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St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
cavsln swallows Tree and Yard,

A novel mine accident occurred at
LuzsTns. Pa. during the night when,
following a eayein In the Black Dia'
mond eoliery. the entire front yard at
the residence OF n, C. Honeywell, an
apple tree 20 feet high. coal shed.
the fence. two cellar walls and large
portion OF the cellar entirely disap'
peared Not even the t0pmost
branches OF the apple tree are visible,
Fortunately the house. although
greatly shaken, stood and the Occu-
pants were able 10 get out safely.
In the morning they abandoned IT,
The subsistence is now 80 feet deep,
Il is spreading slowly and II Is feared
adjoining residences will be affected,
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
Formation OF Desert.

Whole provinces OF the Tibetan Dor.
ders OF China have been converted
into uninhabitable. sandy desert. which
centuries ago were fertile and well.
watered and supported rich cities, ap'
parently In consequence OF the de-
struotion OF forest. The formation OF
desert Is due In the FIRST place 20 the
destruction OF forest, the consequent
formation OF a barren, sandy area and
the subsequent spreading OF the dis
ease" or desert ulcer" by the blowing
OF the fatally exposed sand, Sand
deserts are not. as used 10 be sup
posed. sea bottoms from which the
water has retreated. but areas OF de-
struction OF yegetation-often both In
central Asia and north Africa started
by the deliberate destruction OF forest
by man. either by artificial drainage
starving the forest. or by the simple
use OF the AK or FIRE.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
WHERE PONIES RUN WILD.

Queer Little Island on virginia
Coast Harbors Large Numbers.
Chincoteague Island, of the coast OF
Virginia, and almost within sight Of
the steamers that pass up and down
the Atlantic seaboard, is a queer little
place upon which wild ponies roam at
large. Land-locked by Assateugue
Island, long sandy beach which ex-
tends northward beyond the Maryland
boundary, Chlncoteague is as thorough
ly cut off from the turbulent sea as 1t
is from the rush and turmoil of mod
ern civilization. The island Is about
eight miles long and has a population
of several hundred souls who reck
not Of this world, says writer. Por-
tions of Its narrow extent are wooded,
but the island is largely made up Of
marshy glades in which the herds Of
ponies Craze.
The number OF these hardy little
animals is annually decreasing, for
pony pennings are held every year
during the early part OF August, when
the herds are driven together by the
islanders and the foals branded by
their owners. Young sound stock is
then selected for sale, while the older
animals and weakllngs, there being
surprisingly few Of the latter, are lib
Grated to find a precarious living In
the salt marshes and thlckets OF the
island for another year.
The ponies are very irregular In
size and as rule are weedy and In.
clined to be leggy, with rough, sun
burned coats. Nature has equipped
them with heavy names and tails as
protection against the swarmS OF
mosquitoes and swamp flies that infest
the coast Islands. II is interesting to
see herd Of ponies lined up In a
marsh or thicket, standing with their
heads and tails alternating and each
pony switching flies from his two
neighbors. At almost regular periods
the end ponies will be seen to leave
their exposed positions and wedge
into the line.
Much uncertainty exists as TO their
origin. In 16i9 there we're but 800
horses in the Colony OF Virginia. but
by 1863 90 many had been imported
and the natural increase had been 60
great that they had become n burden
by reason Of their depredations. In
consequence OF which further impor.
tatlon was prohibited. In 1862 a tax
had been laid upon horses and the
owners we're required by law 20 con.
hnc their stock between July 20 and
Oct. 20. II is probable that some OF
the planters. to oSeape the expense OF
fencing on the ranges on the main.
land. transported their herds to Chin.
colleague and Assateague Islands about
this time. and that this was the origin
OF the Wild horses OF Chincoteague
and the present.day ponies
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
Will Be Presented al Court.

Mics Katherine Packer Hill. daugh-
ter of Dr. and Mrs David Jayne Hill,
will be presented at the German court
on January 10. the emperor and EN-
press presiding at this largest func-
tion OF the year Miss Hin has been
carefully educated at Dresden and
Paris and speaks four languages. be-
sides being an accomplished musician.
Miss Hill is with her parents in Wash
ington at present, but will leave the
first OF the month for Berlin.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
ssIonas to the Children.

