler
appearing there. in The Boy and the
Girl" Failure-Opening OF Hammer
STEMS Roof Garden Members of the
Lambs arrived IN New York and gave
the final performance Of their exhibition
al the Metropolitan Opera House, for the
benefit Of the Actors Fund; net receipts.
S8.22.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-13
JUNE.

Sir Charles Wyndham and Miss Mary
Moore arrived in New York, from Eng
Iand.-"Eunice, with Miss Fanny Ward
in the principal part, was produced, by
II KIaw, at the Hicks Theatre. London;
Failure.-Marriag OF Miss Reinia Belasco
and Morris Gest. at Sherry's, New York
City.
Cyrtl Maude and Miss winifred Emery
appeared. In "a Merry Devil by w. B.
Pagan, at the Playhouse Theatre. Lon
don.
Margaret Ellington, Mrs. Daniel Froh-
man, announced as having established
her residence at DO. 60 Centre street,
Reno New, for stay Of six months,
Drenararory to application for divorce:
mention made that she assumed her fam
ilv name Of Leighton--J. j. ShubeTt
signed lease of theatre in Indianapolis,
70 be built in the Shriners' Temple in
that city.-Oscar Hammerstein announced
that he will produce Richard Strauss 3
'.F-euersnath" in association with "Sa-
lor,e " next season, in New York--Sam
sothern and Lillias Waldegrave arrived
in New York, from London, TO act IN
The Mollusc'' with Sir Charles Wynd-
bam-I>a Sale Theatre, Chicago, closed
-, building department of that city, be-
oo,,sa not provided with sufficient fire es-
capes. ,,
oarr4,,l engagement at the Empire Thea
+-e in What Every Woman Knows. -
ng,ss Eleanor Robson closed her season
- tho T,vceurn, in Mrs. f. H. Burnetts
l.,rba Dawn Of a Tomorrow. End Of
,be run of the indecent play of The
-.os+ Nav" at the Stuyvesant Thea
plo,e Aled for remodelling the New
vor,, Academy OF Music.-"The Dryad, ."
.,.ao,,nced as 2. pastoral fantasy was
-.a,,ced at the Afternoon Theatre, Lon
a., ,.ith Mile. Genee in principal part
C.,..5a FitcI1's vulgar melodrana Of The
1I.o-oa, ;n the case" was acted IN Lon
New-York tribune., 1909-06-13
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE.
Preparations Under Way for Big
San Francisco Celebration.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune.l

San Francisco, June 12-The announcement that
President Taft viii open the Portola festival at
San Francisco on October 10 has caused great re-
joicing here. This festival, which was originally
intended to celebrate the anniversary Of the dis
cover1y of San Francisco Bay by Gaspar de Por-
toIa has been broadened until now 1t Will be an
international celebration of the rapid rebuilding OF
the city since the great fire three and half years
ago. Most of the European and South American
powers will send warships to take part IN the
great naval pageant. A peculiar feature of the
celebra ton will be toast to rehabilitated city,
given by the President which will be drunk at the
same hour by Calfornians and their friends around
the world.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-13

The threatened trouble with Italian lumbermen
at McCloud in Siskyou County, has been averteo,
Some six hundred men. excited by the appeals OF
few anarchist leaders threatened to seize the
lumber mills and destroy the plant unless their
demands for higher wages were granted Inc
Sheriff called on Governor GilletJ for troops ana
six militia companies dispatched. THESE
troops behaved well and speedily brought the riot
ers to terms. The McCloud Lumber Company has
Maid its workmen for houses which they have built
on the company's grounds. and a new force OF men
will be brought in. Those who have investigated
the situation declare that the great majority Oh
the workmen were satisfied with their wages and
that few agitators caused all the trouble Inc
lumber company could not afford to pay higher
wages, as lumber has declined heavily in price
in the last year
New-York tribune., 1909-06-13

The Southern Pacific Company has purchased a
considerable property at Colfax' whlcn II VIII use
as Yards when its Rocklin-Colfax cutoff Is COM
pleted. Colfax will then be important sub-ter-
minal point.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-13

Sacramento preachers have decided not to give
the blessing 70 divorced persons who rem6rry
unless they can show that inhdelity was the cause
Archdeacon George OF the Episcopal Church sug-
gested this plan He showed by statistics that Cali
fornia leads the states with divorce for every
seven marriages.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-13

The schooner Gjoa, in which Captain Amundsen
made his voyage through the Northwest Passage,
will soon be presented TO Golden Gate Park, where
It will be placed in lake specially constructed
for it