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them would make n pretentious document.
Among those which sprung into existence
with the numerous organizations north
and south as n result of the war between
th4. states, is the Woman's Relief Corps,
AN auxiliary of the Grand Army OF the
Republic, but now on the higher basis OF
meeting demands Of charity from every
worthy cause. irrespective of historical
significance. Organized in 1888 and there
fore one of the seniors in the matter OF
feminine patriotic associations. ii received
it, first impetus from the wives, mothers
and sisters of those who espoused the
Union side in the sad combat between the
north and the south. Ii began very humbly
by the affiliations of different state socie-
ties with each other and establishment OF
a national body, with officers who ruled
the whole and other officials under state
Jurisdiction. Last summer the national
election held in Los Angeles resulted in
honoring Mrs. Geraldine F'Tisbie of San
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Stolen Turkey.

THE Rev. Algernon ). Crapse!, III All
interview during the Little rams
strike, said of u very religious ana very
notorious child labor millionaire:
This man reminds me of Uncle Cal
houn Clay.
Uncle Cal was accused of stealing a
turkey and the Sunday after the ac-
cusation being communion Sunday, the
old fellow was one of the first communi-
cants at ia little white church.
His pastor, the Rev. washington
White, said to him reproachfuliy, after
the service:
Calhoun Clay I'm ashamed of you.
The idea of your coming to communion
after stealing a turkey
Lands a massy, parson, said OLD
Uncle Cal, do you think I'd let a skinny
old turkey, hardly worth 10 cents a
pound. stand betwixt me and the Lord
table, /"
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forts of southerners have been looked on
as something to regard with suspicion.
/ rejoice, however, that these terms are
growing less popular and that women
north and south and east and west under
stand each other better and sympathZe
with the general trend of endeavor though
they may differ as to standards. As the
wears roll by and heal the wounds made by
the internal strife, the labors OF those
who are aiding the living, perpetuatine
the memory Of the heroic dead, restoring
historic spots and adding bit by bit to the
great annals of our nation in the making,
must be cordially acknowledged by all
There are so many kinds OF work COM
nrehended in our charter that IL mus,
make an appeal to all who care for theiI
country, its glorious past. it's still more
glorious future. and most of all for
prosperous future. Just to take one short
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aid every community in which they are
realized AS hostage to future confidence
we might point at some things that the
Womans Relief Corps has already ac-
complished In the AndersonNille prison
grounds we have made "a beautiful park
now the property of the government ana
presented by our society. In restoring
this famous old spot, We mark forever a
chapter of history passed away, but which
must be preserved in sour records rot TO
keep alive factional feuds but mourn
full memory of past mistakes when the
generations to come must avoid
"'This fine old park is embelllshed py
statues of heroes and is d spot or beauty,
though it must always be a feceptacie
of sorrowful memories. Several years
ago we built in Ohio a home for aged
army nurses and for few years main
tained therein 1jO inmates.
but the burden proved too great, so we
gave the entire property to the state OF
Ohio and it is being kept up by the fuhus
of the commonwealth in a way which we
all appreciate The bulk of our work
now is benevolent. Notwithstanding the
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clause in our charter. namely. section
three, which says: To maintain true aiie-
glance to the United States of America
to inculcate lessons of patriotism ana
love of country among our children ana
in communities in which We live. and 10
encourage the spread of liberty and equal
rights to all. -.
"Just these few lines contain llfe mis-,
sion which, if faithfully followed, would
fiji up free moments in the career OF the
ordinary woman.
Having always been church memper,
I reyerently see the deep significance IN
the bond which binds the true CHRISTIAN
and the patriot, and | believe that after
love Of God comes love of country. and In
that we realize what it means to main
tain true allegiance to our beloved native
land. 1 would wish every small BOY ana
girl, and especially those little wards VINO
come to this country from alien lands, De
taught that true allegiance to the country
means to lead good. clean lives, following
the splendid example set by the founders
of the nation and by those who took up
its affairs in the various crises through
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Changed Times.

