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TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
The Battle of Long land-August q.

AS soon as Sullivan perceived his peril
he ordered a retreat 70 the American
lines at Brooklyn It was too late; Gin
ton drove him back upon the Hessian
bayonets and. after fighting desperately.
hand-to-hand, with foe in front and rear
and losing a greater portion OF his men,
Sullivan was compelled TO surrender. AS
usual. misfortunes did not come singly.
While these disasters were occurring m
the left, CORVALLIS descended the port
road TO Gowanus until Stirling was made
a pTisal5. Many Of his troops were
drowned willis endeavoring 10 escape
across Gowanus Creek, as the tide was
rising, and large number were cap
tured. About go American were killed
or wounded. and LOO were made pris-
oners. These were soon suffering dread
ful horrors in prisons and prison ships at
New York. The British lost in killed.
wounded, and prisoners. about 3s7.
II was with deepest gloom that Wash
ington had viewed from New York the
destruction of his troops. yet he dared
not weaken his power in the city by send
ing re-enfOrcements 10 aid them. lie
crossed over on the following morning
with Mifflin, who had come down from
the upper end Of York Island with loo
troops. and was gratihed TO find the en-
envy encamped IN front Of Putnams lines
and delaying an attack until thu british
feet could cooperate.
The delay allowed Washington time to
form and execute a plan for the saliva
ton Of the remainder Of the army. now
100 weak 10 resist an assault with any
hope of success. Under cover Of a heavy
| fog which fell upon the hostile camps al
midnight on the 9th and continued until
the morning Of the 50th. he silently with
drew from the camp, and. unperceived
by the British, crossed over 70 New York
in safety, carrying everything with then
but their heavy cannon. Then followed
| the struggle for New York and the Hud
SON.
On August q was fought the last bat
tie Of the Revolution on the Combahe'
near Charleston, S. c.. in I7S2. It is tn
date Of the bombardment Of Algiers il
1916. August p is the birthday Of JOSEPH
Reed, the Revolutionary patriot and sol
der Q7fD: Hannibal Hamlin. Vice Pres
ident under Lincoln GS0s); William II
I English. Vice Presidential candidate
/ Qs22) and the date Of the beheading o
Americas Severinus Boethius, the philoso
pher and theologian $50; James Thorn
son. the poet Q749: Thomas c. Halibur
ton, the author Of sam Slick Qs65). an
Sir Rowland Hill, author Of the penn,
postal system 1s70
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From the Ohio State Journal
Even after the common house Ay season IS over
we suppose they'll hang around week OF two lon5s
and play for the worlds championship.
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Psychological Moment Nigh.

From the Topeka Capital
As Republicans arc about agreed that New Yor
is lost this fall. II Is about time to look for som
fool Democratic break 10 he made in that State
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Wait Until the G. p. o. Sees This!

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
Some cheap skate in the Government Printing or
Gee ought to be fred. There is q late supply o.
2,ccnt stamps that wouldn't stick il a mud hole.
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THE BUSY BEY.

How doth the little busy Bsy
Improve each shining minute
To let them know on the Great
Whl.e Way
That ne is strictly IN e.
ERNEST WALKER.
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From the Boston Transcript.
Maud-What Is wonan's sphere?
Jack-That her hat isn't on straight.
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Cen. sherman,s Orersight.

