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Senators Beat Boston

Washington. May 4.-Washington nosed out Boston today in an exciting game. 8 to '. Both sides used two pitchers, Akers relieving Cashion and holding the Reds safe. The home run drives of Cashion and Speaker featured the game. Score: RH F. foston .. 303 001 0o0=7 6 l Washington ... 311 000 30'-S 10 1
 Batteries: Bedlent. Cicotte and Nun- aseaker Cashion. Akers and Williams.
 Time, 2:40 Empires, Connolly and Hart.
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SUMMARY. Two Base Hit-Pierre. Home Run-Vasterling. stolen Ba ses-Hanna, Sparks. Double Plays-Vasterling to Chast- hnt 10 Sparks. Bases on Balls-McManus 3, Thom- as 1. Ilits-Of Thomas T, Hickman 1. Struck Out-Thomas 2, Hickman 1, McManus 5. Sacrifice Hits-Kernan, Molly Time--1.40. Williams.
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Romans Take Last

Huntsville, May 4.-(Special)-The Ro-
 mans got revenge today when they took Ia loosely played game from the Noun
 |tsireers. to 1. Pop Eyler. on the hill flor Huntsville. yielded single, two dou-
 1bles and homer in two and one-third in-
 |nings Finch relieved him and allowed but -four hits.
 Huntsville made many errors that al- flowed Rome to score Fenner fell down chasing a fly in center and hurt his hand |so that he was relieved. Overton got the Hone run for Huntsville on wild throw
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American Association
STANDING

At Minneapolis: Minneapolis 6. Co., lumbus 0.
 At St Paul. St Paul 6. Toledo g. At Kansas City: Kansas City 2, In dianapolis G. At Milwaukee: Milwaukee 2, Louis vile ,.
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COLLEGE GAMES

At Macon First game. Mercer !, Ten nessee ?; second game, Mercer B. Ten nossoe (called end ninth. darkness). At Worcester, Mass: Holy Cross 9. Yae |.
 Al Cambridge, Mass: Harvard g. Am herst 2.
 At Ithica. N Y: Cornell 5. Dart mouIh .
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Brooklyn Beaten by Boston

Boston. May 4.-Boston won from Brook lyn today, 6 to 4. Knetzer. who succeeded Stack in the Brooklyn box with two men on bases in the third, was wild. He passed three men in this inning, forcing a, two runs and Devlin's single added another. Score: R.H. E. 2 oston .................o o0S 100 02'--6 10 2 Brooklyn .............100 O01 20O-4
 Eatteles Brown Hogg and Rariden; Stack knetzer and Phelps Time, 1;54. Empires, Rigler and Finneran.
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Neill 2. Allen.
 Home Run-McClesky.
 stolen Rases-McCiesky. Griffin. Rolleg Double Plays-Overton to Roben to Far lev; Summa to Roben.
 Bases on Balls-Gentle 3. Finch 1. Hit by Pitched Balls-Evans. Geyer. Hits Apportioned-Off Eyler in ? 1-s Innings: Finch in 6 2-3 innings. Struck Out-Finch f. Gentle 5. Passed Balls-Matthews 1. Rolleg l. Time of Game-a:10.
 Umpire-Lauzon.
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t,a eighth when Hicks singled to

in the eighth when Hicks singled to right was sacrificed to second and scored on Kane's single to right.
 Tho fielding of Holt and the pitch ing of Hill were the features for An niston and the work of Kane in the box was distinctly the feature for Gadsden Williams was injured by q thrown ball during practice but after the wound was sewed up resumed his place. He received an ovation from the
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International League

Al Baltimore: Baltimore g. Toronto 6. At Providence: Providence I. Buff falo 8.
 Jersey City: Jersey City 3. Mon treal s. Al Newark: Newark 1. Rochester 3.
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Disagree and Agree