MISS MARY DONNELLY. the New
lvl York suffragist, said at the Suffrage
lunchrooms
II was walking the other week in Long
Island The sky was blue. The crystai
air was pure and frosty. The trees were
painted with autumnal colors-gold ana
pink and raw red. How beautiful 1t was.
I'm meadow half dozen young wom-
en- were practicing putting. They looked
very smart in their trim golf suits, the~
skirts of rough homespun and their scar
let Jackets AS 1 watched them an old
farmer and one of his farm hands ap-
preached.
Boss grunlbled the farm hand. them
girls in the medder is scarin' our COWS.
."The old farmer shook his head ana
sighed.
.Ah, Timothy he said. with proiound
truth, times is changed since was
young. In them days the cows scared
the gals
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which it has passed. Ii seems hopeiui
sign that nearly 100000 women nave
signed this compact. and their influence
means much for the future. Love OF
country in the full sense cannot help pu,
follow in the wake of such societies. anu
gives us a definite reason for redouoins
our efforts to increase and multiply
Naturally those who rssa with intel
ligence note those important words. Una,
we indorsed away back in 1882, 'eqial
rights to ALL and we arc, therefore, no'
only a pioneer patriotic society, anticlpat-
ing the Daughters Of the Revolution, the
Colonial DANES ard many others by hVe
or six years but we are also pioneer
suffrage organization. However one may
audible about how to designate women IN
the law. we can certainly come under the
caption Of equal rights to all. In Callfof-
mia we have achieved our ampitlon, ano
our voice has been heard in unmlstakapl.
tones.
with a right to be heard in national
affairs we hope for much, but not Iol
absolute perfection. We have plans loi
our society, plans which cannot help nu'
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pensions given by the government. ana
the societies organized for such purposes
by former soldiers the burden resting on
an association is heavy, as will be proven
by the fact that since the society was
founded in 1852 more than four mlillohs
of dollars have been dispersed through
our treasurer. This is actual money and
does not take into account the time ana
labor devoted to consoling, visiting ara
rendering temporary aid to the needy
Mrs. FTishy is "a dignitied and hand
some woman, with soft hair. now snowy
white, clear ruddy skin and calm blue
eyes. Life has brought her many sor-
rows and trials, but they came when she
was still young and could make other in
terests The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Hiram Sutton of Rochester. \. y, she
lost her mother in her tender years and
was reared partially by her maternal
grandmother near the city of Rochester.
She attended. the public school there, but
on her fathers remarriage she came TO
live in Washington. She attended school
here, but when she was fifteen her father
returned to Rochester, where she lived
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Mateo a member of the society since 1891
and always an active worker.
THE value of patriotic societies has
been so often set before the public,
remarked Mrs Frisbie a few days after
election, that there seems little to add
to the subject. But the American public
has a cavalier way of dismissing things
after merely placing them in general
way. Only on rare occasions do they go
into the why's and whereforeS of certain
movements. This is a universal fault and
one which every thoughtful person must
deplore. In the south all that relates to
the Grand Army, the Womans Refer
Corps and the vast numbers of other as
sociations growing out of conditions after
the civil war are alluded to as Yankee
affairs, and in the north the worthy ef-
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Crowded..

