THE ffitWOir SATUBDAY EVENiyg . APIUI, lfi, ICO?, -
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POKER GAME LOSS
iQuecr Experience of New-York Mer
rr : chant and What Came -of It 5
in
ra
i "Mf uooai," said a prominent New
:Vrk merchant "dates from big tort
a pud la a poker cam. That expert
Lane taught me blessing sqmetlme
come In disguise, and you can't begin td
guess all the thing that com your war.
It had not been for losing In that
er game I believe I would b only
clerk today.
"Alone In lt0 X had 112.000 and all
Lkind of ambition. J waa living up la
Brooklyn then, but the old bur own t
ult me, and neither did New York. I
deelded to go to lomt place and grew
un with the -country, and then come
pack and apend my money. The West
looked a bit too lively for me,' and I
thought ' it waa pretty well averdooe.
Just at that time we began .to heat
things about a boom down South, that
the land of Dixie waa waking up, and
fortune were being made in evary
creaaroada town. I decided to- take the
, South for mine, and I ratted, for a
Jplace called Basio City, Intending to
wind us at Roanoke
"I had' heard Basic City was moving
i pretty lively, but when I got off the
train about S In the morning I oouldn't
fini the town. There waa -nothing In
tmil but Egyptian darknes so thick
at I thought I waa in a fog. There
wasn't even a depot.
" This la a deuce of a note.' I said to
'myself aloud. 'Not even a hotel run
JMt here.' It looked as if I would have
to hunt for a cornfield to spend the
night In.
"Hello, young fellah!' said a pleasant
voice somewhere in the darkness.
"Hello yourself,' I said. 'How did
you guess I waa coming V
" 'Just reckoned It,' said the voice.
'What are you looking foh hotel?
" 'Tea,' I said. 'Can yoa tell me where
ta And oner
T atop at one. Come over hrah. X
just come down to the train to see If
anybody was coming In.
"I went over, and by the light of a
match which he held 1 saw a handsome
young man about 21 years old. He told
me his name was Bolden, and he was
looking over the boom. He helped roe
carry my grip to the hotel, about 290'
yards away. The sleepy clerk gave me
a room, and 1 started off to bed.
" 'No use to go to bed.' said Bolden.
"Come and let's play cards till break
fast time.'
" 'Not for me,' I said. I'm too sleepy.'
Besides, I didn't care to risk any of tha
l,000 I had brought along out of my
little fortune.
"It did not take me laag when t got
up to conclude I didn't care to invest In
Basic City. Then I boarded a stage for
Clifton Forge, a few mile away, Bol
den going with me. We found that
town lively enough, especially aftec
dark. It reminded me of stories I had
heard of Western mining camps, for
there were saloons aad gambling places
every 'other door. At Bolden'. request
I went Into the largest gambling resort.
Tou could get any sort of game you
wanted -faro, roulette and all kinds of
poker. Bolden sat down to a table
where four of the toughest looking cus
tomers I ever saw were playing straight
poker. I urged him to stay away from
tha game, but he smiled, and pushed me
aside and asked for 120 worth of chips.
I watched him for a little while and
then went over t0 loolt at the faro table.
I had been there about half an hour
when I heard a great commotion,. above
which rose the cry:
" 'Don't shoot! Don't, shootr
"I looked around, and' there stood
young Bolden, with an ugly-looking
gun, covering the four fellow at hit
table. And they weren't doing a thing
but looking at that gun with hands up.
" 'Of co'se I don't want to shoot,' said
Bolden in his soft tonos; but I will If
I see any ' mo' crooked work. Now alt
down and play a gentleman's game,'
"They all sat down again, but I no-
ticed Bolden kept the gun in his lap.
I didn't want to see any row, so I re
turned to the hotel. The house waa
crowded, and tha clerk had given, me a
room with Bolden. I didn't wait for
him. but went to sleep as soon as I
ould. About f o'clock he came in.
" 'Wake- up!', he cried. I've made a
Wiling.'
It looked as if he had. His soft hat
was full of gold and silver, and the
bank notea were sticking out of every
pocket.
- 'Not so bad for a kid against such a
igang. is ilT he said.'