Ffnm FUCk.
 Allopath--Take big dose of this. s Homeopath-Take little dose of this $ Osteopath- Don't take any medicine. .So Prof Muldoon-Fresh air and work. s Fra Hubbard--It's a disgrace to be sick. IS Science Healer--You are not sick at au..S
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RESULTS OF SUNDAY
 SCHOOL LEAGUE BALL
Yesterdays Results

Second Presbyterian 6, First Presby- terian 4.
 Woodlawn Methodist Episcopal If, Fifth Avenue Presbyterian 9.
 Fortieth Street Methodist Episcopal 13, WoodlaWn Episcopal [.
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Frank Klaus Wins

New York. May 4.-Frank Klaus ci P.ttsburs outpoInted Jack Dillon of In dlanapolis in q rather tame 10-round bout at Madison Square Garden tonight. The men weighed in the ring, Klaus turning the scale at 16S and Dillon two pounds lighter,
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SUMMARY. Two Base Hits-Eubanks, McDuff. Sacrifice Hits-Wasem, Kane. Stolen Base--Wasem. Double P1ay--Kane to Hicks to Will Hams.
 Base on Balls-Kane 1. Hill 1. Left on Bases-Gadsden 1. Anniston 5. Struck Out-Hill ?, Kane 3. Time of Camel :35. mpire-Chestnut
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BESSEMER UNABLE
 ID HIT AND LOSES
|HEINIE THOMAS PITCHES HIS FIRST GAME AND IS HIT TIME
 LY BESSEMER GETS BUT THREE SAFE HITS
SOUTHEASTERN STANDING
Results Yesterday

Selma 5. Bessemer 0.
 Rome 8, Huntsville 1. Anniston 2, Gadsden 1.
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Cotton States League
STANDING

fl Meridian-(1st game)-
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That Five.Dollar rroposltion.

The Daily Light has on It's sub
scription list large number Of sub
scribers who pay IS in advance FOR
Il years subscription. Those who
take advantage Of this offer not only
save dollar on subscription each
year. but they are not troubled with
a collector during the time One
thing in particular that we have no
ticed is that tLose who pay SIS in adj
vance almost invariably continue to
pay in advance, and few, if any, 80
back to the 50-cents-per-m month plan,
II you have never tried the fiye-dol-
Observation-Disclosures plan we want
you to try 1t one time and you will
at once see how wen pleased you
win be. IT
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THIRD TRADE TRIP
TO BE MADE MONDAY
Merchants viii Visit Sterrett, Red
Oak and Other Places.

Oak and Other Places.
The next auto trade excursion
of local business men will be made
Tuesday afternoon, June Is. This
trip was postponed from last Tues
day on account of the bond cleo
ton. Thirty or forty automobiles
are exeptected to make the trip,
The towns to be visited are Ster-
rett, Red Oak, Oyilla, Midlothian,
Mt. Peak and Sardis.
The pilot car will be driven by
Judge o. e Dunlap,
The schedule will be as follows:
Leave Waxahachie at p. M,
arrive Sterrett 2;35 p. m.
Leave Sterrett at rs p. m ar.
rive at Red Oak 3:15 p. m.
Leave Red Oak at 1885 p. m
arrive Ovilla 4:05 p. m.
Leave Ovilla at APO p. m. ar.
rive Midlothian 4:5o D. m.
Leave Midlothian at SEQ p. m,
arrive Mt. Peak $40.
Leave Mt. Park at $50 p. m.
arrive Sardis 6;15 p. m.
Leave sardis at $50 p. m. fol
Waxahachie.
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= LOCALS. =