uen. SherInans ONerslght.
From the Detroit Free Press
Wen never forgive Gen. Sherman for not saving
the same thing about moving that he did about war
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What viii you do. young man. wheI
girls have the ballot?"
why. I'll help get the vote out"
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F. H. Johnson. Of St. Louis. dropped
in yesterday and had dinner at the
Raleigh 4 am strong for Washington"
said Mr.. Johnson. Z come over here
every two or three years. just TO get a
little OF her dignifed essence into my
system. A little matter OF business
brought me this time but an neverthe-
less glad OF IT, expect 10 come back
when Congress is in session. and lie
around the Capital. vacation-like
Il came TO Washington the first time
when Reed was Speaker Of the House,
and spent many hours in the gallery
watching the proceedings. 7 am IN the
laundry business, and you may wonder
why a laundryman takes so much inter
est in the affairs Of his country. I am a
laundryman by necessity. and a states
man by sentiment and desire. Sometimes
I feel as II were cut out TO be law
maker That's when 7 listen 10 the ora
tory Of our great statesmen, or read
about their brilliant thoughts and deeds
In the papers. At other times I feel as
though I was cut out 70 iron shirts
That's when the almighty dollar is the
| issue and need the money. Life is in
teresting, whether you iron shirts for a
I living or make legislation. but II doesn't
hurt for one 10 take a look at his neigh
boris affairs occasionally. Il wouldn't
hurt a great many Of our statesmen 70
drop into laundries and other industries
and see things which they-some OF
! them-know nothing about"
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Cotton crops are going to be large this
year. says H. R. Swanson. Of Birming-
ham, who is in Washington on his re-
turn from a vacation at Niagara Falls.
There has been some apprehension in
market circles as to the extent OF the
damage from rains, but I am happy 10
say this has subsidized. and the prices are
all that could be expected said Mr..
Swanson at the Willard last night
There IS good money in raising cotton
where the soil is right, and II couldn't
be better than in the bottom lands Of
Alabama, where buy most OF the staple
for the foreign markets. Mobile is get
ting to be a large shipping port. taking
much Of the prestige for cotton in that
respect from New Orleans and Gal
weston"
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Mayor Gnynor's Advantage.

Prom the Montgomery Advertiser.
Mayor Gaynor can walk further now than his
would-be assailant
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LIGHTS.
CTHE LEADING Lightly

CTHE LEADING Lightly
Who's
A star?
Why
T. R.
-Birminsham AEe-Hcrald.
CTHE LIGHT THAT FAILED)
Who's
A sizz?
JEFF
Ries is.
Houston Post.
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CHAT OF THE FORUM.

Lest you ForgetI
From Tire San Antonio Express.
A little Indian is a useful thing.
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Read the BinTIlle Busle tomorrow.
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Macon News: The Washington Herald
consoles US with the reflection that the
hobble skirt will pass quickly. II We
are 70 trust our observation that is the
very thing il cannot do
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Horse Had His Sympathy.

A chauffeur whose first love is
horses even if he is now welded to
an automobile, made his appearance
on Seventh avenue, New York, on a
scorching afternoon. A string of au-
tomobiles stood in the shade of a big
hotel. Presently a delivery wagon was
added to the row of vehicles, but the
shadows were not wide enough to shell
ter it, too, and the horse stood pant
ing and trembling in the broiling sun.
The driver OF the machine that stood
just behind the delivery wagon alight-
ed and patted the horses sweaty
flank
You poor old fellow" he said, ITS
q darned shame, isn't it?"
Then in the absence of the horses
driver he undertook to remedy the
shame himself. His own machine was
run away from its position at the curb,
the horse was backed into the shade,
and the automobile took its place in
the sunshine. 1t is not recorded that
thereafter anyone expressed sympathy
for the automobile.
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Pleased the Old Wldower.

81 never saw such a pleased old Wild
over as that Gnffon vulture was when
pair of young members of his tribe
were put into his cage the other day."
said a keeper in the Central park me-
nagerie.
The old fellows mate died several
years ago and he had been leading a
lonesome life since his bereavement.
His daily routine was to eat and sit
on the porch blinking at visitors. The
new pair consisted of male and female
Their advent caused the old chap to
take on a new interest He sided up
to the female and seemed to be telling
her not to mind the other fellow, that
he was the boss of that household.
When the younger beau resented this
the old chap gave him a trouncing that
sent him into a corner, Since then
when the three are on the perch you
will find the widower sitting between
the female and her former sweetheart,
the picture of contentment,
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King Among His Fellows.

A Kentucky capitalist who was ar
rested in Kansas City for having VIC
lated the law of the arid belt, made
this plea to the judge for release:
Il own forty-seven hundred acres Of
Kentucky land with blue grass a foot
high all over it, ninety head of thor
oughbred Hereford cattle, eighteen
stands OF bees, a barrel of money and
two pairs of suspenders. I'm the only
fellow in the world that ever owned
two pairs of galluses at once"
The judge was thoughtful, but the
plea didn't go with him.
Every man has ideals in his mind.
One of them, held almost universally,
is to own two pairs of suspenders at
once so that he will not be obliged to
change these valuable supporters con-
tinually from pants to trousers.
Few achieve 1t, however. 1t is not
a matter OF money, for many well-to-do
and even rich men are tied to one pair
OF suspenders through early habits of
thought and training, inertia, absent
mindednes and the like errors.
When we see a man who owns two
sets of suspenders we say to our
selves: There goes a king"
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INFECTION IN THE PRISON
Peculiarly Favorable Field There for
the Spread Of the scourge
of tuberculosis.