" You must be a professional, X
jaald, somewhat awestruck by the heap
of coin. '
" 'Not a bit of it,' he said. 'Just had
e run of luck. Now I'll play you till
'breakfast time.' -
" 'Not if I know myself," I said. Tm '
going to sleep soma more.'
"But he kept on insisting, so that I I
reached tip and drew two silver dollars
from the pocket of my trousers as they
hung an tha aadpoat - J
"Til play you 12 freoieout, I said.
He agreed. , saying ha Just wanted tb
sport and didn't eara for tha money. I
dressed, and my '12 lasted till breakfast
time. Ia fact, I had increased it to 0.
Whea wa want down'ta tha dining room
Bolden. Wha anaiaed.to. hava the fever
about aa badly aa any man could hava
It .Insisted on matching m 220 gold
pieces. Thia wa did. to tha scandal af
the hotel and tha disgust of the other
folk who were eating breakfast. When
we got up I had won in all about I J 00.
"We than started tor Roanoke, for I
could not get rid of Bolden, and he waa
so pleasant In his persistence that I
hadn't tha heart to snub him. On our
way w stopped tor a fair momenta at
Buchanan.' There he met some reuows
whom he knew. He told them we had
juat come from Clifton Forge.
" "How did you get along over there?
asked one.
Oh. I got all they had.' he said.
carelessly. 'It waa a booster" game.
and. I broke the house.'
Then It dawned on me that this
sweet-faced, dulcet-voiced kid was
nothing mora nor leaa than a profes
sional gambler, and about as cold
blooded as they make 'em. But he went
on with me to Roanoke and put up at
the same hotel, although. I. saw ta it
that he didn't get a room with me:
I looked over the town. It had a
boom, and no mistake, and everybody
said It was going to be another Atlanta.
I decided to put my 23.000 into some
choice lota there, and agreed to call and
settle thing wit It tha broker that after
noon. Bolden told me I was making
a mistake, but I saw that he wanted a
little of my 12.009. '
He met two friend when we got
back to tha hotel and proposed a little
game: I refused, of course.
"WeIL. Til play yo ingie-nanaea.
he said.
Look here, Bolden.' 1 aaid. 'I have
2309 of your money, but you can have
it back if you are so grouchy about it.
I don't want It
" "Not at alt sun,' said he in his purr
lna- way, But i n tell yp what I will
da Til Play yoa just one hand, and
then we'll call it Quits.'
" 'All right' I ald. 1 can't lose much
oa on hand.' ' . .
"W went' to hi room, the other
two men going along. Bolden pulled out
a deck of cards and offered them to me
for ft Cut I told him to go ahead with
tha deaL although tha pack had not
even been shuffled.
"What la tha limltr I asked.
" 'No limit' he answered. 'It's only
on iaekpot and yot can't lose much.'
Whan I picked up my band I round
that I had four kings and an ace-sider.
I opened the pot for IS, and Bolden
raised m 16; I raised him 15. He "saw
It' and asked me how many cards I
wanted.
'Olve me one.' I said cheerfully. T
auDDose my two pair are as gooa as
yours.
"I'll have to draw to my hand,' he
I'll take two.'
What do you suppose a man would
do when he had four kings and had
thrown away an ace, and the other fel
low drew two eardsT I did what any
other player would . do, of course. I
started off with a 1100 bet. and Bolden
raised me $100. I tilted It for snother
1 100. and he raised me te same
amount To dispense with tk harrow
ing details. X dug down in my wallet
for $200 in addition to the amount I had
won from btm. Then Bolden raised me
$100.
"All of a sudden It came over me that
I waa playing with a professional gam
bler, that the cards had not been shuffled
or out I knew Bolden waa nervy
and a bad cltlien. but la my despera
tion, If I had had a gun. X would have
made a proposition to divide the pot
right there, But when I looked into his
smiling faoa I knew I waa up against
a game I had no chance of bucking
successfully. 1 dug for another $100
and sad huskily:
"1 call. Lay down your straight
flush.'
