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THE TAFT SILVER WEDDING
GREAT RECEPTION AT WHITE
HOUSE MARKS ANNIVERSARY.
Many Descendants of the President
Since 1861 Among the Guests
of the Chief Executive.

Washington, June 20.-One of the
tons ever given in the White House
was that of last night with which
President and Mrs. Taft celebrated
the twenty-ifth anniversary of their
marriage. About 1000 invitations had
been issued, and those hidden to the
festivities included persons in every
walk of life.
First in the list were the members
of the Taft and Heron families. These
included Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Taft and
Horace Taft and many members of
their families; Mrs. Taft's sisters,
Mrs. l.. p. Moore, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs.
Thomas X. Laughlin and Miss Maria
Heron; and, Of course, Miss Helen
Taft, Robert and Charlie Taft.
Then, too, the descendants of every
president since 1861 were invited, so
far as they could be traced, and many
of them were present. These includ-
ed members of the Lincoln, Johnson,
Grant, Hayes, Arthur, Garfield, Cleve-
land and Roosevelt families.
Another notable group were The
Tafters," namely, the globe girdlers
who accompanied Mr.. Taft, then sec
rotary of war, across the continent,
across the Pacific, through China, ia
pan and the Philippines. This group
headed by Miss Mabel Boardman, pre-
scented to Mr.. and Mrs. Taft a silver
service of uniuue design. The senate
also gave a silver service and many
other handsome gifts We're presented
some of them by the rulers of other
nations.
The scene In the White House and
its grounds was one of great beauty
and brilliancy. Miss Helen Taft as
sisted her father and mother in re-
ceiving the guests and then dancing
began in the east room.
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Copyrigh, 1909. by the Bobs= sssrrin Co.

James Wilson or Jimmy as he is called
by his friends. Jimmy was rotund and
looked shorter han he really was. His
ambition In life was to be taken seriously.
but people steadily refused to do so. his
art Is considered a huge Joke. except to
himself. IL he asked people to dinner ev-
eryone expected a frolic. Jimmy marries
Bella Knowles; they live together a year
and are divorced. Jimmy's friends ar
range TO celebrate the first anniversary
OF his divorce. The party Is In full swing
when Jimmy receives a telegram from his
Aunt Selma, who will arrive In four hours
20 visit him and his wife. He neglects to
tell her OF his divorce. Jimmy takes Kit
into his confidence. He suggests that Kit
play the hostess for one night. be Mrs.
Wilson pro tenn. Aunt Selma arrives and
the deception works out as planned
Jimmy's divorced wife. enters the house
and asks Kit who Is being taken away In
the ambulance? Belle insists IL is Jim.
Kit tells her Jim Is well and is In the
house. HARRISON steps out on the porch
and discovers a man lacking a card on
the door. He demands an explanation.
bison sees the word Smallpox printed
on II. He tells him the guests cannot
leave the house until the quarantine is
lifted. After the lifting of the quarantine
several letters are found in the mail box
undelivered. one Is addressed to Henry
Llewellyn. I%ouique. Chile, which was
written by HARRISON. He describes mi
4 vi lttli lis vi. lll6
infatuation for Mrs. Wilson. Aunt Selma
In taken Ill with Ia grippe. Betty acts as
nurse. HARRISON finds Kit sulking on the
roof. She tells him that Jim has been
treating her outrageously. Kit starts
downstairs. when suddenly she IL grasped
In the arms OF a man who kisses her sew
eral times. She believes that HARRISON
did II and Is Inundated. Aunt Selma tells
Jimmy that her cameo breastpin and
other articles OF jewelry have been stolen.
She accuses Betty OF the theft. Jimmy
tells Aunt Selma all about the strange
happenings. but she persists In suspecting
BETTY OF the theft OF her ~valuables.
HARRISON demands an explanation from
Kit as to her conduct towards him. she
tells him of the incident on the roof, he
does not deny nor confirm her accusation,
One OF the guests devises n way to escape
from the house. They set fire to the re-
ception room and attempt to leave the
house from the rear. The guards dis
cover the ruse and prevent them from
escaping. Max finds Anne's pearl clasp
pin In Jimmy's studio in n discarded coat.
Jimmy Is suspected Of the theft. but de-
MES the accusation. Kit fnds a watch
hanging to a pillar In the basement and
with initials T. III. III. engraved upon II.
She opens the case and finds a picture of
herself hat had been clipped from n
newspaper. Kit shows HARRISON the
watch. He explains that he had been
looking for II and believed II had been
stolen. HARRISON threatens TO tar and
feather Jimmy II he doesn't treat Kit
more civil. a clash Is averted by the In
reference OF a guest who separates the
ombatant
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HEROES ARE NOT PENSIONED
This is One of the Forbidden Features
of the Business of Life
Saving.

