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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-04-18

contrary" r.
Giry!"
well, it's like this only
the ghost doesn't like me to talk
about his business"
.'Indeed?" sneered Richard.
"But this is a matter that concerns
myself alone. Well II was ~
Box Five one evening, found q let
ter addressed to myself, sort OF note
written in red ink. needn't read the
letter to you, sir; know 1t by heart
and shall never forget 1t II live 70
be a hundred"
And Nine. CRY, drawing herself up
recited the letter with touching elo
Quence:
isa6. Mile. Menetrier, leader Of the bal
LEI. BECAME Marquise de Cussy.
lisa. Mile. Marie Taslieni. dancer -
came Conitesne Gilbert des VOlslns
Is4e. La Sofa, a dancer. married
hrother az the King OF Spain ~.
isiY LSia Montes, q dancer, becaEne, the
morwanatic wife Of King Louis Of Bae
varia ana was created Countess OF LANDS
field a
Baronne d'7erneville.
$50. Theresa Hessier.. dancer. married
Dom Fernando. brother to the King Of
Portugal.
Richard and Moncharmin listened
| to the old woman, who, as she pro
ceeded with the enumeration OF these
glorious nuptials, swelled out, tooA
courage ands at last in voice DUST
ing with pride, flung out the last sen
teuce of the prophetic letter:
1885. Meg CRY. Empress!
Exhausted by this supreme enort
thu box-keeper fell into a chair, say
ing:
/ "Centlemen, the letter was signed
.Opera Ghost l had heard much o
the ghost, but only half believed II
him. From the day when he declared
that my little Meg, the hesh Oh m!
flesh the fruit Of my womb would o.
empress, 1 believed in him altogether
| And really it was not necessary Z
make a long study Of Nine. Giry's ex
cited features to understand VIVA
could be got out of that fine intellec
with the two words ghost" ana em
press"
Hut who pulled the strings OF tina
extraordinary puppet? That was IN
question.
..You have never seen him; o
/ speaks to you and you believe al n
says?" asked Moncharmin.
Eyes. TO begin with, ] owe It =
him that my little Meg was promotes
To be the leader of row. | SAID
the ghost, III she is to be empress u
1885, there is no time to lose; sn
must become a. leader at once II
said. Look upon it as done. And a
had only a word to say to M. Polign
and the thing. was done"
CONTINUED next week.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-04-18
ABILENE's SOCIETIES.

RoyAI. ARCH MAsoNs-Cyrus Chap
ter No 95 meets in Masonic hall on the
second and fourth Fridays of eaGn
month F. w. Morse, H. p; Joseph =.
Keel, secretary.
TRIPLE TIE BENEFIT ASSOCIA-
T1ON. Abilene Council No. 4S, meets on
second Thursday evening OF eacn
month. Visitors welcome. beatIo
Young. president; John C. Royer' secre-
tary.
A. r. q A. M.-BenevoIent Lodge NO.
I've N each month at Masonic hall, cor
neT Third and Spruce. Fl. L. Covert, w.
NJ: ]. Ii WORLEY, secretary; visiting
brethren welcome.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-04-18

of the opera.house. found himself
once more in the light Of the stage.
He stopped, with his heart thump-
ing IN his chest: suppose Christine
Daae had been found? He saw
group Of men and asked:
II beg your pardon, gentlemen.
could YOU tell me where Christine
Daae is?p
And somebody laughed.
At the same moment the stage
buzzed with new sound and. amid q
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-19
Freckled Girls

It is an absolute fact, that one so cent
jar Of WILSON'S FRECkLE CREAM
will either remove your frccklcs or eau. c
them to fade and that two jars will Cv, n
in the most severe cases completely cure
them. We are willing to personally
guarantee this and to return your mon, y
without argument If your complexion is
not fully restored to its natural beauty.
WILSON'S FRECKLE CREAM is fine,
fragrant and absolutely harmless. Will
remo %ekf FAN HSr F TST rs w sna FR
LES. Come in today and tryit. The jars
are large and results absolutely certain.
Sent by mail If desired. Price 5Oc.
SKIN SOAP 25c. For sale by
LAKE PHARMACY.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-19
PROMINENT SPEAKERS WHO
WILL ADDRESS CONVENTION

