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The National tribune., 1909-09-23

Mrs Taft wife of President Taft. will
return to the White House some time
late in October. While Mrs. Taft's
health is much improved, it is said that
she will not take up social duties early
and will make no extra effort during the
Winter. as it Will be hard for her to
endure the strain at best One of her
sisters will come to Washington with
her. probably Mrs. More, who was here
all Spring and was so we'll liked. and
she will remain all Winter to ASSIST in
White House functions and lift the
hardest part of the planning from Mrs.
Tafts shoulders.
The National tribune., 1909-09-23

President Taft and President Diaz are
not twins. but they were born on the
same day, Sept. Is, but 81 years apart.
1t would have been great idea if the
venerable President of Mexico and the
youthful President of the United States
could have had their projected historic
meeting at FL Paso month earlier
on Sept. }. instead of Oct. IS, which is
the plan that has been adopted. Presi-
dent DiaZ has served his country as a
! president Dictator" for 80 years Pres
ident Taft has hardly held his chair
down six months. but the constituents
of each. regardless of political affilia-
tions are very fond of their Presidents.
The National tribune., 1909-09-23

Former Senator Joe Blackburn
of Kentucky. head of the Dep0a
pent of Civil Administration of the
Panama Canal Commission. has
not resigned, according to a state
ment made by Col. George w.
GOethals. Chief Engineer in charge
of the construction work of the
big ditch. Some time ago it was
announced that Senator Blackburn
was disgusted with the canal, and
would come home, but this is diff
ferent:
Mr.. Blackburn has been seri-
ously i'll for several months" said
Col. Goethals, ''and his illness. COM
bined with the fact tkat he is get
ting along in years, gave rise to
the rumor that he contemplated
resigning. | can say, however, that
up to the present time no such ac-
ton has been taken by him. About
the middle of October Mr.. Black
burn will take several months
leave. and he hopes to be greatly
benefited by trip to the United
States.
Mr.. Black burn is very popular
on the Isthmus," Col. Goethals con-
tinued, and we would he sorry to
hear of his retirement. He has
been Chief of the Civil Administra-
ton for the last two years, and his
work has been complimented high
Iy"
The National tribune., 1909-09-23

News has reached Washington from
Tokyo. Japan. of the death in that city
of Mrs. Merriam Colbert Harris. wife
of Bishop Harris, prominent clergy
man, formerly of this city, who was ap-
pointed in 1904 as Bishop of Japan and
Korea by the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
Mrs. Harris was Miss Flora Lydia
Pest before her marriage to Bishop
Harris which took place in this city in
1873. The couple resided in Washing
ton for short time before going to the
Pacific Coast, where they engaged in
mission work together for several years,
after which Bishop Harris was sent as
a missionary to Japan. where he was
later Joined by his wife.
The National tribune., 1909-09-23

How many remembered that Sept III
was the eighth anniversary of the death
Of President "McKiniey2 IT was very
generally observed in Washington by
the wearing of the pink carnation, his
ravorite flower large wreath of car
nations, roses and lilies was placed in
the Mckinley mausoleum in Canton by
order Of George Il. Corteiyou, of New
York. who sends this annual tribute to
the memory of the chief under whom
ne served as Private Secretary. Many
other floral pieces were taken to the
mausOleum during the afternoon
The National tribune., 1909-09-23

Archie and Quentin Roosevelt have
returned from their Summers outing in
Europe with their mother and sister,
and will attend school during the Win
ter at GrotOn, Mass. Mrs. Roosevelt
and Miss Ethel will remain in Europe,
touring around as suits their fancy for
n few months. The Roosevelt boys say
they had a great time while abroad.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-08-11
SYNOPSIS.