Boston, Mass.-Few persons know
much about the life savers stationed
at dangerous points along the Atlantic
coast. What they do, how they live,
what sort of men they are. In the
first place they are obscurely living
fellows, in the second they attract no
tice only rarely by some heroic deed.
And even in this bushes the chances
for heroic deeds come seldom.
The life saving service pays poor
ly, judged by most standards. Sixty
five dollars a month for ten months is
the pay OF every life saver or surfman,
as lie properly is called, except the
keeper, who gets SIS. and surfman No.
l, who gets $40.
There are nc pensions. Even the
man who is crippled for life in the
work is not entitled to a pension.
There is at least one case on record
in which such a man was pensioned,
but 1t was through the special interest
and command of a president of tho
United States.
Not to be pensioned for disability is
the most forbidding thing about the
life saving service which. by the way.
got started under the direction of the
treasury department and has been
under 1t ever since. shis has kept
more men away from 1t tran any other
one thing. II argues no lack OF cour-
age in a man that he hesitates a long
time over this condition., especially II
he has others to provids for.
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Great Statues of Buddha.

tama, the last Buddha. All, equally
with the huge reclining Buddha, form
a part of the religious rites of the
Buddhists. For the essence Of Bud
dhism consists in the struggle to be-
come like Buddha, TO attain his per
lection by obedience to his precepts.
To do this it is necessary always to
have Buddha in mind, and 1t is for
this reason that every city in the Bud
dhist world is literally crowded with
his images. Buddha himself is not
deified; potentially every Buddhist
may attain his perfection, but only by
the eternal imitation of his practice.
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trously at Bella. AS for her, quite
suddenly she had dropped her mask
Of Indifference. Her face was strain
ed n anxious, and there were deep
circles ! had not seen before, under
her eyes. And 1t was Bella who final
ally threw herself into the breach
the family breach.
1T is all my fault, Miss Caruthers,"
she said. stepping between Aunt Sc
lima and myself. Il have been a blind
and wicked woman, and | have almost
wrecked two lives"
Two! What Of mine? -.
"you see" she struggled on, against
the CLINT in Aunt Selina's eyes. II
did not realize how much | cared, un-
til 1t was too late. / did so many
things that were cruel and wrong
oh, Jim, Jimi!"
She turned and buried her head On
his shoulder and cried; real tears.
| could hardly believe that 1t was
Bella. And Jim put both his arms
around her and almost cried, too, and
looked nauseatingly happy with the
eye he turned to Bella, and scared to
death out of the one he kept on Aunt
Selma.
She turned on me, as OF course l
knew she would.
That" she said, pointing at Jim
and Bella, that shameful picture is
due to your own Indifference. l am
not blind: | have eel how you re-
jected all his loving advances" Bella
drew away from Jim, but he jerked
her back. IF anything in the world
this unbelievable situation. James,
are you shameless"
But James was and didn't care who
knew 1t. And as there was nothing
else to do. and nc one else to do 1t,
I stood very straight against the door
frame, and told the whole miserable
story from the very beginning. told
how Dial and Jim had persuaded me,
and how l had weakened and found II
was too late, and how Bella had come
in that night, when she had no bust
ness to come, and had sat down In the
basement kitchen on my hands and
almost turned me into q raving ma
MAC. As ! vent o N ! became fluent:
My sense of injury grew on me. ]
made 1t perfectly clear that | hated
them all. and that when people got
divorces they ought to know their
own minds and stay divorced. And at
that . great light broke on Aunt Sc
lima, who hadn't understood until that
minute.
In view Of her principles. she might
have been expected to turE-ol 5.z;
and Bella, anc disinherit them. and
cast them out. hguratively, with the
Naming sword of her tongue. But she
| did mott She turned on me In thu
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CHAPTER XVII. (continued.)