NH3S. CLEVELAND, whose engagement
lv1 has been announced. will be missed
at Princeton where her entertainments
are heartily liked.
Mrs. Cleveland. as a hostess, Is noted
for her wise and epigrammatic sayings.
Thus, urging a young senior against nav
ing for his ambition the acquisition OIL
great wealth, she recently said
ION the mountain of plutocracy there Is
less room at the top than people thlhh.
The men seated up there are few, but
they are very large"
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II was duly conveyed by letters patent
with the royal seal to Elisha Kent SUIT
ton. and on this land till as late as the
time of my grandfather. Jacob Sutton.
who was grandson of this Elisha Kent
Sutton contemplated bringing suit against
the possessors of this tremendous piece
of property. 1t was contended that a
Elisha Kent Sutton had never reconveyed
the property all other titles were faulty
But Jacob Sutton never took up the case
legally and his later heirs did not eN-
pend a penny in what seemed such
profitless adventure.
r.
sT.hc son of this first Elisha Kent Sut-
ton and his son took part in the rev.
olutionary war. Elisha I'd was born
in Connecticut in 1850 and was captain
of infantry in the first regiment which
went out from the Nutmeg state. This
Elisha Kent Sutton had charge of Gen.
Washington's baggage when it crossed
New Jersey after the terrible winter on
the Delaware. and he later took part in
the battle OF Red Bank below Philadel-
phia. A daughter of this Elisha Polly
Sutton married in 1905 Gen. Joseph Clark.
and her son, Myron II. Clark, was after
ward Governor of New York
Though l have sympathy with all
peals in the propaganda laid out by the
Woman,s Relief Corps was most allur-
ing. Death had taken many of my dear
ones, ard the care of my young sons oc-
cupied my time until 1881 when / affiliat-
ed with the corps and became an active
worker. 1t has been an absorbing and
most repay ying labor ever since, and now
that the association has rendered me the
supreme honor of choosing me as presi-
dent, 1t opens a vista of the future filled
with pleasant duties and agreeable inter-
course.
Mrs. Frisbie first married Philip Lester
Cooley. and their beautiful ranch. Ra-
vtnswoOd, fronting on the bay, thirty
three miles from San Francisco was her
home for many years Here her five
sons We're reared, and here died three of
them, and later her husband. Mrs. Cooley
then devoted herself to the large inter-
ests left by her husband and proved her
business acumen. When the youngest
son was of age she divided her great
estate equally between her children, and
they received the heritage left by their
father, not only unincumbered. but vast
ly increased in value. She married the
second time an intimate friend OF her
first husband. William Frisbie of Red
wood. Cal, a veteran of the civil war,
holding the rank of lieutenant. Mrs.
FIisbie. having retired from the active
manag cement of her estate. has given
her time to patriotic societies, notably
the relief corps. to charitable works and
to close attention to the affairs of her
church She is a member of the Presby-
terian church at Menlo Park, was at one
time secretary of the board of trustees.
Superintendent of the Sunday school and
is now president Of the Ladies Aid So-
ciety.. ,,5,,-4l-l-.-.-.-,r
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until her marriage ard subsequent oepai :
ture for the Pacific coast. >,
..One of nv girlhood remembrances
said Mrs. Frisbie. gives a clue 10 my
choice of a hobby-that is, my devotion
TO the cause of the relief corps was
attending school when the civil war broke
n,,t. and though l had neither Nth nor
kin to aid the cause-I had no brothefs
and my father was an invanu-l ,,,.i.,
deeply moved and soon joined nttle
society which met after the books had
been laid aside to roll bandages, scrape
lint and make cushions. when We sen, ,
to the soldiers. These cushions contaiiieu
needles, pins, buttons. threads, all the
small necessa ries for a boy or man
away from his woman foiks aiso
learned to knit. and every minute az
night, after my lessons were rear
was employed in putting heels and toes
in the socks which the sover'iinem, m,,,,aIs na .
provided, minus these parts Hospitals
for sick and wounded soldiers were soon
established in New York. and thus l
made my acquaintance with that sort oi
work long before my skirts nad Deen
heightened or my hair tucked up with
comb.
INV father removed from Rochester TO
San Francisco when the war was ended
and there L have pitched my tent and
will remain unit! the end. Many sorrows
led me to seek some comfort in doing
good for others and the formation OF
the Woman's Relief Corps seemed to
noint the way l was naturally interested
in the founding of SO many societies
framed for different causes, and those
with a historical significance We're es-
pecially attractive. During my girlnoOd
/ had taken much pride in the story OF
my ancestors. and L had gathered all
sorts of documentary evidence about my
descent from that gallant loyer, Elisha
Sutton. who eloped with royal dukes
daughter and took passage to America
in the good ship Hopewell, arriving IL
Boston in 100.
This tale is one of the most romantic
and delightful to be found In colonial
annals, and ] wonder that it escaped the
notice of those weavers OF song. Long
fellow Holmes and Whittier Elisha Sut.
ton was the third son of Sir Edward
Sutton, eighth baron of Dudley, and a
man of some importance, but not I'M
the consent of the Duke of Kent when he
made love to the Lady Elizabeth. Inc
duke frowned heavily on the suit, but
Lady Elizabeth was brave and stead
fast, escaped from the fortress wherein
she had been confined, and married her
lover by special license at portsmouth.
"They Immediately set sail for America
and settled in Boston. The duke finally
forgave the rash young couple and. after
the birth Of their son, called Elisha Kent
sutton. he obtained from the king q
royal grant for the grandson. The grant
has figured In history frequently and Gov
cred what is no less than the famous
Staten Island. the cities Of Newark. Eliza
: beth and fifty miles up the Hudson river
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S Head of Largest Body of
l Patriotic Women Banded
Together in the World
Corps Numbers About TO-
900 Members. Is Organized
in Thirty-eight States, and
Since the Amalgamation of
the Society in 1883 Has Ex-
pended in Worthy Patriotic
Purposes More Than So ,ooo,-
ooo-Mrs. Frisbie, Though for
Many Years a Resident of
California, Is a Native of
Rochester, N. Y, and Is the
Daughter of the Late Mr.. and
Mrs. Hiram Sutton of That
City.
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place on the western hemisphere IL hau
its pyramids and its palaces, its temples
and its novels 1t had men who under
stood fine masonry and artists who dld
wonderful carving. 1t was the capital oil
a great population, which filled the valley
in which ! am writing-a valley which in
its fertility is equal to that OF the Nile,
the Ganges, the Amazon or the kongo
Today this valley is covered with jun
gle Palm trees of a hundred varieties
wave their faniike leaves over 1t, and
Hanas. from the thickness of your finger
10 that of your leg. bind the great trees
together Mixed with the palms are ma
hoganies and other hardwoods, SO that
the vegetation is almost impenetrable.
The underground is dense and it Is
good woodSman who can cut his way for
two miles through the jungle inside OF
twelve hours. The soil and climate are
such that the clearing of today becomes
a forest within few years and plants Will
shoot UP TO from dozen to twenty feet
in the course of six months.
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The CorkscreW Way.