"De oil folks enjoys de schris'mus. /"
said Brother Dickey, but der enjoy
ment is what you might call dinunt.'
Dey enjoys II kaze de TN folks makes
hm. Hits de one season er de year
Wen do ehilluns own de house fun
de garrett clar down ter de front do
wild nobody ter dispute de claim; Wen
dey makes de days so lively de growl'
ers halter take ter de woods, an ez
fer de nights-well. dar des ain't no
res 'twel Sleep comes an eoaxes 'um
ter quiet wild sweet dreams. Ter be
sho' de oil folks enjoys Chris mus.
kaze de chilluns makes um member
what time dey use ter have wen
dey wuz l'il' ehilluns. an de Night
Win use ter skeer 'um ez II rumbled
In de ohimbly, an dey hearn Mister
Sanity Clau' reindeer runnin' 'crost de
snow-kiyered shed. In de deep middle
er de col. col night!"-Atlanta Con.
stitutiOD
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
FACTS ABOUT THE NAVY.
Possibly one-third OF Our Larger
Crafs WORTHLESS. for Fighting.

Possibly one-,hird OF Our Larger
Crau WORTHLESS. for Fighting.
Tho widely printed assertion that
Uncle Sans IL now the second naval
power In the world may please patri.
otie pride. but the diiiiculty Ia II Ia not
strictly true. Any real comparison OF
naval strength must primarily rest. not
on the total number OF vessels built or
buildings. nor on the entire tonnage OF
such craft. but on the ships which ara
effective. judged by exaoting modern
standards. Thus within the next three
years England viii have ~ armorelada
OF the dreadnought or ''superdread.
nought" type. Germany will have l3.
This country viii have 10.
The bulk OF the German navy IA
composed OF ships constructed at a
later date than our own. The Kaiser's
fleet has comparatively few vessels
that will need 10 be sent 20 the scrap.
heap In the near future, Not fewer
than one-fourth-possibly one.third-
OF the larger naval craft under the
American fiag are regarded by com.
peteat Observers as practically worth
less for hghtlng purposes today. Most
OF them were excellent when they were
built But marine architecture moves
with gigantic strides In the Goth cen
tury, IL Is believed that one floating
fortress like the lately launched Flor
ida could whip three or four Of our
older battleships,
II Is the very big and very power
ful ship that counts, This republic
Is gradually creating a respectable ar.
ray OF these. It's proportionate rank
Is far higher than Il was even halt
a dozen years ago But there Is small
use OF sense In boastful proclamations
which do not accord with the facts.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
Paris Postman's Trim.

Extraordinary persistence has been
shown by a Paris postman in trying
20 get what he considered TO be his
share OF Christmas boxes. He was
removed from one Paris district 10
another In the course OF last year. Al
the tipping season he was allotted a
share OF the pooled Christmas boxes
for that quarter corresponding 10 the
time he had been at work there. But
he eontended that by a new resolution
OF the Postmen's association he was
entitled TO a full share, as II he had
served In the district the whole
twelyemonth. He sued the associa.
tion before a justice of the peace and
won his case, The association appeal.
ed. and the decision was reversed
The pOstman eOunter-appealed several
times. always unsueeessfully until he
at last brought his momentous action
before the court OF cessation, the
equivalent OF the judicial committee
OF the house OF lords. There his an.
peal was argued by no less a counsel
than Maitre Mornand. who was one
OF the leading advocates in the Drey.
fus revision case before the court of
cessation. and equally great lawyers
spoke on the other side. The court
finally decided that the postman was
entitled to no larger share of last
years Christmas boxes than he re
received.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
Passing Of Lerd Mayor. poet.

Lord mayors no longer possess their
own city poet. whose duty II was "a
compose. for an annual stipend OF
six pounds sterling. the Triumph" OF
offieial poem. In honor OF Lord Mayors
day. and similar pageants. There ID
large collection OF these "Trlumphs
In the Guildhall library, worth the at
tention OF historians for their topical
illusions. The last OF the city laure'
ates was Elkanah Settle. once con
sideTed a serious rival 10 Dryden
by whom he was satarized as "Doeg'
though his poetry, as Wilkes re-
marked 10 DIR. Johnson, matched the
queer combination OF his names. Al
though a most prolific writer. and q
turneOat who could have given points
to the Vicar OF Bray. this unhappy
poetaster did not prosper. lie was
reduced at last TO play "the green
dragon" In a smithheld show. and died
a poor brother OF the Charterhouse.-
London Chronicle.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
polio, Loan,d bx cl,v,r 1hI.t.