-'That' Just what X haTe.'iuh. ha
said. Innocently, 'How did you guess
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fOUn 5IDC5 Or WHAT"
One of the hits of the theatrical sea
son is the "Song of the Cities." which
is one of the dainty concerts tt "The
Prince of Pilsen." Beautiful girls garbed
appropriately- represent the different cit
ies sung about. Miss Queenle LeRol
represents the City of Washington. She
Is clad In a stunning red. white and blue
costume.
FRANCIS IS
NOT SEEKING
PRESIDENCY:
So Declares Chief of the
St. Louis Fair.
0MUt lUUUVfyllUJ) T V1U JVU kuupm
Itr And he laid down a ten high heart
traight flush and raked In tha pot It
had hi $290 and $1,000 of my owe
money. ' That afternoon ha left town.
, "I waa so aggrieved over my lota that
I followed hi exampl. That la where
I won out- If I hadn't lost that money
In poker I would 'have stayed in Roan
oke and dumped the whole $2,000 and
possibly all the. rest of my $13,000, for
the boom fell flat as a pancake. I came
back to Brooklyn on the first train and
started Into business In New Tork.
Now I am wealthy." New Tork Press.
Tha Jnggarmohlla.
(With apologies to the Jabberwock.)
Twaa naptha and the glssy gubs
eaied ana wrumoiea wruwruny,
TM hornful were the tooting flubs,
rvnd the gasoline tsmuii aoieiuuy.
From down the street there came the
blub
Of a sortnl. soatless Song:
Jts chorus whs a sul chug-chug,
With the bingle of a gong.
On. on it enme. with lurid power,
While the chHufflneeY Just swore;
Maybe.it. was -twelve miles an hour.
And roaybe 'twas umpty o'er.
Well, ennyhow, lt'swugged the cop
Till ha rnlloH nhnnt In ntepea!
Then it wauntered away with a hoaraeful
Dray,. . i
While its enemy slussed his creases.
-
In smattera and skags he limped along
i o ine nome or nis boss ana enter.
'I seen It, all right" 'Wos his snaggy
song;
"'It was snuckin' along like a thief."
"And h8t thou caught the Juggermo-
Puggered the chief, with jublle delight.
Ah, glubaome day, rfboray! hooray! ,
This is sure a scrumptious night!"
But. the copper bird lubbered his eyes.
"It's loabsome news I have," he wailed.
"I waa caught from behind, and by sur-
firise, - - ' . , ,
Be I'd had the chuff er Jailed."
"Away, away! you ildiot wab,"
(This from the chief in a rage);
''I'll have -you put on another job---' .
. What you need 1 a cage."
'" x CWBago later Ooean.
Well, Ho, Ifot Tary Clearly.
All eggs have a parthenogenetlc ten
dency, which, as Boverl demonstrated at
the last meetrng of the German Booiety
of Naturalists and Physicians, disap
pears through degeneration of the coh
trosoma. All that Prot. Ioeb of Chicago
did was to shdw that this partheno
genetlc tendency could be stimulated In
aea urchins by a, normal salt solutioa
In certain Infusoria the process of fe
cundation consists essentially In a subtle
osmosis between the sexes. The exparl
mentsOf Loeb did not create life, but
simply stimulated bisexual generation
at tne expense or parthenogenesis. These
experiments, therefore, demonstrate
nothing as regards the cause of life.
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
-v,n ,,i 1,,.;,
; -'' Kia idreat Comfort
The Rev. John 8. Lyon, at the dinner
of the Paper Manufacturers' Associa
tion, spoke of a friend who received a
letter from on of his parishioners
which read: ;
"Mr JDear Pastor: I have been lck
for two month and have not been able
to hear your excellent sermons, which
has been a great comfort to to." -New
Tork TlmoevA W-.-. V. -r-f: r .
(Journal Special Service.)
ST. LOUIS. April 18. President
Francis of the World's Fair has em
phatlcally denied that he is a candi
date for the Presidency of the United
States.