Only twenty-one prisons in fifteen
states and territories have provided
special places for the treatment of
their tuberculosis prisoners. These In
situations can accommodate, however,
only 500 patients. In three-fourths Of
the major prisons and in practically
ell the jails of the country the tuber.
culous prisoner is allowed freely to
infect his fellow prisoners, very few
restrictions being placed upon his
habits. When the congregate mode Of
prison life is considered the danger Of
infection becomes greater than in the
general population. New York and
Massachusetts are the only states
where any systematic attempt has
been made to transfer all tuberculous
prisoners to one central institution
The largest prison tuberculosis hospi-
tai is in Manila, where accommoda.
tions for 200 prisoners are provided.
The next largest is Clinton prison hos
p!tal in New York, which provides for
$50
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81 T|PICGZ PHoTV ~ THE PERSJHW GULF

and mother-ofp pearl and fish are also of some COM
mercla importance The chief port is Muscat. 1t
is situated between two hills and looks to sea-
shown in the view of the Persian gulf accom-
panyng this article
The population of Oman is estimated at 1900.
900, and consists of several tribes Of Arab origin
merous.
Muscat was taken by the Portuguese in 1903
and remained in their hands until the middle of
the seventeenth century, when the Arabs of the
interior secured possession of it, The imams or
sultans of Muscat afterwards made extensive CON
quests in eastern Africa including Zanzibar, Nom
bias and Quiloa. Oman at the climax Of its
power and commercial prosperity in the first half
of the nineteenth century, when the authority Of
the imams sultans extended over the Persian
territories of Laristan and Mogistan the islands of
Bender Abbas part of the coast of Baluchisan, and
the long strip of African coastand including Fan
zibar, Mombasa and Quiloa together with the
island of Socotra. The present ruling family orig
mated in Yemen and first established in the
imamate In the person of Ahmed ibn Said in 174l
The rise of the Wahabi power in Net5ed resulted
in considerable loss of territory In 1856, the
death of Sultan Said, his possessions were divided
between his two sons, one receiving the African
territories and the other Muscat with the Persian
possessions. These last were lost in 1875. Sultan
Thuwany, who succeeded in Muscat, assassi.
mated in 1866 by his Selim, who reigned but a
short time and was driven out by his uncle Seyyid
Feisal ibn Turk, The power of the imam is exer-
csed very little beyond the capital Muscat, the
name of which is therefore probably better known
in popular usage than that of the whole state,
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ROBINSON cRUsoE
French Woman Who Lived Alone for
Two Years on the lels OF
Demons,

The Isle of Demons. of the coast Of
Newfoundland, was the scene Of a TO
nance as thrilling and tragedy as
real as any told In fiction. About the
year 1910 one Marguerite de Roberval,
niece Of the French viceroy, fell in
love with young cavalier and prom
sed him her heart and hand. Her
uncle, the viceroy, considered the
youth unworthy of his nieces proud
position, and, angered by her refusal
to give up her lover, passed a SEN
tence of exile on both of them. A YES
sci carried the couple to the isle OF
Demons leaving them there with an
old nurse, who had attended the Lady
Marguerite from her childhood, and
who wished to share her exile.
At first the Punishment did not
seem so dreadful a thing. The young
mans strength stood between his wife
and suffering, and for two years all
went well. A child was born, and the
parents began to plan for the estab-
lishment of a colony which might
thrive in this island home.
Then came trouble, swift and ter
rible. Disease fell upon the little fam
lily, and the young wife and mother
saw her husband, child and faithful
nurse all sicken and die. With her
own hands she dug their graves and
buried all that was dear to her, and
then began life alone, life in which
the mere question of existence be-
came a problem hard indeed for a
frail woman to solve. BY means of
the gun that had been her husbands
she kept herself provided with food
and with skins for her clothing.
For two years she lived Robinson
Crusoe life, this gently-bred girl. Once
a boat filled with Indians came near
the shore, but the painted faces and
fierce aspect of the sayages fright
ened her, so that she hid instead of
hailing them. She spent weeks OF la.
Dor in making a crude canoe, but her
hands were unskilled, and when she
launched her craft, it would only tip
over. At last she was rescued by
some fishermen who ventured on the
island, half frightened at first by what
they thought was an evil apparition.
Marguerite was sent to France, but
her uncle discovered her whereabouts
and continued to prosecute her. She
finally found a refuge in a small
French village, where she hid until
the viceroys death. After that she
came into the world once more and
lived to a good age.-New York Press.
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.midships, with a great