Senator Morley Vernon's visit with his
fiancee was interrupted by a call from
his political boss at the state capital.
Both regretted it, the girl more than he,
because she had arranged to attend
dinner that evening with him. She said
she yearned for a national Office for him.
On Vernon's desk in the senate he found
a red rose, accompanied by a plea for
suffrage for women. He met the au-
thoress, pretty Miss Maria Greene Of
Chicago, who proposed to convert him
Miss Greene secured Vernon's promise to
aided her by convincing others. He took
a liking to the fair suffragette. Miss
Greene consulted with the leutenant-gov-
ernor. Vernon admitted to himself that
the suffrage had stirred a strange feel
ing within him. He forgot to read his
fiancee's letter. Vernon made a great
speech in favor of suffrage, aided by
chances from Miss Greene. The resolution
was made a special order. Vernon was
enthusiastic on the prospects for the res
olution. He was much in Miss Greene's
company. Vernon neglected thoughts of
Amelia He took Miss Greene driving and
laid out plans for the success of the reso-
luton. Vernon's speech caused a great
newspaper sensation. He was being neg
lected by Amelia, who had not answered
his letter. Vernon is clipped off, that his
suffrage resolution may not pass. AS
ing he had no fears: Miss Greene ar
rived and breakfasted with Vernon.
Across the dining room, entrenched be-
hind women opponents OF the suffrage
resolution. he spied Amelia. He started
toward her
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for our rights, think we are perfectly
capable of preserving Them
Her look put that question beyond
all dispute.
"And now" she resumed, you
would better take little breakfast
yourself; you look as if you needed
strength
Vernon rose. He stood for an in
slant looking at Amelia, but She
glanced at him only casually
Il suppose, Amelia, l shall see you
later in the morning."
Il suppose so, Mr.. Vernon" she said.
"But pray do not let me keep you from
rejoining your companion" She was
quite airy, and lifted her coffee-cup
with one little finger quirked up high
er than he had ever seen it before
He went back to where Miss Greene
sat, and where his breakfast lay.
my goodness!" he said, seating
himself. "1've had a time!"
81 should imagine So" said Miss
Greene.
She was just touching her napkin to
her lips with final air. She carefully
pushed back her chair, and rose from
the table.
II beg your PARDON he stammered,
getting up himself, I'll see you after
breakfast
Miss Greene bowed. Then she left
! the dining room.
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STOP EATING
AND GET WELL

I'm the course of my long experience have
noted" says DR.. Guelpa one of 1taly's best
known consulting physicians, according to the
New York World. that the beginning of a
cure of sick person always declares itself
when the bodily weight shows a decrease.
Whenever on the contrary, the weight re-
NAMED stationary never failed on any occa-
sion to find that the temperature had in
creased and that the particular illness of the
moment had the upper hand'
And so it was that Guelpa, much to the cha
grin and temporary discomfort of his many pa
tients-and he had one of the largest ellen.
teles In Italy was wont to ruthlessly pre-
scribe a "diet of starvation" The patient
would naturally protest. He felt weak, he
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measure-and I may add, without
Boosting, l hope, with some success
all have done has been to champion
a measure which was to benefit your
sex, to secure your rights, to"
"Morley!" Mrs. Overman Hodge
Lathrop said, cutting him short. Nor
ley, have you indeed fallen so low? 1t
is incomprehensible to me, that a
young man who had the mother you
have, who had the advantages you
have had, who was born and bred as
you were, should SO easily have lost
his respect for women!"
Lost my respect for women!" cried
Vernon, and then he laughed. "Now
Mrs. Hodge-Lathrop, ne went on with
shade of irritation in his tone, this
is too much!"
Mrs. Overman Hodge-Lathrop was
calm.
Have you shown her any respect?'
she went on. Have you not, On The
contrary, said and done everything
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-08-11
CHAPTER XII,

Morley Vernon came out of the din.
ing room in a temper far different
from that he had worn when he went
in. His breakfast, after so many vi
cissitudes, was sure to be failure,
though John, striving against fate, had
tried to restore the repast to its orig
inal excellence by replacing each dish
with fresh one. He affected a heroic
cheerfulness, too, but the cheer was
hollow, for his experience of men and
Of breakfasts must have taught him
that such disasters can never be re-
paired.
Vernon, however, had heavier things
on his mind. In his new position as
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ARN0RED- cRH2ESER CoLORH1o :