MFRS. NETTY KIBBY, conductor of the
AVA national division of the Sons of Tenn
perance, in temperance address in Wor-
cester, pointed out the absurd folly of at
tempting to drive away sorrow by get
ting drunk.
There is no greater fool on earth"
she said, than the man who tries to pull
himself out Of trouble with corkscreW.
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A Popular Definition.

g ENATOR DEPEW had just seen sew
- enteen office-seekers. Tired. but ever
genial. he shook his eighteenth caller by
the hand and said:
My dear sir, do you know the defini-
ton of a senator? Well, in the opinion
of too many Of his constituents, senator
may be defined as q man who won't give
you job"
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Too True.

TN recent volume of memoirs proud
1 note is taken of an advance of Slf
that was made to Poe on one of his books
by publisher, the wording of the receipt
for this miserable advance being most in
sulting on the publishers part to the i'm
mortal poet.
Apropos of this matter, at the Franklin
Inn, in Philadelphia, George Horace Lori
mer remarked sadly upon the Wretched
treatment meted out to genius-upon Mil
tons So for Paradise Lost upon Shell
Iey's SIT for "Adonis.' etc.
Yes said Mr. Lorimer, with sigh
1T is but too true that when man has
the stamp of genius on his brow ne also
has the gloss of genius on his coat
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vt the same time the decay of the vege-
tation is rapid Cut it down and it rots
so quickly that within few months the
smaller trees have disappeared, and, by
he aid of the vast armies Of ants, the
larger ones last but a few years. For
this reason. all of the woodwork of that
ancient civilization has long since passed
away. The stonework remains, and
within the past thirty or forty months
American archeologists have been dig
-ing ii out of the jungle and trying to
discover the character of the people who
lived here a thousand and more years
ago. What they have found and what
they are doing / shall tell you further on
in this letter.
But first let me give the location
doubt whether many of you have ever
heard OF the Motagua river and of this
great Garden of Eden known as the Mo-
taSua valley. Ii was we'll fitted for the
nome Of "a great people. If you remem-
b'r YOUR history YOU will find that the
inst civilizations have sprung UP in val
icNS. The soil there is rich and the river
ma k"S II easy TO carry the products from
one place TO another. The fight for food
y not hard. and the people have leisure
IL cultivate the gentler arts. Other peo-
pies come TO buy of their abundance
Commerce follows and in time civilfza- :
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Carnegie's Pun.