The police OF Esaen. Germany. are
searching anxlously for n man who
has hoaxed them In n most fragrant
manner. Going with n hand.cart TO
the central police ofiioos. where about
nfty special offioers are engaged. tho
man said he had been sent by tho
electric supply company 10 remove
tho bulbs. and that they would bo en-.
changed for new ones before dusk
He was allowed TO take nearly 200
bulbs. and several OF the officers &C.
tually helped him 90 remove thom.
When darkness arrived and tho now
bulbs were not forthcoming the police
rang up tho electric light company to
remind thom OF the omission. The
reply was startling and left the police
very much In the dark" The com.
pany declared they had sent nobody
Tor the bulbs. and knew nothing OF
the matter; In fact. only fortnight
ago they exchanged the old bulbs for
new and more expensive ones. Then
Il dawned upon the police that they
had allowed. and even assisted a bold
thief 10 mako n rich haul from under
their very noses. Nothing has since
been heard OF the thief. and Just now
Il IL dangerous 10 speak about electric
bulbs In the hearing OF an Essen po
licemAn.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
To Live Lone and Happily,

Make a habit OF regular daily re-
taxation. II you are a woman and
head OF home lie down in a dark
ened room every afternoon. even II
only for 20 minutes. II you are a man
Of AFFAIRS don't carry the AFFAIRS farth'
er than your home dOorsill. Above all.
don't allow yourself to become accus-
toned TO fault finding Don't look on
the dark side OF life. Cheer up.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
WASHING OF suspicion.

Old Hobo-Well. say. wat are yer
washin' yer mits fer-tryin' ter kill de
fish In dis brook?
Young Hobo-No. tain't dat; but |
amt goin' ter run no chances o. bein'
took fer a BLACK handler" see?-Bos-
ION Herald.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
Nauer.Endlnn Grind.

Gunner-Poor chap! There is al
ways a mob bowling for his scalp.
Guyer-Indeed! What does he fol
low?
Gunner-.Well, in the baseball sea
son he's an umpire.
Guyer-oh, he's not so badly on.
He has peace in the winter.
Gunner--No; In winter he is com
plant clerk In the gas ofics.--Chica-
90 New
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
whats a Nemesist

Pa" said the senator's little boy.
looking up from his book. what is a
'Nemesis'2"
"A Nemesis my son." replied the
senator. YEARLY. 'is a female once
seeker that you foolishly promised TO
ssist."-Catholic Standard and Times.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
In the city.

Friend docking over Browns un-
furnished fiat)-And what is this pas
sageway for?
Brown-Passagewayl Great Scott.
this Is the dining Tooml-Boston
Transcript
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15

Hes a remarkable man. When he
sees an unfamiliar word he looks Il
up IN the dictionary and finds oui
what II means"
Nothing so remarkable about that.
"Yes. but he doesn't try to lug II
into conversation right away."-Louis
Vile Courier-Journal
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
Letting Him Know.

Fortune Hunter-Td like TO make
the acquaintance OF that Miss Gold
bag. I'm told she's got $1,000 a year
and no incumbrance.
Candid Frlend-And. what's moro.
she's not looking for one.-Seraps.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15
ThnnEI.IIesk.

'Yes. George" said Mrs. Golightly
argumentatiyely, but II, as you say,
It's so difioult TO get food 10 the men
In lighthouses in the winter why do
they bnild them In such out.of-the'
ray, dangerous places ?'-Tit.Bits.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15

MTs. Johnson--Oh. professor. I won
der what l eould do 70 icproys my
daughters voicef
Distinguished Professor Of Music
Well. I'm sure DO not know. unless
you tyy feeding her on canary seed
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-15

"Why did you run away from you
wife and enlist In the armyr'
because I'm a lover Of peacA~-
Cleveland Leader.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-27
Aldrich Islands Pat I"

Hear yei Hear yei Senate Boss
Nelson Wilmarth AIdrich stands pat
on his original statement that the gov
eminent is wasting 100000 year.
Senator Beverage, fretting under Aid
rich's indictment of the republican par
ty on the charge of gross and wanton
extravaganza, sought to discredit Aid
rich's statement. But Aldrich declar-
ed he knew what he was talking about,
and that if he could run the govern
ment as a business man, without let
or hindrance from any one,' he could
save the people $300,000,000 a year
Query: Is Aldrich contemplating join
ing the ranks of the insurgents?
1t would be interesting to know what
the "standpat" editors of the country
think of Aldrich's statement on repub-
1ican wastefulness!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-27
This Weeks News.