TITS only JIM" l whispered. Il
don't want to hear any more"
But she clutched me firmly. and the
next thing we heard was another
creak. and louder and
Get up! Get up off your knees
this Instant" Bella was saying frant-
1cally. "Some one might come in"
Don't send me away" Jim said in
q smothered voice. Every one in the
house is asleep. and q" love you,
dear"
Aunt Selma swallowed hard In the
darkness.
you have no right to make love
to me-" Bella. "It's-it's highly i'm
proper, under the circumstances"
And then Jim: you swallow a
camel and stick at n gnat. Why did
you meet me here, II you didn't ex-
lpect me to make love to you? I've
stood for a lot. Bella, but this foolish
ness will have to end. Either you
love me-or you don't. I'm desper-
ate" He drew a long. forlorn breath.
Poor old JIM" This was Bella. A
pause. Then-"Let my hand ~alone!"
Also Bella.
1T is my hand!"-Jim's most IA
tuous tone. There is where you
wore my ring. There's the mark
STILL" Sounds of Jim Kissing Bella's
ring finger. what did you do with
1t? Throw 1t away?" More sounds.
Aunt Selma crossed the library
swiftly, and again I followed. Bella
was sitting in a low chair by the fire,
looking at the logs, in the most ex-
lQuisite negligee Of pink chiffon and
ribbon. Jim was on his knees, star
ing at her adoringly. and holding both
her hands.
I'll tell you a secret" Bella was
saying. looking as coy as she knew
;how-which was considerable. Il
u still YEA 1t, on q chain around my
neck"
On q chain around her neck, Bella,
who IL decolette whenever 1t is al
.lowable, and more than is proper!
That was the limit of Aunt Selina's
endurance. Still holding me, she
stepped through the doorway and into
the firelight, a fearful figure.
Jim saw her first. He went quite
white and struggled to get up. smiling
~ sickly smile. Bella. after hor first
surprise. was superbly Indifferent. She
glanced At us. raised her eyebrows
and then looked at the clock.
sNcre victims OF insomnia!" she
inaid. wont you come INF Jim. pull
mp chair by the hre for your aunt
Ass>< sel:n. opened her ssSsss
ftu1co, like . nah. before she could
npeok. Then
eJames. ! demand that that woman
7oexs The housed" shs said hoarsely.
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CUTLERY DUTY FRAUDS.
Importation Scandal Is Discovered BY
Secret Service Men.

Importation Scandal Is Discovered by
Secret Service Men.
Washington, June 20. -Fraud S
amounting to several millions of dol
lars on duties on importations on cut
lery during the last few years have
been discovered by secret agents of
the customs service who, under the
direction of Chief Wilkie, have been
working quietly in this country and
in the Solingen district of Germany,
whence most of the imports come to
the United States.
Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh
began the investigation several months
ago. 1t is not of sufficient complete
ness to say what action may be taken
to the duties of which it is
alleged the government has been de-
frauded. Neither is it known if there
would be criminal prosecutions.
Customs authorities say the peculiar
construction of the cutlery schedule
of the tariff had given opportunity for
small under-valuations.
The customs service has been nam
pered in its work by the lack of ex-
pert evidence for the government. The
special customs agents, however. have
collected from the Solingen district
complete samples of every kind of
cutlery which comes to the United
States.
An organized campaign of searches
and seizures will be prosecuted from
now on in an effort to break up the
frauds.
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Foes of the White Plaque.

Denver, Col, June 20.-Dr. William
C. White, of Pittsburg, called to order
in the Brown Palace hotel today the
seventh annual meeting of the National
Association for the Study and Proven.
ton of tuberculosis. Homer Folks
of New York, DIR. II. 4. Dearholt of
Milwaukee, and DIR. Clyde E. Ford of
Cleveland were the speakers at the
session of the advisory council. Sec
ton meetings occupied the rest OF the
day and will be continued tomorrow,
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Willing to Support Proxy.