F. s. Cronk Co. sell galvanized
roofing cheap. Ct
Friday morning at the Methodist
only.
Ladies only-at the Methodist
church next Friday morning.
Eighteen rolls toilet paper, holder
free. for sl.00. F. S. Cronk Co. tt
Buy your pump from F. S. Cronk
Co. All kinds, Prices way down If
Perhaps you can see your self in
the Ad Mems parade at Dallas at
the Majestic tonight. 6U
Before buying see what the Wax
ahachie Hardware Co. has in refri-
gerators. Old phone 1877, If.
Waxahaehie Hardware Co. Is
headquarters for lawn mowers
screen doors and wire. Old phone
1877.
Official moving pictures of th'
Ad Mems parade and open ali
lunch at Dallas to be seen at th'
Majestic tonight G.
Mr.. and Mrs. John V. Single
ton and son and Mr.. and Mrs, T
II. Dismukes and daughter o
Kaufman are here to attend tn
funeral of their grandfather, Johl
| r. Shelton, who died Tuesda,
night.
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FOR SALE-Three houses on Flat
street near public school. Will
sell one, two or three at a cheap
price. If you want one for a SER
want house or to live in, it will
pay you to investigate these hous-
es. This property is known as
the Roberts houses, lots 2 and 3
in block 5, Phillips and Hawkins
official map of Waxahachie. Write
or phone ]. Edgar Finley, Dallas
Texas. CO
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Lynn Reagor has installed one
of Cranes automatic credit regis
tiers. 1t is a labor-saver for his
bookkeeper, and a man that has an
account with him can find out on
"a moments notice Just what his
balance is, the account is always
posted and footed up. Labor saw
ing and sanitary devices are fast
taking the place of old methods In
all classes of business.
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There is no horse liniment more
effective for animal flesh than
BILLIARDS. SNOW LINIMENf,
nor is there any healing remedy
for the human body only that is
milder or more efficaeious in It's
action 1t heals the sores or TIE
wounds of man and beast Price
I25c, soc and s100 per bottle. Sold
by Curtin Drug Co. \
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OLD WOMAN Is DESERTED
Mrs. Purdo, 1913, Is Left in Empty
Tenement Room by Grandson.

New York, June 13.-Mrs. Mar
ia Antonio Purdo, the aged woman
found alone in the rear tenement
at No. SS5 Myrtle avenue, and
who says she is 10S years old,
viii BIZ sent to the Flatbush State
hospital unless relatives call for
her.
She told the police that she hao
been away few days, and when
she returned to the Myrtle avenue
address, found her grandson, with
whom she had lived, had moved
His name, she says is Adolph
Aquilo She thinks he moved to
New Jersey.
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COME AND GO to Bishop, Nueces
county, where thousands of acres
as good as the best in Ellis coun-
ty Don't take my word, go and
see what is growing. Seeing is be-
lieving. VIII leave Waxahachie
Thursday night G. L. Wakeland.
60pQ
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THE LINER SAN MARCOS
PASSES THROUGH STORM
Mallory Line Steamers Life Boats
Stove in as Result of Batter
ing By the Waves.
Associated Press Special.

Galveston, Texas, June ID
The Mallory liner San Marcos arriv-
ed in port here today with hei'
life boats stove in as result of
the battering she received in yes
terday's gulf storm.
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BASEBALL CALENDAR.
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Texas League.
Texas League.

RESULTS YESTERDAY.
San Antonio IL, Dallas /.
Galveston Waco, rain.
Houston A, Fort Worth 3.
Beaumont-Austin, rain.
WHERE THEY PLAYnTODAY.
Dallas at San Antonio.
Austin at Beaumont.
Waco at Galveston.
Fort Worth at Houston.
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OUTLINE FINAL PLANS
FOR BIC CONVENT
National Democratic Executive
Committee VIII Hold Informal
Meetings in Baltimore
Next Week.
Associated Press Special.

Associated Press Special.
Baltimore, Mr., June 13.-In-
formal meetings of the democratic
national committeeman with Nor
man E. Mack, to be held here dur
ing next week, are expected to
democratic national convention.
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PERSONALS.