Ex-President Roosevelt is expected
to attend the commencement exercises
at Harvard university and the reunion
of the class of 80 of which he was a
member. While in New England he
will be the guest of Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge and will doubtless meet a
number of prominent public men.
among them Attorney General Wicker
sham, who is to address the graduates
of Harvard law school
The election of United States SEN
ator, representatives in congress and
governor and other state officials are
involved in the general primary cleo
ton to be held in North Dakota We'd
nesday. AS in other states of the mid
die west, the contest promises to be a
battle royal between the progressive"
and "staIwart" factions of the repub-
lican party.
Four aspirants for the governorship
of Vermont will contest for the NOM
nation before the republican state con-
vention in Montpelier. In Maine an
other interesting gubernatorial contest
will be settled at the republican state
convention Wednesday
A military carnival which is expect
ed to eclipse all previous affairs of it's
kind in the United States will open in
Chicago tomorrow. An entire division
of the United States army will be en-
camped in Grant park and military ma
neuvers and spectacles will continue
daily until July IA.
Towards the end of the week Boston
will be invaded by a great army of
teachers who will assemble from every
part of the country for the annual con-
vention of the National Educational as
sociation. Preparations for the enter
tainment of the visitors are being made
on an unusually elaborate scale and it
is expected the convention will be the
largest and most notable in the history
of the association.
The event of the week in aviation
circles will be the worlds contest at
Montreal, while the attention of auto
mobilists will be similarly centered on
indianapolis, where the national rec
ord races and the annual contest for
the Cobe trophy will take place over
the famous speedway course, begin
ming Friday.
An event of great interest TO the
Roman Catholic world is to take place
in London tomorrow, when the great
cathedral at Westminster is to be for
mally consecrated. The event will be
attended by imposing ceremonies last
ing two days and in which eminent
prelates from many parts of the world
will take part.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-27
Roosevelt and Taft,

ellison Gardner, newspaper CORE
spondent who joined the Roosevelt
party in Egypt and accompanied it to
Washington, and who had almost daily
interviews with the ex-president, stakes
his reputation on the prediction that
the Taft administration has been so
thoroughly bad that Roosevelt will not
endorse it in any shape, form or man.
ner. He declares Taft deserted the
Roosevelt policies cOld-bloodedly.
In connection with Gardeners state
ment, it is significant that Roosevelt
should have been this long on Ameri-
can soil following his long absence in
Africa without having seen the man
he made president or having mentioned
him in any way. Roosevelt and Taft
have not met since March 4, 1909
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-27
The Argus Daily Short Story
Lively Fourth-By T. Dewitt Bowman.
Copyrighted by Associated literary PresA