Lake City. June ia number o
prominent speakers have been place.
on the program or the B: Y. +. I
convention which meets here Jul,
| to :, among whom are the follow
ing:
+. NJ. Poteat, president, Furma!
university. Greenville. 5. e.; }. "
Porter editor Western RecOrdor
Louisville. Ky; b. ID. Gray. secre'
lary Home Board. Atlanta, Ga; }. "
shepard. president Baptist collcEr
Rio. Brazil: Arthur Flake. SUNDAY
school secretary, Baldwin. Miss; "
:. Wiley. sunday school secretafN
Muskogee, Okla; " II. Cpshaw. edt
tor Golden Axe. Atlanta. Ga; w. \
llchson, pastor First baptist churc j
Jacksonville. Fla; 4. ". Duke, pas
tor First Baptist church, Tampa
Fla: A. j. Holt. pastor First Rap-
tst church. kissinmec. Fla; W. II
Nowlu. pastor First baptist church
Lakeland. Fla; i. stephens, pastor
First BAPTIST church. Plant City,
+. ". Cramer. pastor First Baptis'
church. Orlando: j. Dean AdcOck
pastor First Baptist church. ITALIA
hassee: C. a. Owens, pastor FRS
Baptist church, Del.and; q. +. Ma
bry, president State convention, Tam
pa; Lee Macdonald, chairman Stat,
sunday school committee. Tampa
Park Trammell. attorney general OF
Florida. Tallahassee; Ira }. Garter
Judge of Third circuit, Like Oak
$. Il. Rogers. State Mission secretar!
Gainesville; Mrs IT, G. Pcclman, w
NJ. L. secretary. ,laeksonvillc: Mrs. j,
J. ClOar. Junior union leader, Gaines
vile; Miss Margaret Porter of Ocala i,
nr. l.. T. Warren, Lake city; DR.. \
L. Montague. birmingham, Ala. i
is said that others may also be on
the program.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-19
fa!shionis 5 Fan!le!ies
zK&aS

Black princess lace, plated, borders
a frill of plated chiffon
Tiny white pearl oblong buttons
trim a side frill Of plated net.
Flat loops OF black velvet ribbon
cascade all the way down the central
panel of a double fril of white lace.
A charming iichu Is of very flno and
silky batiste embroidered In both
solid and cyelet work and bordered
with white and fringe
Miniature silk roses. perfumed with
any desired sachct powder, como all
ready to sew In the top OF tho corset
within the top OF sleeve. or any
where that a bit OF perfume may be
concealed. to lend its sweetness TO the
costume. These little sachet roses
come In white and In pink, and sci
OF them makes a charming gift for {
dainty girl.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-19
ANOTHER NEW BUILDING.

Eyes, it's true. I'm going to quit
paying rent, Jim, and put me up a
nice little cottage. I've been figur-
ing on the lumber, mill work, and all
the materials needed and the prices
are all right. Say, Jim. why don't
you build. too? Go around and talk
with the Lakeland Manufacturing
Company Those fellows will make
You want 10 build. sure.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-19
HIGGINS HAS SOME REMARKS
ON KICKERS AND OTHER THINGS

les, ! am a kicker and have helped
Kick into existence great MANY
things in Lakeland that are or pub
liz benefit. No other man did quite
so much as ! did in kickinS the
school house We now have into exist
ence. \ proposition TO bond for a
school house had been voted down hy
, large majority. when | took up III,
kicking. Together with SOME other
good kickers. We kept kicking tn,
proposition forward until We got a
Sood school house.
was not slack in kicking forwar,
the last school bonding proposition
nor in kicking il up TO the Supreme
Court for a test of its constitutions
ality, nor in kicking for an amend
E.ent TO the State constitution, open-
ing a way to bond for school houses;
nor will ! be slack in trying TO kick
that amendment into a law next No
vember, or in kicking for bonds when
IL becomes law. nor will cease TO
kick for everything that is right
along the line of school houses from
now until il does become law.
Yes, am a kicker and il is no dis
grace to kick if you kick like a man
forward. There is an animal that
kicks backwards. and has voice that
has neither music nor brains in ii
beware of limitations.
All admi, that there will sooner or
later have To be a school house on
the south side of the railroad Why
not build it now? The site for the
building will probably cost much
less now than it will few years
hence. The building will cost no
| more now than il will in the years
tC come. There is nothing 10 gain
by waiting II the county board will
lend us their credit tand | believe
they will) until such time as The LAW
will allow Us to issue district bonds
we can take up the Indebtedness with
the bonds, and relieve the conecstcd
condition of our school without wait
ing.
The proposition to build an addi-
tion to the present school house was
thoroughly threshed out more than
two years ago, and overwhelmingly
rejected Today the reasons for build
irg a house on the south side are
much greater than they We're at that
time.
The south side pays about 80 pei
cent of the taxes, and has more chill
dren to send to school than are on
the north side. and ! am at los
| to see what principle of justice Ol
right would force all the money an,
all the children to the north sid'
when the conditions on both side
would be improved by building Oh
the south side.
This talk about dividing the dis
trict sounds childish 10 me and i
the parties who are talking it VII
figure up lYttlo on the condition i
would leave them in they will lr,
to forget they Sid anything abou
| it,
An option has been secured on al
| ideal site for a new building. 1t vii
cost some money, Of course. but The
new building and site will not cos
| half as much per capita as the OLD
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-19
Got Nyttly Over Difficulty.