This declaration was called forth by
a motion of Editor O. E. Hawkins of
the Tecumseh Times at a meeting of
journalists that the visiting members
pledge to President Francis the electoral
vote of Michigan. The incident occurred
in the Administration Building, where
President Francis waa extending a wel
come to tha visitors. -
Tha suggestion of the Michigan editor
was manifestly a great surprise to Presi
dent Francis, but be interrupted any
action that might have been taken on the
motion by rising and saying:
"I desire to impress upon the members
of the association that every minute of
my time, energy and mind la being de
voted exclusively to the success of the
Louisiana. Purchase Exposition, there
fore udh a suggestion as the gentleman
has Just made, "Slough highly compli
mentary and receive by me in the spirit
which prompts it, is utterly beyond con
sideration.
"The time for talking of other work
and other honors than those in which
we ara engaged is a matter of considera
tion foreign to the spirit and Intention
of the great enterprise of which we hope
tn American people will be proud. -
"Thia X My Life Work.'
The success of the Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition ia the present work
of my life and the lives of many others,
who are faithfully striving to perform
their duties as they Bee them. It 1 my
Intention to devote my whole time and
attention to this great work.
l wisn to impress upon the mem
bers of this association that I am not
a candidate for the presidency, and that
neither would I consider the honor, al
though it i one to which every Araerl
can citizen may feel proud to aspire. I
will not urge that the motion of the gen
tleman be tabled, but that he will kindly
witnaraw it."
Editor Hawkins replied In a humorous
vein by withdrawing the motion, after
aying that President Francis could de-
pand upon the solid support of the Michi
gan editor, if he wanted anything from
tne rresiaency down.
Some Peculiarities of
Kansas' Honored Son.
Oaoted "The RaYar When In-
formed cf His Defeat for the
Senatorship.
Four Stories told by four rn wnpaper
mn Illustrate the traits r th,- late
John J. Ingalls. who waa for eighteen
years In the United States .nat from
Kaaaas, and wa the Sunflower Stat'
accepted pear In oratory and statesman
ship.
Mr. In gall. In hi lifetime. . always
displayed - a partiality for newspaper
men, yet hw did It In such a way that
at no time did he sacrifice hi dignity
and reserve. .
An example of his sensr of humor la
Illustrated in a story told I (leorg-
Hanson, formerly a newspaper man of
Ogden. Utah.
"It waa at the time of the big Flts-
Simraons-Corbett null in Carson City,
said Mr. Hanson, "and I wus ut the
Union Pacllta depot in Ogd.n watching
for any of the big sporting men that
were passing through on their way to
Carson City.
"On the day before tne right I waa
standing on the platform as a train
from -the East pulled In. I saw a tall,
slender man alight from the'rar step,
dresaed in a long gray i'rinre Albert.
whose silvery hair, high forehead and
stately, dignified appearance Immedt
ately Impressed and reminded me Of
pictures of the Kansas orator, whom
the ministry and the press were rrltlcis
ing so harshly for reporting a prl:
fight. (It will be remembered that Mr.
Ingalls represented a New York dally
at the Carson City mill.)
"Walking up to him I said: "This ia
Senator Ingalls, Is It not?'
"He turned and replied: 'I am he.
Afid who Is thlsr
It took but an Instant for me to
explain that I was a newspaper man.
and by way of opening the conversation
I said: 'Senator, It seems to me we
have met somewhere before
"The Senator gased away at the sur
rounaing mountains,, nis sharp gray
eyes sweeping their crests, and far be
yond, and then turning to mi! again
he blandly replied: .'Maybe so. I've
often been there.'
" 'Senator,' I continued, 'I am looking
for celebrities and notables on their way
to Carson City. Are there any on this
tralnr
-Again tne great statesman's eyes
swept the surrounding mountain tops
nd slowly descending to the green
sward below, at last rested upon me
again.
" 'Notables, celebrities,' he repeated
slowly. Then, with a trace of a smile
playing about his lips, he added: 'Ah,
celebrities, notable, yes. There's a
couple,' and he pointed to two notorious
negro prize fighter who were standing
by the side of the coach."
Bis Power of Oratory,
. A. E. McKee, formerly a Kansas City
newspaper nun, tells a atory illustrat
ing Mr. Ingalls' power of oratory and
his personal magnetism' When on the
platform.