rate program. The cruiser Montgomery, which
had been fitted up as torpedo experimental
ship, was also with the fleet and took promi.
nent part in the struggle at sea, it's expert.
ments proving of great future value.
The great Atlantic torpedo fleet also de-
serves mention in connection with the sum-
mers play at war. The fotilla of II boats
with the cruiser Dixie as parent ship and four
brand new submarine boats with the gunboat
Castine as their parent ship played spectacu.
lar parts alongside of the monster battleships
OF fifteen and sixteen thousand tons.
Only IL of the 16 battleships which went
around the world were with the fleet of the
Atlantic ocean off Provincetown, the other
four in Rear Admiral Schroeder's command
being new vessels receiving their first expert
ence at firing in this practice
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knight-errant of Illinois womankind,
he had looked forward to this day as
the one of triumph; now, at its Begin
ming, he found himself with two Of
Tended women on his hands, and two
hopelessly irreconcilable mistresses to
serve. He began to see that the lot of
constructive statesman is trying; he
would never criticise leaders again.
The lobby of the hotel was filing
rapidly, and men with their hair still
damp from the morning combing were
passing into the breakfast room with
newspapers in their hands. In the
center of the lobby, however, he saw
a group of senator's. and out of the
middle of the group rose dark bon
net; the flowers on the bonnet bobbed
now and then decisively. Around it
were clustered other bonnets, but they
were motionless, and, as it were, SUBJ
ordinate.
Can you tell me who that isl"
asked Brooks of Alexander, Jerking his
thumb at the group.
Yes said Vernon, that's Gen.
Hodge-Lathrop. She's on her way to
the front to assume command
"Oh!' said Brooks Il saw some
thing in the papers" And he went
away, reading as he walked.
Vernon looked everywhere for Miss
Greene, but he could not find her. The
porter at the Capitol avenue entrance
told him that she had driven over r.,
the State House few minutes before.
Vernon was seized by an impulse to
follow, but he remembered Amelia.
He could not let matters go on thus
between them. If only Mrs. Overman
Hodge-Lathrop were not in command;
it he could get Amelia away from her
for while, if he could see her alone.
he felt that explanations would be pos
slble.
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for New England ports, where they spent July
4, preparatory to repairing to Provincetown
for the maneuvers and sham naval struggle
In the northern ports the sailors and Off
GERS were granted shore leave in relays from
July to July g. -Four ships visited Boston
Independence day, two were at Penobscot bav
two at Portland, Me-, and one each at Marble.
head Mass. Portsmouth, N H., Eastport. Me-
Brockport, Mass Gloucester, Mass, and Booth
Bay, Me.
With the reassembling of the fleet at Brock.
port, Mass, three days after the fourth began
the summers work, which was more nctnr.
esque than that of any previous year. it was
said.
From Provincetown the fleet proceeded to
sea each week, returning Saturday nights. On
these trips of week each occurred the fleet
drills, the evoutions and other exercises.
One feature of the maneuvers was the pres.
ence of the naval militias of several eastern
states. The members of these militia bodies
are citizen sailors Each body of militia was
taken out for weeks instruction on the big
ships. Permission to take the reserves on the
voyages was granted through the courtesy
of the navy department.
The Provincetown maneuvers presented the
spectacle of battleships at practice firing at
sea under every weather condition for the first
time in the history of American naval art.
Night firing under the same conditions was
one of the important parts of the program
which was carried out to the letter.
President Taft and Secretary of the Navy
Meyer were witnesses of several of the maneu-
vers of the fleet at sea and both officials ex-
pressed themselves as delighted with the
progress which the sailors have made at
craftsmanship since their world tour
Two old torpedo boats, Nicholson and
O'Brien, were dismantled filled with cork to
keep them afloat and used as targets for sae
gigantic pro5ectiles Time and again they
were riddled and finally, the cork having been
so thoroughly perforated that they we're
longer unable to keep afloat, they sank to the
bottom of the ocean.
They were towed at different speeds bv the
cruisers and thus the gunners of the men-of.
war given an opportunity to gauge distance
and motion at the same time one of the most
difficult feats at which the American tar is
an adept.
The scout cruisers Chester, Salem and Biz.
mingham and the armored cruisers North Car.
DINA, Montana and New York joined the fleet
at Provlncetown and took part in the elabo.
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The battleship Connecticut led the sbins of