mast is big spar stepped anidshps, with great
rake forward"
A correspondent from India writes that the
British gunboats in the Persian gulf have been
very active in suppressing the traffic in rifles and
ammunition. The arms were being landed on the
Makran coast and thence were carried by cara.
Tans for sale to the tribesmen on the northwest.
ern frontier of India, to be used against the Brit
ish troops when the next trouble comes The
navy men are reported to have been very sue.
cessful and made several good hauls of rifles and
ammunition. To reduce still further the gun-run-
ners chances of profit four companies of the
Fourteenth Silks were sent from Ouetta to inter
cept caravans In the neighborhood of Robat. One
of illustrations depicts the entraining of some
of the transport camels at Jacobabad in Sind, en-
route to Nushh, whence the column marched to
Robat.
AS a rule when camels are entraiped they are
loaded on open trucks, but on this occasion It
thought advisable to make Of closed
The oouts" strongly objected to being loaded, but
with rope behind the hooks and a steady, per
suasiye strain on the nose rope they were event
ually hauled or pushed in. Once in the car the
camels made to kneel down in the sand
which had been spread the floor, their knees
were then tied that 1t was impossible for them
to straighten out their forelegs
The cars were each loaded with six camels,
three in each end, facing inward. The space in
the middle was utilized for saddles and fodder for
the Journey Two camelmen also travelled in each
car 1t may be remarked that Brahuis differ from
most people In that they do not notice that the
camel has a particularly offensive odor. The
cames bubbed and protested while being load
ed, but they settled down and began to eat
the fodder provided for them. It took five hours
TO load the first train Of 100 oamels. Only one
camel that had an unusually large hump could
not be pushed through the door, and he was
trussed like chicken and cSrried bodily in by
about 10 meu
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RECKONING DAY AND HOUR
Workman's Thoughts Not Altogether
Fixed on What Might Be Called
Higher Things.

Mayor William S. Jordan, at a Dem
ocratic banquet in Jacksonville, said
of optimism.
LET us cultivate optimism and
hopefulness. There is nothing like It,
The optimistic man can see a bright
side to everything-everything.
"a missionary in a Stun once laid
his hand on a mans shoulder and
said:
Friend. do you hear the solemn
ticking of that clock? Tick.tack; tick,
tack. And oh, my friend do you know
what day it inexorably and relentless
ly brings nearer
eyes. pay day. the other, an hon
est, optimistic workingman, replied"
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peans and, unhappily, by British merchants. The
sultan, who is under British protection, derives
large revenue from It, but although negotiations
with him for its prohibition might require diplo-
matte handling owing to his treaty obligations
with at least other power, it is the only effec-
tive means of avoiding the outpouring of blood
and treasure on the Indian forntier.
At present the efforts of the British navy are
handicapped by the fact that the photographed
conditions of Muscat, as indeed of the whole lit
toral of the gulf, do not allow preventive ships
to go very close to the coast 1t is this fact which
enables the gun-running dhows to escape the vigt
lance of British cruisers
Thus the dhows which put out from Muscat
with their contraband cargoes adopt the simple
plan of hugging the coast within the shallow-wa-
ter limits. If they making for Koweit which
Is the center of the gun trade for Mesopotamia
and western Persia, they can proceed all the way
in comparative safety otherwise they sail just
far enough to be in a position to make dash for
Jask or some other port on the Makran coast,
where their cargoes are received for conveyance
by caravan cia Ealuchistan 10 Afghanistan and
the northwest frontier Khels,
The two most active firms engaged in this
trade are owned by a Baluchi and Frenchman.
There are also in Muscat numerous small shops
engaged In the trade, and numbers of the agents
are "banias' from India. Mysterious cargoes are
also dropped overheard in the dead of night into
swift-sailing dhows and got away to obscure
places alohB Ihe easlsIh COast' II Mii De iiHlN9S
sible to check this growing peril to England's
peace in India without large number OF small
draught patrol boats and an efficient coastguard
on the Makran coast.
mo craft" says Mr.. H. Warrington Smyth, In
Mast and Sail in Europe and ASIA has played
a greater part in the worlds history than the
dhow The lateen yard is as much the emblem OF
the Faith as is the Crescent. The true baggara,
bagala or Arab dhow, the probable parent of all
the lateen-rigged offspring is now mostly TO be
met with In the Red sea and eastward TO the Per-
sian gulf, Karachi, Bombay along the Malabar
coast and down the coast of Africa to Zanzibar,
making its voyages with the fair wind OF the mon
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Real Modesty.