Albert Tiedemann, a freshman of
the University of Pennsylvania, was
called upon to vote for officers in a
recon- gathering. Not being well ac-
quainted with the nominees, he
thoushtfully hesitated before filling
out his ballot.
One OF the company left the room
with the explanation hat he would
vote by proxy"
80 will l." said Albert, and with
his pencil poised above his paper,
leaned owe to a companion on his
right and asked:
Say, what's Proxy's first manner"
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WISCONSIN WOMAN KILLED.
One Arrest Made in Marinette Mystery
Victim Found on School Step.

Marinette. Wis. June 20.-Mrs. JOS
eph NARROW. aged 26. a pretty brunei
te, was murdered. the body being
found on a public school step by Pa
trolman Frank Bruce. Charles Rauer,
aged So. a widower, is under arrest
The woman's throat Was slit from ear
20 ear. Three small cuts showed the
first attempts were not successful
Both of her hands were terribly Gu
rom graphing with her assailant-
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Bad Youth With flicker.

Atlantic City, N. J.-Harry Snyder.
nineteen years old. IL under arrest
for using what he terms a ticker
which is his own Invention. When
women stopped to look IN show win
dows on the Boardwalk. he reached
through the races between the
boards of the walk WITH a long wire
and tickled their ankles.
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Quite True.

What do you think that madcap
Gladys said when l persuaded her to
read Dante's inferno to improve her
faster"
What was IT."
THAT 1t was such a pity there were
40 postcards In those days. for pic
lures OF Dante's journey would have
been such hot stun"
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most terrible way, and asked me how
/ dared to come between husband and
wife, because divorce or no divorce,
whom God hath Joined together, and
so on. And when Jim picked up his
courage in both hands and tried to
interfere, she pushed him back with
one hand while she pointed the other
at me and called me a Jezebel.
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Heavy Rains Benefit Cotton.

Atlanta, Ca, June 20.-Heavy rains
which swept the South Atlantic states
ended a drought which has extended
from II days to more than a month in
various sections. Crops generally have
been benefited.
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WANTED TO SLEEP
Curious That a Tired Preacher Should
Have Such Desire.

A minister speaks Of the curious eff.
feet OF ~Grape-Nuts food on him and
how it has relieved him.
You will doubtless understand how
the suffering from indigestion with
which | used to be troubled made my
work an almost uncomfortable burden:
and why it was that after my Sabbath
duties had been performed, sleep was
a stranger to my pillow till nearly
daylight.
Il had to be very careful as to what
ate, and even with all my care | ex-
perienced poignant physical distress
after meals. and my food never salts
fled me.
Since / began the use of Grape
Nuts the benefits / have derived from
1t are very definite, l no longer suffer
from indigestion, and / began to i'm
prove from the time Grape-Nuts ap-
peared on our table.
Il find that by eating a dish of this
food after my Sabbath work is done.
land l always do SO now my nerves
are Quoted and rest and refreshing
sleep are ensured me.
Il feel that l could not possibly do
without Grape-Nuts food, now that I
know Its value. 1t is invariably on our
table-we feel that We need 1t to make
the meal complete and our children
viii eat Grape-Nuts when they cannot
be persuaded to touch anything else"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Michigan.
Read the famous booklet. THE Road
to MELVILLE" In pkgs. There's q
Reason"
y read the above lettery A >ev
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Merely Suspicion.

III sc many noblemen who come
over here are broke. how do they
manage to get across the waterf"
Don't know. I'm sure. but I've
seen walters ON board transatlantic
liners who had quite an air."
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Jiggs-That marriage broker was to
get 10 per cent. Of the girls estate for
arranging a match with a French mar
quis, but he did better than that-hs
took 1t all.
Wiggs-How?
Jiggs-Married the girl himself.
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Ever read the above letter. A new
onr appears fron time 70 tine. They
nre genufAss true, and full Of hunan
Interest
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-17
MALAGA GETS RAIN:
TO VOTE ON BONDS
Closing Exercises at Malaga
School to Be Held
Monday.