one DIVISION From out of the cover of each
opponents guns darted the tiny torpedo boats
hnd almost as often their courses were
blocked and in some cases the torpedoes and
torpedo boats destroyed"
by rtghtfall the battle being called q
"draw' the searchlights of the two sets of
enemies followed each other out of sight and
chat Saturday evening foes became friends
upon reaching headquarters at Provincetown.
Every known modern naval device was Civ
en- its inning during the fight Torpedoes
we're dispatched by wireless telegraph this
being an experiment tried in an actual en-.
gagement for the first time by the United
States. The newly adopted fire control mast,
which has been called the inverted waste
basket" proved success, the officers said.
The summers maneuvers afforded the first o.
opportunity for crucial test of this invention.
dozen torpedo boats made attacks on the
big battleships and officers and men were re-
quired to exert extreme vigilance to also
guard against the little submarine torpedo
boats, four OF which with the parent ship. the
gunboat Castlne made things lively for the
monster war vessels. Time and again the
flagship Connecticut was compelled to din her
nets to ward off the destructive torpedoes
which shot little swirls of foam to the sur
face Of the ocean as they sped on their mis-.
sion of mimic DEATH
The grim reaper, burlesqued, stalked every.
where during the encounter and time and
again ships were declared sunk" de
stroyed" or "scuttled" to prevent capture by
the enemy, while admirals, captains, petty Of
fcers and men were notified they had been
KILLED" by well-directed SHE'LL
The battle of the fleets was the play of the
maneuvers. To the able-boded seamen the
work consisted of fleet drills and exercises in
volving tactical problems and battle evolu.
tions. With their work off Provincetown fin
ished the fleet was scheduled to depart for the
southern drill grounds, south of Virginia
capes. for record and battle target practice,
the results of which were ordered secretly
tabulated for the war department..
This shooting will Occupy about two weeks
beginning August 10. At it's close the vessels
will return to Hampton Roads and 60 to their
home yards for repairs which may have been
necessitated by the vigorous summer cam
paign. The winter maneuvers will take place
In West Indian waters.
Hampton Roads presented great sight
when the big war craft departed from there
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vegetables. Things, however, did not
prosper with the Gibbons family. The
elder Gibbons declared that the dog
was a Jonah.
HE has brought us hard luck" said
Mr.. Gibbons to the boy, "and he must
co."
Rush took the dog behind the barn
and then cried as if his heart would
break. But it was not to be that the
dog must leave the farm.
The family was at dinner when the
dog scratched at the screen door ana
the boy hurried to let the Jonah in.
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you could, to drag her down from her
exalted station, to pull her to the
earth, to bring her to level with
men, to make her soil herself with
politics, by scheming and voting and
caucusing and button-holing and wire
pulling? You would have her degrade
and unsex herself by going to the
polls, to caucuses and conventions;
you would have her, no doubt, in time,
lobbying for and against measures in
the council chamber and the legisla-
ture."
Mrs. Overman Hodge-Lathrop paused
and lifted her gold eyeglasses once
more to the bridge of her high, aris-
tocratic nose.
1T is that kind Of women you have
been brought up with, Morley? Do
we look like that sort? Glance around
this table-do we look like that sort
of women?"
The ladies stiffened haughtily, dis
painfully, under the impending inspec-
ton, knowing full well how easily they
would pass muster
"And, if that were not enough"
Mrs. Overman Hodge-Lathrop went on,
inexorably, 1--WE come here to plead
with you and find you hobnobbing with
that mannish thing, that female law
yer!"
She spoke the word female as if it
conveyed some distinct idea of re.
proach. She was probing another chop
with her fork. She had sent the pot
of coffee back to the kitchen, ordering
the waiter to tell the cook that she
was accustomed to drink her coffee
hot.
"And now, Morley Vernon, listen to
me-" she said, as if he were about to
hear the conclusion of the whole mat
ter. IF you have any spark of honor
left in you, you will undo what you
have already done. This resolution
must be defeated in the senate to-day;
l am down here to see that it is done.
We go to the State House after break.
fast, and these ladies will assist me in
laying before each member of the
senate this matter in its true and ex.
act light. AS for our rights" she
paused and looked at him fixedly, "as
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bons, who loves all dumb creatures,