"An actor should be modest, and
most actors are" said James X. Hack
EFT at a luncheon in Pittsburg. But
know a young actor who, at the be-
ginning of his career, carried modesty
almost too far.
This young man inserted in all the
dramatic papers want advertise
ment that said
Engagement wanted-small part,
such as dead body or outside shouts
preferred.'"
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sud Waziris and others exhibiting
signs of increasing turbulence, but the
frontier territories from one end to
the other are already full of modern
arms and ammunition, while more is
pouring into them every day by every
secluded track leading through Balu-
chistan and the Afghan hills.
In addition to this, the present
Amer abandoning his fathers policy,
has allowed thousands of modern RI
fles manufactured in the arsenal at
Kabul to reach the hands of his own
tribesmen, and the probable co-opera-
ton of the latter in a frontier war
against the Indian Raj may easily in
volve the British government with Az
ghanistan as well.
All this, as every Indian officer
knows, is involved in the continuance
of the persistent gun-running which is
marking the growing war fever on the
Indian northwest frontier through the
Persian gulf. 1t is not too much to
say that the peace and safety Of India
depend upon the suppression of this
trade, and yet, owing chiefly to the
paucity Of British naval resources
there, she can do little or nothing.
Muscat, at the entrance of the gulf,
is the chief center of this nefarious
traffic, which is carried on by Euro
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81 don't see you on. the messenger
force any more, Jimmy" said the lad
with the envelope in his hand
mo; I've got a good job with a dog
fancier," replied Jimmy, as he pulled
a cigarette.
vivid a dog-fancier? What do you
do-feed the dogs?"
Nav! When a lady comes in and
buys a pet dog l teach 'er 'ow to
whistle"
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-08-25

A reporter asked Mr.. Roosevelt at
the Outlook Office how he got through
so much work and at the same time
saw so many people. Il shun bores,"
was the reply. 81 don't waste a min
ute of my time on bores. Do you per-
ceive that l have only just one chair
in this room? You see, my hunting
experiences have shown me that great
bores are always of small caliber."
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RockefeIler,s Hard Shot.

John D. Rockefeller tried a game of
golf on the links near Augusta. On a
rather difficult shot Mr.. Rockefeller
struck too low with his iron, and as
the dust flew up he asked his caddy:
What have l hit?"
The boy laughed and answered:
"Jaw-jah, boss"
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-08-25

Physician-And would you like to
be doctor, Jack?
Mother (while Jack is still hesitat-
ing)-No, no! The dear boy couldn't
kill a iy.-PunCh.
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Would cause Much WrItlna.

Bacon-I see it is said that all the Russian rail-
way stations keep complaint books, where passen-
gers may enter various protests"
Egbert-f that plan adopted in this coGn
try fear writer's cramp would be far more com
mon than IL IN now-YonkeFs Statesman.
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Deduction In a Street Car.

The Heavyw REHABILITATION me, did
l step on your foot, sir?
Coogan-If yez didn't, begorry, then
the roof must hov fell on it-Puck.
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An Oneratlc Exnletlve.

"Riferton is awfully gone on grand
opera, isn't he?"
q should say he is! Why, he even
swears by Gadski!"
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soon, and quite capable of holding its
own In the hard weather often to be
met with in the Indian ocean. Not
withstanding local differences of de-
tail these vessels vary very little as
class; they are generally grab-built,
having a long overhung forward.
There is great beam and rise of floor
and a very raking transom stern
There is generally a high poop and