TN response to IL compliment upon the
! high literary quality of the contents
of the various Carnegie libraries. Andrew
Carnegie condescended to make pun.
WHY, yes he said. these Libraries
are literary through and through. one
of them burned down the other day, and
even the smoke issued in volumes.
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can continent, and the wonder Is now
the people of those ancient times couid
have lifted such enormous weights. we
have no record that they had beasts OF
burden and machinery was as yet un-
invented. They probably used levers
pulleys and cables and rolled the stones
into place upon inclined planes. Ihefe
are evidences that the great stones We're
brought down upon RATS at the time OF
the floods and the remains of an ancient
canal is shown. The stone itself is such
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The 1LANN1 NONUNEN,
AT QUIR1GUA.
TH1eTY Or ToRTY FEET:
TALL

1t makes one wonder
whether the ancestors of these people
did not come from Asia.
Still farther on is the l,ading monu-
ment of which l have spoken. 1t is
as high as a two-story house, and has
a gigantic head carved out near the
top. The face is of wonderful work
manship and it seems as though the
thing might talk The eyes are fat and
bulgy, the nose is that of "a Jew, the
forehead is low, and the beard, Whlch
hides the chin is like that which one
sees on the statues of the Egyptian
kings The great ears on each side
of the face are half hidden by plugs
of jade. and the features remind us or
those of the Assyrians or Egyptians
Stranger than all these, however, is
the monument which has been recently
exhumed. 1t is a great stone upon
which, in alto-relievo. is carved great
round face which bears the happy eN-
preston so often seen in the cartoons
Of Theodore Roosevelt. The open
mouth shows great teeth ana Josiui
grin is seen at the corners. Ihc az
cheologists here say that TINS Is inc
Simon-pure origin OF the Roosevelt
smile 1t proves the antiquity OF the
genealogical tree of our FORMER IIeSi-
dent, and it may be that when the
cartoons OIL the IldI Wiio hSoN' eA'o
hull moose party are eXhumed. from
the debris of a thousand years hence
the archeologists of the future may
connect the two in their long nara
tive of past civilizations.
other monuments make me think of the
rartars. They have Tartar features. ana
they look not unlike the giants IN stone
which guard the Ming tombs at 4>ahhinS
and near the Nanko pass through the
great wall OF China. In connection Win
this is the evident dedication of the fi;E-
tie. which has always been the Chihese
emblem of longevity, as is shown %! 81.
yantic stone turtles in many parts OF
north China One of the biggest monu-
ments / have seen here outside the great
shafts is q turtle which weighs about
twenty tons and is at least eight feet IN
height, 1t is entirely covered with hero
glyphics and is one great mass of cary
ing a.,
ancient city of QuiriSua are said 10 DE
the largest of their kind upon the Ameri-
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y ' L y " u Z ' L
heard of Quirigua?
s e V e n hundred
years before CO.
lumbus discovered
America, when our
ancestors of north
srn Europe were
living in huts. eat
ing with their fin
gers and sleeping
on straw, it was
the most civilized
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To Be Sure.

MTScLE JOE. CANNON, S >,.,i,,,,,s in his con, on
progressive, the socialist and other rad
ical platforms
.'Oh. yes" he said, with a chuckle,
"money is the root Of all evil-the other
mans money that means, Of course"