bons, who loves all dumb creatures,
especially dogs. discovered, that the
animals right foreleg was broken. The
dog apparently had been struck by an
automobile.
Gibbons took the dog home in hts
arms and placed the broken limb in
splints. He nursed the poor animal
back to health and soon it was as
frfsky as ever. His parents demurred
at first, but finally allowed the boy
to keep his pet, the dog earning his
keep by driving away tramps and fire.
quently preventing thefts Of fruit and
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-08-11

body's digestive
and kindred or.
gans have their
allotted tasks to
perform. Conse.
Quently, the ref.
use or worth.
less matter re-
mains in the
S y S t e m, thus
forming an oh.
ject of attack
in the case Of
d i s e a S e, q
source of debil.
ity and a happy
hunting ground
for those nox.
ious phagocytes
that prey upon
the h e al t h y
body, first in
trenching them.
selves in a cen.
ter of the body
which is predis.
posed to un-
healthinesS and
attacking from
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AS PAYMENT FOR HIS BOARD

the Mortgage" and How Betsy
Raised Hops in German Beer Gar
den," says the New York Herald. It is
believed that this story is even truer
than the Others:
Caldwell, N. j., Sunday.-Rush Glib.
bons, 12-year-old son of William Glib.
bons, truck farmer of Fairfield, re-
Gently found dog lying beside the
turnpike. The animal was crying and
whining as If in great pain, and Glib
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(TO BE CONT1NUED.)
1akinu His Time.

Bacon-It Is said that at the pres.
ent ratio of progress 20 years will
elapse before the ruins of Pompeii
are entirely uncovered.
Egbert-The man with the hoe''
must be working by the day over
there.
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although his father objected.

dItuOuBu Ills 1aCner ODJeCted.
The animal walked up close to the
elder Gibbons. and then to the aston
ishment of all, dropped from its mouth
some money, which, when counted,
proved to be five 81 bills, all new.
Where the dog got the money is a
mystery and one that will perhaps
never be solvad.
The result will be. however. that
Mr.. Gibbons Will keep the dog, as he
believes the bringing OF the money
will likewise bring about a change N
luck.
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Jonah Dog Carries SIS to Farmer Who
Believed Canine Had Brought
Him Bad Luck.

Foreword-This thrilling narrative
comes from the occasional contribu-
tor in New Jersey whose fame rests
on his well-known stories How Mike,
the Rattlesnake, Flagged the Ex-
prssa," Polly, the PaEyak Chat Raised
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that position. Now, the eliminating, first of
ALL of these diseased areas is the first duty
of man, woman and child to themselves. Says
DR.. Guelpa to his recalcitrant patient:
when you are attacked by an illness, do
you not find, my dear friend, that nature re-
moves from you most of your ordinary desire
to eat and drink? You, however, t. Ink that
you know better than nature. You say to
yourself that you must prepare for your sick
ness by putting in stock of food-and per
haps drink Foolish man! Does it not occur
to you that nature is trying to teach you how
to act and you won't learn. Far from waiting
till you are stricken with illness, try an occa-
sional days starvation and illness may never
come. You will, by doing this, rid your sys.
TEN of its effete tissues and it's noxious toxic
matters or poisons When you feel that occa.
sional headache; when you feel that "all-over-
ishness" that sometimes attacks you; when
you are depressed-you call it bilious-well,
try bout of starvation and then watch for
results.
How long should we starve, then, according
to our Guelpa? He says himself that there
are few persons who cannot do three days
without food and that, too, with constant pup
gatives. At first general gastric and mus.
cular weakness is felt. That is simply the be.
ginning of the process of elimination. Soon a
sense of comfort begins to be enjoyed. OF
course the body in this period is more prone
to catch cold matter that must be provided
for by an increase of clothing and q hot drink
now and then.
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ged Massachusetts coast between
July 7 and August 5, the exercise.
there having just come to an end.
1t was great scrap, bloodless of
course, but filled with enough mimic
gore to make an American of the
coolest temperament throw his hat
into the air and yell for Old Glory,
he stars and stripes, President Taft
and all the rest.
Drawn up in battle alignment were
80 war craft of every size and shape.
They ranged all the way FROM Bear
Admiral Seaton Schroeder's 16, 900 ..n
flagship. u. S. S. Connecticut, to the
tiny submarine torpedo boat Taran
tu7a.
Divided into two squadrons, oppos
ing each other, these two divisions Of
our friends, the enemy" broke the
morning mist on opposite horizons
and at the flagship's signals quickly
fell into circular battle formation
opening fire at distance of several
miles.
On paper it was CORY struggle
dozen of the terrors of the sea wero
'disabled" by Rear Admiral Schroo.
der's edict and several submarines f;p.
uratively carried their crews to Davv
Jones' locker never tn rot,r,