'I had been sent to 'do' a political
meeting in Kansas City, Kan., at which
Mr. Ingalls was to speak." said he. "I
had heard a great deal about the Kansas
orator, but I had never heard him, and
had gone to the meeting with the ex
pectatlon of being overwhelmed with
spellbinding. A crude press table had
been improvised, and I was sitting there
impatiently awaiting the beginning of
the meeting when the Sunflower Orator
was Introduced.
'He began his speech with a vivid
description of the Impression he
celved of the beautiful autumnal day a
he came by train up tha valley of the
Kaw. Beautiful allegorlea and figures
or speech cam from hi lip, which
immediately attracted, my Interest, and
at last he uttered this sentence in de
scribing the day of fall: Triangles of
wild geese harrowed the pastures of
the deep blue sky.'
"My pencil fell from ray fingers to
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speech an hour later my notepaper con-
tainea not a line,
Whining Light.
"Hasn't Squallop been fooling us beau
tifully n
Howr
T found out the other day, by acci
dent, that he has been a member of a
church for 25 year without any of his
friends aver suspeotlng It" Chloaga
Tribua - . , N
" Yammering.
"Yammering" is a word about which
we raised some question In our. literary
columns recently. But it is one of those
words which have been caught up Into
the literary language from provincial
speech, and the verb "to yammer," as a
correspondent points out,. Is not a new
woru. out nas ueen long in use in Scot
land and the North of England. There is
an obvious connection between this syn
onym of "whining" and the German
"Janimer," which Is best? known in th
cerrtblnatlon "katienjamm" the after
math of a night' debauch. And from
the latest edition of Webster we gather
that Mr. Kipling, too, has discovered
the word, and used it London Chron
icle. .
Br. atoob. Chosen.
Dr. Koch ha been chosen foreign
member of the French Academy of Sci
ences to flll the vacancy left by the
d,eath of Prof. Virchow. Twenty-eight
votes were given for Dr. Koch, against
18 for Prof. Agassis, curator at Harvard
University; 11 for -8. P. Lana-le of
fYKBningxon, ana 1 lor Prof. Van nor
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Mr.- Ingalls power of deduction 'la
depicted in the story told by A. 8. Kane.
another former Kansas City newspaper
man.
Soon after Mr. Inaalla' return fmn
Carson City, where he had received
$10,000 for reporting tha FUsslmmona-
Corbett prise fight, he waa in Kansas
Uty. I met him at the Midland hotel.
and, of course, wanted an Interview.
Among Other things, the Senator
wanted ma to explain tha difference be
tween a newspaper man and a Journal
ist. The press bad named him a Jour
nalist, and he could not see the differ
ence.
"A newspaper man.' said L 'is a man
who Writes for a newspaper because ha
ha to make a living and needs the
money. A journalist write sometimes
for amusement, sometimes for fame.
and sometimes for pleasure.'
'The Senator thought for a moment!
then, putting his hand on my shoulder,
replied:
'I'm not a Journalist; I'm a news
paper man.'"
Could Be Tragio.
That Mr. Ingalls could become tragic
and dramatic upon occasions Is evi
denced in the story told by Dave Leahy
of Wichita, well known among Kansas
newspaper men.
"Having met the Senator many times
during his long public career, we had
come to know each other well." said
Mr. Leahy.
It was during his last "campaign
when the irresistible wave of Populism
swept over Kansas, carrying before It
the defeat of Kansas greatest orator.
During the heat of the campaign Mr.
Ingalls waa on night, a few weeks
before th ejection, in Wichita. I called
at hi hotel merely to pay my respects.
Upon the clerk's giving me his number
t Want to hi room, it wa nearly dusk
and when I appeared at his open door
I beheld htm stretched at full length on
is bed with hi face buried In the nil-
low, evidently tired and discouraged.
'Uood evening.' Senator.' I aaid.
"He did pot turn, but with hi face
still burled in th pillow, replied: The
voice is that of David, the form that of
the devil.'
"This was galling enough, but what
followed was worse, for ha turned on
his ptUow and. looking at me, added:
'I waa neither mistaken In voice nor
form.' -
"Then he rose to a sitting posture on
'the edge of the bed. ' '
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ill tell Ingalls the truth. What are
my chances in thia district
T looked at the Senator almost pity
ingly, but I knew I must tell him the
truth.