Tom Cook of Cleburne is in the
city.
Mrs. Ben Salmon of Independ-
ence, Kansas, is visiting Mrs. A.
7. Willis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lon Minis of Ennis
will arrive this afternoon to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Forbes.
Miss Blanche Sawyer of Hills
boro arrived in the city yesterday
afternoon to visit Miss Lola Ownby.
Mrs. Broadhead of Ennis, who
has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. e,
T. Wicker, returned home this
morning.
G. I. Barkesdale spent the first
of the week at home with his
family, and went to Longview
Wednesday night
Miss Minnie Stamper of Temple
| and Miss Laura Veazey of Smith
vile are guests of Miss Barbara
borough at the home of e. f
| Owen.
Mrs. w. o. Currie and children
left this morning for Big Horn
/ Texas, where they will visit Mrs
Currie's parents, Mr.. and Mrs NJ
| F. Bonner.
| T. S. Middleton and family left
last night for San Saba to visit
his daughters family, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. B. Embry. They will tr,
their luck at fishing while gone.
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See that liquid soap and holde--
Always clean, strictly sanitary. f.
Cronk Co. II
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Call at the Light and Enterprise
office and have our Contest Mana
ger explain why our contest meth
DDS are the fairest in existence.
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CAN upon the Daily Light want
ads to provide e way to overcome
obstacles.
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STANDING OF THE TEAMS.
American League.

RESULTS YESTERDAY.
Chicago IL, New York 2.
Washington 5, Detroit 1
Boston 5, st, Louis g.
Philadelphia 6, Cleveland 0.
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Washington at Cleveland,
Philadelphia at Detroit.
Ne WORK at St. Louis.
Boston at Chicago.
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National League.
RESULTS YESTERDAY.

RESULTS YESTERDAY.
Cincinnati 8, Philadelphia 0.
Pittsburg 7, Brooklyn 8.
New York 8, Chicago Q.
St. Louis 8, Boston s.
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Pittsburg at Brooklyn
Cincinnati at Philadelphia.
Chicago at New York
ST. Louis at Boston.
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PHONE John Davenport when in
need Of an up to date rig. Prompt
service. Agent for the celebrated
Columbus buggies, cash or install
ment. Phone 2. 38pd
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LADIES-We do cleaning. pressing
and repairing, do it right, employing
the most skilled workmen, and do
it at right prices. Phone i78. Mat
thews-Gammou Co. tt
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r~sx~s~s-s~az~s--uz-ss~z-s-s..
= o . . . = . = = =
o WANT COLUMN. =
o = . = . o = . . o =
Tonight and Friday
generally fair.
t. M. ROCKETT-Real estate and
fire insurance. tt
FOR SALE OR RENT - A house
See DR.. West. tt
R. D. McCOMBS, all kinds OF insur
ance and bonds. u
FOR SALE-Old newspapers at the
Daily Light office. tt
iFOR SALE-Old newspapers at the
Daily Light office. tt
FOR sALE-Mirrored plate glass,
1Sx52. H. w. Madison. tt
FOR RENT--unfurnished rooms.
! sos Williams avenue. Cop
lFOR SALE, CHEAP-A wood saw
ling outfit. Apply to F. S. Cronk Co.
II
$50 A YEAR for the Ladies Home
Journal See E. F. Owen at once
| tt
FOR RENT-Three unfinished
| rooms. SOC Monroe street. Phone
224. 59pd
FOR RENT-Two front bed rooms
furnished. Call at 304 Oldham
avenue. 5S
WANTED--Two or three rooms
close in for light house keeping.
Phone 1871. xI
FOR sALE-One share of stock in
Katy lake. Apply at Waxahachie
Medicine Co. 50
FANCY BLACKBERRIEs - s11o
per crate f. o. b. c. H. Beekworth.
Lindale, Texas. 58pd
LOST-A kit of barber tools. Re-
turn to the Frierson's barber shop
and be rewarded. 59
CRYsANTHEMUMS - Twenty for
one dollar, ten varieties, our selec-
ion. Bird Forrest. florist. If
FOR RENT-Two south rooms,
close in, modern conveniences.
Phone $50 after $50 p. m. sop
FOR SALE-Three-roo house and
icre lot on Kaufman street See
Frank Malone, Waxahaehie. sop
FOR EXCHANGE-Two hundred
dollar horse for good piano or va
can't lot. c. e, Peyton, phone 81.
Gill
to telephone US
your orders for anything in the dali
ry line. Old phone 81, new phone
119 Coleman Bros, Brooks Dairy. If
PAGE BROTHRS, TAILORS--Want
your cleaning, pressing, steam dye
ing, alterations and suit orders. |
Page Brothers, tailors, phone II. tt
! Stages e SCHUSTER-Taif
will do cleaning, pressing, dyeing,
repairing and take your order for
suit that will please you. Phone
60. TIL
PRESSING, CLEANING AND RE-
pairing--I will appreciate a share. of |
your patronage Ladies' work
speciality Thee Farley, at Sebuster'a
Tin Shop If
FOR RENT-To party who will
board four, a six room house on
West Main street, modern conVen
fences. Apply Barr Cunningham.
phone 493. If
do cleaning, pressing
and repairing, do it right, employing
the most skilled workmen, and do
it at right prices. Phone i78. Mat
Co. tt
PHONE John Davenport when in
need of an up to date rig. Prompt
service. Agent for the celebrated
Columbus buggies, cash or install
ment Phone 2. 38pd.
MAYBE you lave a friend or reia-
JOY reading the Waxahachie Enter |
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DAILY LIGHT 81 PER YEAR