some people could sleep peaceruly on
Il BATH field. None of the family seem
ed to have been awakened by Joe's
frecrackers. ! had a headache. If
the noise hadn't continued / should
have liked to go back to bed. Joe had
the assurance TO ask me if | had slept
well.
1 thought that would take occa-
sion, having whole day before me. to
settle matters with Margaret Hunter.
to whom l had for some time been pay
ing attention. Indeed. it was expected
that I would propose at no distant
date. and as l would be welcome in the
family the event was looked forward
to by them with pleasing expectation.
AS l have said. the only thing that de-
layed me was my antipathy for Joe.
But no such ordinary matter as a dis
like for a member of n girls family
will long deter a lover, and had made
up my mind if ! should meet with q
convenient opportunity / would go
back to the city after the Fourth with
my fate settled.
Since the family expected that was
about to make my proposition it was
natural that Joe should know all about
it. Whether she did or did not l don't
know, but one thing DO know-not-
withstanding both her sisters and my
efforts to shake" her she persistently
kept tagging about after us. Did we
sit on the piazza. she came and occu-
pied the hammock. Did we go out to
sit under a copper beach tree whose
hanging branches formed a convenient
screen. she must come and poke her
nose in under pretense of having lost
something there. Margaret in order, to
get rid of her took me up into a cupola.
and the fiend came up. saying that 1t
was the only place from which she
could see the paper balloons that were
seing sent up. There was NOT a DaI-
loon in sight. but she stayed in the
cupola waiting for one.
There was nothing for us to do but
go down. Joe went down with Us anil
was not away from US long enough for
me to enter upon. much less finish,
what had to say to Margaret. Lunch
con came and nothing accomplished
After the meal ! stole away TO get
nap under n tree some distance from
the house. | was falling into doZe
when a cracker exploded within a foot
of my ear. l looked around. but, of
course. could see no one. / tried to
doze Off again. but another cracker
came. then another and another. I
knew very well who was throwing
them. 1t was Joe. But it was ir1pos-
sible to get sight of her. | got up,
went to my room and got a brief nap.
Why she consented to let Dle sleep ]
don't know. Perhaps she was busy an
noying some one else.
About o'clock met Margaret Oh
the piazza and proposed walk. We
both looked about fUrtiveIy TO see il
Joe was within sight or hearing.
There was no trace of her. We start
I'd. following secluded path through |
dense shrubbery. We passed on TO a |
rustic bridge leading over a creek. l |
paused and leaned against the rail. |
Margaret did the same. both of us fac
ing the roadway. Feeling safe from |
began my declaration.
Margaret" / began. lit is time that |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-27

telephoned them to his paper. The day
had been hot and Worden had worked
hard. Just as he had finished tele-
phoning the account of the accident
and before he could replace the re-
ceiver he was overcome by the heat
and sank to the floor in a dying con-
dition-his life was the price of the
news.
Few ever heard of Rex Worden, but
he must have been. a game reporter,
an honest and faithful servant He
saw his duty and he did it at the cost
of his life.
And Rex Worden is not rare excep-
ton among young journalists, who are
ambitious to succeed in their profess
sion and would, in the pursuit of news
to be given red hot to the public, face
danger and even death as a soldier
would face the whistling bullets on
battlefield.
The public must have the news. no
matter what it costs. And to procure
it there is never a day but some report
er risks his life in the service of the
public and the newspaper on which he
is employed.
In looking over your favorite news
paper as it comes fresh every even
ing. you may little imagine what the
news it contains costs the young men
who have labored through night and
darkness, and heat and cold, and storm
and danger, that you might read facts
and feats of the day and night preced-
ing.
The newspaper reporter of today is
as much of a hero as the man who
fights in front of the lannon's mouth,
and many times his life is the price
paid for the story you read.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-27
Forty-Six States.

With the admission of Arizona and
New Mexico in the great sisterhood of
states, there are no territories left
within the borders of the United
States. AS these two embryo states
are quite sure to be democratic, con-
gress requires that they shall not come
into the union until the constitutions
they adopt shall be approved by that
body. They may therefore be kept out
until after the presidential election.
After they are admitted we shall
have 46 states and SO senators. 1t is
not probable the constellation will ever
be increased, as non-contiguous terri
tories like Alaska, the Philippines and
Porto Rico can ever be considered as
states.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-27
HORSE AND RIDER KILLED
Harvey Greenwood of Mercer County
Struck by Lightning.

Struck by a bolt of lightning was
the fate that befeH Harvey Greenwood,
a farmer of near Suez, in Mercer coun-
ty, Friday afternoon at $3.50. Mr..
Greenwood had gone on horseback to
see a neighbor, Emil Wilson, and was
sitting on his horse talking to Mr..
Wilson. The sky had been overcast,
and there had been rumblings of the
thunder but there was no rain and
only a slight sprinkle, when suddenly
a shaft of lightning struck, Mr.. Green
wood, killing him and the horse in
stantly.
Mr.. Wilson was overcome by the
shock and knocked to the ground His
team standing nearby were frightened
and ran away Mr.. Wilson quickly
recovered. only to find his companion
of few minutes before quiet in death.
Mr. Greenwood was So years of age
and a well known farmer in that
neighborhood. He leaves a wife and
three children.