The mayer n a French town had. in
accordance with the regulations, to
make ont . passport for a rich and
hi&hly res0t,ahle lady of his &C.
qaaintarce. wio, in spite OF slight
disbursement. waS Very vain Of her
personal appearance. His native po-
likeness prompted him to gloss Over
the defect. and. after moments
reelection. L. wrote among the items
Of personal description: Eyes dark,
beautiful. tender. expressive, but one
of them missing"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-19
Re membranes Of the PiotalI.

Waist 'oEg pigtails were the fash.
ionable wear in England about l7i0.
and before that the bag wig had BEEN
adorned with a pigtail looped ur in a
black silk bag As late as 1888 an
ola gentleman was seen Iii London
with his gray hair tied behind in a
short cue. and even today one can
find relic of the pigtail. for the three
pieces OF black velvet on the dress
tunics of officers In the Royal We'sh
Fusilcers are the remains of the rib.
bon with which the cue was tied.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-19
OWN AN AUTOMOBILE

We have contracted with The STU
debakcr corporation to sell l.. NJ. f.
SOS and Flanders POS y, have
them here TO show you. Anyone in
terested please call or phone and We
will be pleased to dcmons'ra'" and
quote prices. II you want a GOOD,
reliable car, you will not b. disap-
pointed If you purchase either OF
these we have mentioned
S. NJ Stephens.
5-2S-tf e.. c. Rogan.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-19
He Was Enlightened.

We don't approve OF the imperti.
hence. but perhaps in the following
case the grouchy street car passenger
got no more than he d served. lie
had asked a conductor II he knew
when a certain train lie the North
station. and on heing answered in the
negative he exclaimed oifensiyelv::
Why is II that this road tinploys 80
many farmers" Just to look after
the cattle that travel on the cars"
was the conductors quick retort.-
Boston Transcript.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-19
Stylish Gloves.

White is stlll the proper shade In
gloves, but tans are also good form
and the various shades OF taupe are
growing In popularity Champagne
color is correct with the right COS
tune, and black gloves will be much
worn with the seasons popular white
costumes
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-19
Willows as Mourninu Symbol,

The Rabylonian WILLOW, with It's
long dropping branches, has come To
be the symbol Of mourning the world
over Even in China II is planted as
such. There seems to be much a,l.
thOrity for believing that II was upon
this tree that the lsraelites hung their
harps before their sOrrOwing depar'
ture from Babylon. whence. perhaps.
arose the symbolism OF the tree.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-19
Leaning Towers Secret.

The Leaning Tower Of Pisa is In no
danger of falling. For over eight hun.
dred years it has been inclined to one
side, but II is said to be as safe to-
day as when It was built. This Is be.
cause the workmen found It settling
to one side while they were erecting
II, so the tower was made accord.
ingly.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-19
EDISoNlA.

'''pN night presents a grea;
indian drama. I'm the DAYS
y Nations" This picture is
"s portrayal of the early
'' and will be attractive
nd Old.
'"o# tonight also as usual
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-19

" L y Rodrick and little
daughter have returned home
.ivE. d very pleasant stay of several
e,,k> Ii Tennessee and Kentucky
ahega 'hoy have been the guests Of
p.atAes They stopped for sew
"a, days in jacksonville, where they
&re he guests Of Mrs. ROdrick's sis
- While cnroute home.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-19

Baker, wto formerly lived
I'D ana who still has a live
@ i' 'ho town and its adj
stHds us the following
@ a, homo in Darlington
Is thinks is very applic-
and; Tn" town to tie
IL w. Lovely. Lakeland. :
~ iuat and then some.
@"d friends boosting for
Hah"e We know that we'll
'".eoo Or l5.ooo noonlo
to wears.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-19
CHARITIES AND CORRECTIONS
CONFERENCE ADJOURNS

Cleveland. o.. June 19.-The thr-
ty-ninth Conference OF Charities and
Corrections ended its session today.
The body will meet in Seattle next
year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-19