} The subscription price of
the Daily Light to subscribers 4
outside of Waxahachie is 81
, per year, payable in advance.
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FOR SALE-Three-roo house and
acre lot on Kaufman street. See
Frank Malone, Waxahaehie. cop
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CRYSANTHEMUMS - Twenty for
one dollar, ten varieties, our selec-
ton. Bird Forrest. florist. If
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FOR RENT-Two south rooms,
close in, modern conyeniences.
Phone $50 after $50 p. m. sop
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FOR EXCHANGE-Tw hundred
dollar horse for good piano or va
cant lot. C. e. Peyton, phone 54.
61
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LOST-A kit of barber tools. Re-
turn to the Frierson's barber shop
and be rewarded. SO
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FANCY BLACKBERRIES - s1.10
per crate f. o. b. c. H. Beckworth,
Lindale, Texas. 5Spd
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Then "e got some other boys and gurls
together & we went oaver 10 our house.
Ma x sum other ladies was there, &
Ma sed Sure, Bobbie, you & yure ltttel
trends shall have a birthday party. Go
as far as you like. All Of you kiddies
sit down, Ma sed until I have furnished
this story about Mister Smith Jones
clipping with Miss Blue Green.
oh, it is such a romantic story, sed
all of Mas trends To think OF rne deer
man having SO much cur rage al
ways wanted sum brave man to elope
with me. sed one of Mas trends naimed
Miss Black. She was a old maid & /
was thinking Wen she sad 1t that it
wud talk a pritty brave man to elope
with her
After they had read all about tie
elope- ment, Ma went & fixed sum Ice
cream & caik for us, Me & the other
boys stirred the ice cream freezer. Pet
wantedt o help, but / sed No, stand
back, this is mans work.
All the time we was freezing the ice
cream We cud hear the wimmen in the
other room talking about now romantic
elope-ments was &; how nice II wud
have been If they cud have been mar
ried that way insted OF telling all the
Majors about thare engagement shed
Of the marriage,
Pa calm in Jest then & ! herd him
talking to Ma s. her trends. Pa sed
thar a man was foolish to elope with 3
woman wen there was so many VIM
men reddy to get thare parents con
sent & then walk up the aisle two feet
ahed Of the man. Citing married isent
one of the hardest things to do in life,
sed Pa. IT is the staying married that
talks a lot of mental arith -metick
But you are PERFECTLY happy here, sed
one of the ladies, you & yure wife &c
1ittel children.
Only one of them is our child, Pa
sed. littel Bobbie, that is enuff, bee
Klaus sumtimes eeven his one littel pair
of shoes gifts run down at the heels.
The rest Of these kids is Boobies
trends.
wonder if sum Of them littel deers
viii elope wen thay grow up, sed one
of the Wimmen & all of them sed
agenn, oh, how romantic.
Cum on, Pet, I sed to my littel gurl
friend, let's YOU & me do littel elop-
ing ourselfs as long as everybody is
talking elope ment
So me 81 Pet ran away together but
it was dark outside &, so we got scared
q cain back hoam. I guess lots Of
folks that runs away together gifts
scared of the dark e. thav doart II erIt
ice cream wen they cum back, eether
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fiercely resisted his efforts to Chris
tianize them wholesale. They besioged
him in his palace Boris had-so runs
the legend-only As followers, but he
called upon Christ to aid and rode
forth at their head. As he did so.
flames enyeloped the palace and seven
figures of glory appeared to lead the
forlorn hope, The pagans cast away
their arms, flung themselves PROSTATE.
and submitted. SO far the legend. V
are on surer ground when we hear that
the Christian" king executed 30 rebel
"bolyars" with their families.
Boris after coquetting for a time with
the Roman pope, settled down as a
Greek Catholic. and the great patri-
arch, Photius. called him the fair fruie
of my labors." His people have since
always been faithful to the Greek COM
munion, though once or twice the kings
like Boris drifted Romeward; such oc-
currences were political in origin. Boris
abdicated in SS4 and died a monk in
9o7
We must not imagine that his prob
ably Tartar lineaments had anything IN
common with the beautiful Christ-liile
features of the elkons Savage as he
was, he had great vigor. and when he
found that his eldest son and successor.
Vladimir, was worthless the old king
came forth from his cell to depose him
and raised to the throne his second
child, Simeon. the greatest Of all the
cars Of Bulgaria.
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St. John of Rila.