Malaga, n. NJ, May 1L=Malaga and
the surrounding country has received
heavy rain and some hail. Hay was
damaged in the fields. but otherwise
the rain is great benefit to the farm
ers- Most Of the cotton has been
planted the second time. owing to the
cool weather and a heavy rain two
weeks ago. which formed a crest and
prevented 1t from coming up.
Commencement exercises Of the Ma
laga school viii be held May p There
will be six graduates. Prof Hatfield.
who has been principal for the past
two years, has a position in the Carls-
bad schools for next fall The princi-
pal for the Malaga school has not yet
been employed
An election viii be held here May
81 to decide whether or not this dis
trict shall issue bonds for the purpose
OF erecting high school building. IN
less the bonds are voted for. 1t is not
likely that Malaga viii have a high
school next year.
The Home Mission society gave q
social to the members and their fam
lies at the residence of o. c. Epper-
son A program OF Rotations and
music was given. after which ice
cream and cake were served
c. r Helm and family. Of ls1 Paso.
have arrived and have taken charge
Of his farm, east Of Malaga
The first car OF new. alfalfa was
shipped out of Malaga last weak The
prevailing price is SO per ton for
baled hay and So for loose hay IN the
field
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-17
Where Once Was Desert

-Alamogordo, N NJ, May IA
homesick fastener or any exile who
sighs for sight OF green trees and
gardens and wearies of the noun
tains and the yellow stretch of desert
sand, ought to make a pilgrimage to
AIamogordo.
It is best to arrive in the soft twi-
light of Sunday evening. After
freshening oneself in the quiet little
room. papered in soft gray-green.
looking out into the tree bordered
square, and after deity served and
dainty supper at a rose-decked table
go out into the fragrant evening and
through the quiet streets with groups
of Sunday folk abroad. until you pass
a church, from whose friendly door
comes the evening hymn-"Day is Dy-
ing in the West. The night
sets her evening lamps alight
through the sky
Then if the hour and the mood have
claimed their own. go in for psalm.
a quiet prayer. and a word Of still
mountains and green pastures where
the shepherds fold their sheep. An
other hymn. and when you come out
into the starlit dark the moon shows
low through the tree branches. aid
the air is full of scents you cannot
name; honeysuekle is there, that
grows in the west. The chinaberry
tree you know, too. and the breath OF
alfalfa comes now and then. But
these are only q few of the hundred
breaths that fill the soft night with a
sweetness like audible music .
Wait till morning and in the clear
daylight the mystery is explained But
the wonder grows. Roses and roses
and roses. So many that people Go
not even cut them: American Beau
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-17
OVERCOMING DIFFICULTIES IN
THE sULPHER SPRING VALLEY

September. 1910, and will be completed
during the coming spring and summer.
Prof. R. H Forbes, who represents the
Territorial Experiment station. and o.
E. Meinzer. who has been the geologi-
cal surveys representative in the
work, join in the following statement
of the results thus far apparent:
No Permanent Streams.
The Sulphur Spring valley is 90
miles long and comprises an area Of
about 1900 square miles, but through
out its extent there is not a single per-
manent stream. A large aprt of it.
however, consists Of rich soil that re-
quires only the application OF water
10 make it capable Of producing boun
teous crops.
THE valley is underlain to a great
depth by gravel, sand and clay, washed
from the surrounding mountains. The
flood waters, that from time to time
pour into the valley, have saturated
the beds Of sand and gravel, which
thus contain q great store Of ground
water that can readily be lifted to the
surface. The prevalent theory that the
water comes from some distant source
through an underground river has no
foundation in fact. Thus far the lar
gest supplies in the valley have been
developed at Douglas. According to
reported test covering three weeks,
the 296-foot well at the C. & A. smell
ter yields, by the application Of an air
lift, continuous stream Of about 100
gallons a minute.
'SFhe most favorable area for irri-
eating with well water IS not on the
upper part of the slopes, where the
water level is far below the surface,
nor on the low tracts in the center of
the valley where the ground water is
so near the surface that injurious
amounts Of alkali have accumulated,
but in the intermediate zone. The low
central tracts. where the vegetation
consists Of salt grass and other aka
li-resistant plants and where white
crusts Of salt or patches of black al
kali form at the surface. should not
be cultivated. But outside of these
tracts lies a large area Of good soil
in which the depth OF water is not
great and the water is in general Of
excellent quality
Pumping Practicable.
Pumping for irrigation is probably
practicable for considerable areas of