Nr e. Timmons, of Arlington,
"a j. in the city visiting his sister.
MIS- Robert Thompson, on Virginia
m" Mr. Timmons is a student
p" Atlanta School of Medicine and
'ry much impressed with Lake
eai 'i' says he don't think il would
~ a man Of his profession TO locate
'h's being such healthy look
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-19

W. /, " Deem and family will
s. Friday for their summer trip.
FIT, Will stop first in Atlanta. and
~ Mn visi, wcll-kno~n resorts OF
M, SEQ. and North Carolina. They
!, Il, away about two months.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-19

The Mann Plumbing and tonstrll'-
ton Go. is prepared To do Your tin
ming and roofing. All kinds OF meta,
work. Give us A trial .oo South
kentucky avenue Phone I lo
6 la-ii
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-19

one did. BY pull together We can
advance the school interests OF Lake
land a hundred per cent or We can
cripple il for years TO come by q
hasty misfit.
y. 4. HIGGINS.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-19

Unnic Slryatcr. who attend
Noman'S college at ITALIA
INA thc past year. has been
nsIh4 the past few weeks very
,@> Al Thomasvillc and Quit
M She IS expected home with
sN days, ana i, may be probable
Nll come in this evening
y mother. who arrives this
rapoH
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-19

~. shirley Eaton. who has been
r- music AT Inverness and
ir.,sa.lon for the past several
.r,e. i, al home for a rest ana
=. G.un.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-19

r ., II u. Eaton and children
morning FOR Worthinstoh
N the northern part OF the
a,rr they will spend several
..rk Pleasantly.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-19

!, ma Mrs. j. W. Buchanan, Jr.'
, ,arr,r's sister. Mrs. Sam VAN
sb,m spent Monday in Tam
..s ,hey spent the day shop
IA sightseeing.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-19

N Z Melton and family expect
,a Frday morning for two
,yip. which they will take
Georgia. Tennessee and
5yoiua. visiting the various
mSegtS
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-19
Submarine Boat Not New,

The first submarine boat was in.
vented and successfully tried In the
eighteenth century.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-19

M N.ry Streater and daughter.
re. who have been spending
$40 weeks il Georgia. are
~ mach home this alter
The Washington herald., 1912-03-01
BOYS NABBED FOR THEFT.
Motion Picture Craxe Causes Tab
Ioid Tragedy I'm Georgetown.

The love of motion pictures tempted
Harry Ball, eleven years old. Of 2S Sum-
ner court northwest. and William Tay-
lor. twelve. of 24ls NJ street northwest,
both colored. to steal garbage can and
a peck Of coal from the woodshed
Of Lewis w. Ryder, 25O6 Pennsylvania
avenue northwest, Wednesday evening.
As a result the youngsters were arraigned
before Judge De Lacy in the Juvenile
Court yesterday afternoon.
William pleaded guilty. He told the
court that he and hairy planned TO steal
the coal for the purpose OF selling IL
and obtaining money enough to witness
the show at a motion picture theater in
Georgetown. Harry did not handle the
stolen property, although he helped plan
the theft. William told the court that
he broke into the woodshed. dumped the
garbage out Of the slop can, am then
hIled the recepticle with peck OF coal
The boys were caught by Mr.. Ryder
later in the evening. Harry was placed
on probation for three months. AS the
theft was Williams fourth orense, he
was sent to the Reform School.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-01
SAYS HUMAN RACE
ARE BARBARIANS
Prof. r. H. Giddings, of Columbia,
Sounds Alarm Against
"Race Suicide"

New York, Feb. 2e-Prof. Franklin II.
CriddIngs, Of Columbia, to-day sounded
me alarm against race suicide. before the
Society for sEthicaI Culture, in an ad-
dress on .'the family and race survival"
IF the main purpose of the family
said the professor, els TO reproduce the
race and care for the child. 30 that he
may pass on to his children the knowl-
edge, morality, and idealism, the culti-
walton that mankind has achieved in the
past, then obviously, the whole purpose
OF the family is, frustrated when the ram
ily is childless.
"The facts are that the people who are
maintaining the human race to-day are
the barbarians, the half-civflized, and the
Ignorant and brutalized people: and the
people that have inherited the wealth.
the morals. the knowledge and the advan-
tage of civilization are not maintaining
the human race to-day; and that the hu-
man race Of the future will not be the de-
scendants of the people that we now re-
gard as superior.
"A great many persons have an idea
that II every family has two children
that will maintain the race. 1t won't
Every family must have an average OF
four plus two. because you have 10 allow
for the children that die in infancy;
those who do not marry, and those VINO
do, but who have no children. Those
who have n family Of less than tnat
number are not maintaining the race"
Leaders from Big Families.
Here Prof. GIddings said that he Is up
held by the report of the health depart
ment for New York. which shows the
birth rate OF the various classes in the
city of New York
The newest immigrants. the Italians,
Russian Jews, the Poles are doing their
part. The rest are not. Among the So
called well-to-do families in New York,
the average birth rate is two. Among
immigrants we still have a birth rate OF
five or six, according to this report
The men that are the leaders or men
In the United States to-day have come
from families having an average OF six
plus children. and a large proportion of
them happened TO be the youngest chill
dren. The child that has risen to dis
tinction is the sixth or seventh child, in
the history Of the United States so far.
Mr.. Giddings said It would be a good
plan TO keep a blue book OF all So
ciable children and then have them in
termarry within this set alone, thus pro-
ducing Americans fit to carry on the race
to victory.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-01
"wETs" LACKING ONE VOTE.
Jordan Enabling Act for Statewide
Prohibition stIn Lives.