THE monastery of Ria, tile most ia
nous in Bulgaria and also prob
ably the earliest. lies i'm a beautiful val
ley among the Rilska Planina noun
tains. a spur OF the Balkans. about 80
miles from Sofia.
1t was always considered the chief
religious center of the czagdom. and It's
abbot acknowledged no superior bur
the Exarch, the official head of the Bui-
garian church.
St, John of Ria. the most famous Of
its early abbots and q great figure in
the days of Bulgaria's glory. died in
$40. Miracles were performed at his
tomb, and 50 widespread became his
sanctity that in 1888 Bella of Hungary.
in a war with the Eastern empire. car
ried his corpse away to Gran in tin"
hope of securing for himself the bless
iugs which its possession conferred.
The remains were recovered by tine
Emperor Isaac IL, i'm llS7. aud restored
TO Bulgaria
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~ ORIS, or Bogoris, the first Chris
~ tian king of Bulgaria, ranks as
saint for the same reason that
Olaf of Norway, and Vladimir, of Rus
STA, do. Actually, in early life at least,
there was little of the saint about him.
Boris succeeded Khan Malomir in
$50 A. D., at a very critical time. Bull
garia had been beaten in battle by the
Serbs and Croats. and Boris himself
was badly defeated by them. He event
ually, to strengthen himself, formed an
alliance with Ludwig. the German first
king of Germany, brother Of Lothar,
the Frankish emperor of the West.
This angered the great regent Bardas,
who then governed at Constantinople
for his dissolute nephew. Michael III.
In S63, while Boris was absent help
ing Ludwig against his rebellious son,
Hartmann, the whole army Of the East
ern empire invaded Bulgaria and con-
quered it without a blow, and Boris, to
regain it without fighting, consented tn
be baptized.
Naturally enough, the pagan element