Richmond. Va. Feb. 2s.-oneN man was
absent from the Senate chamber this
afternoon and the Jordan enabling act Is
still on the calendar. Had he been pres
ent the statewide measure would have
been killed by a majority vote.
Sure Of a majority, opponents of the
measure to-day attempted to bring a vote
when the bill would have been defeated.
"a to 16. To get consideration OF the bill
q votes were necessary. The vets had
% One man could not be found He
will vote wet
Advocates of the bill played for time.
They declared they were willing TO set
the bill for a vote Monday or Tuesday,
but would not agree TO a vote to-day.
Wet leaders assured them that unless
they agree to vote before Saturday no
vote will be taken at this session.
conference OF anti-saloon leaders IA
being held Tonight to determine whether
they will agree to a vote with almost GER
tain defeat ahead. OF the bill, or whether
they will take chances by delaying ac-
ton.
Opponents OF the bill were Jubilant to-
night. They declared that no vote could
be taken unless they were willing, and
that II the bill comes to vote there is
no chance OF its passage.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-01
KILLS CHI1D's AssAnANT.
cuIpcPer Merchant Stays Man Who
Attacked His Daughter.

culpeper. Va, Feb. 29.-Aubrey Bowie
one Of culpeper's most highly respected
business men. shot and killed Adam How
ard. colored, near Elkwood, last evening
for making improper approaches to his
eleven-year-old daughter.
The killing took place on the SPRING
fellow estate, where the little girl was
visiting her mothers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Bruce Stringfellow. and also
where Howard was employed as a farm
hand. II appears that the farm hand
made an attempted assault upon the
child on Wednesday evening and that
she did not tell any one about 1t until
Thursday morning, when she told her
grandparents, who informed Mr.. Bowie.
The father at once went to EIEwood
and on catching sight OF the culprIt
emptied his revolver In the man. Bowie
surrendered himself and was released on
s., 900 BAH.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-01
KNOX SAILS FOR PORT L1MoN.
Speech OF Cabinet officer Well Re-
ceived at Panama.

Colon, Feb. 2e.-Secretary of State
Knox and his party sailed for Port
Lime. late this afternoon aboard the
Cruiser Washington.
The Secretary set out from Panama
early this morning and spent the day
viewing the canal work. Escorted by
members of the engineering corps the
party proceeded by special trains, stop
ping at each point of interest A two,
hour stop was made at the Gatun Dam,
where Mr.. Knox donned rubber boots
and made a thorough inspection of the
work.
The local newspapers to-day devoted
many columns to Mr.. Knex's speech at
a state dinner last night and most OF
them interpret his utterances as notice
OF a more rigid Interpretation of the Mou-'
roe doctrine
The Washington herald., 1912-03-01
For Te1t-book Library.

A large library composed solely of text
books, in conjunction with the Bureau
Of Education. is the plan OF DIR. John
d. walcott, librarian at the bureau. Dr.
wolcott explained yesterday that Il Is
estimated by the bureau that more than
1.0o0.000 textbooks have been printed. He
decided three months ago to start an
additional library In connection with the
library at the bureau. and already this
branch library contains 5000 textbooks.
with few exceptions the gifts OF friends.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-01
Bsatswain Of Saratoga Dead.

The Navy Department was notified
of the death yesterday OF Chief Boat
swain Harry Williams. U. S. N. at
olongapo. P. I. Williams was born in
Boston. Mass. March 3. 1871. and was
appointed a boatswain in the navy in
1905, after serving several years as an
enlisted man. He was attached to the
cruiser Saratoga.