'Senator.' I said, 'overwhelming de
feat awaits you.'
"Immediately he sprang from the bed
and paced up and down the floor, with
a look of fire In his eyes; then, turning
upon me and pointing his long finger
at me. exclaimed: Take thy beak from
out my bosom, take thy form from off
my floor.'
'I muttered, I don't know why, 'Nev
ermore.'
" 'Ye, nevermore,' he repeated. 'I'll
never be Senator of Kansas again.' "
Kansas City Journal.
Why They Are Jgft Wervon.
Dining in the basement of the tallest
building in the world has no terrors for
the patrons of Haan's Rathskeller. More
than SCO feet above them towers the
roof of the Park Row building. They
are beneath thousands of tons of stone
and iron, apparently sustained only by
slender pillars In the cafe. Nearly 6.000
people, the population of the small city,
toll in thefflcH of the 32 stories. Dur
ing business hours 10,000 persons are In
the building at a time. If it should col
lapse the list of 'casualties would make
it a "catastrophe." But so sublime 1h
the faith of New Yorkers in the skill
of the builders pf sky-scrapers that they
think of the fateful polysyllable only In
connection with volcanic eruptions and
Kansas cyclones. That Is why the pat
ronsxof Haan's are not nervous.'
Smbarrassed.
"What a beautiful luncheon!" said the
guest,
"Yes," answered Mrs. Cumrox, "moth
er and the girls say it is all right."
"But you aren't enjoying It."
"No. I'm a little embarrassed. I've
been standing pver here trying to figure
out Which are the edibles and which are
the decorations. "Washington Star.
ffl 111
10 Oil! HI
Sweetheart of 45 Years
Ago Remembered .
of
Tha Sac Sulold Class.
Benner ;I saw the Niltons tn their
horseless carriage today. I wonder how
they continue to find so much pleasure
In itT,
West They are a childless' family,
you know. They must put in their time
some way. Boston Transcript
Romance Disclosed by Will
Old Captain Miller, Bon
Vivant.
(Journal Special Service.)
NEW YORK, April 18. Like "the
ghost of a dead and gone bouquet" there
comes out of a dry bit of parchment filed
in the Surrogate's office yesterday the
will of Capt Thomas J. Miller, one time
clubman, boulevardier, bon vivant and
famous gourmet, who died at a very
advanced-age in St. Vincent's Hospital
on March 2 last the story of an old
romance.
At the Manhattan Club and many ho
tels, and among the theatrical and other
artistic folk, to whom old Capt. Miller
was a 'quaint and likable figure, few
knew of the love story that hi will dla
closes. Indeed, It la probable that none
but himself and Joanna .Mills, who is 78
years old, knew about It at all.
Sho was a girl of humble parentage
and, Capt Miller was a young naval of
ficer when he met her. It waa a genuine
love affair. Perhapa the disparity of
their positions In social life kept them
apart None knows now.'
But at any. rata Capt Miller remained
a bachelor, to the end of hi days, and
when his will waa filed it bora In dry
legal terms, all expressionless of senti
ment on their face, tha proof of hia
faithfulness to the pretty girl whom ha
met and loved 43 year ago.
For all hi property ta left to Joanna
Mills. . a very old, bent and wrinkled
woman now. It Is not much-1-, lease
hold property In Read street which
brings about )600 a year, and oma
personal belongings. Capt Davis' at?
torneya refused last night to tell wher
the woman lived, but It was learned that
he and two of her maiden later had
modest room in an old-fashioned down
town residential section. t
Capt Miller never ros to higher rank
than ensign In th mavy, for shortly af
ter the war he resigned. Ha Joined th
life of the town and became a character
in It. a brilliant witty companion. For
a long time he enjoyed th reputation
of knowing more than any man in all
New York concerning thing to aat an,
thlnga to drink and just how they should .
be treated In the moat arttatlo fashion.
Kaxioo Military AmblUoa.
The army and navy of th Republic
of Mexico are undergoing th greatest
transformation In their history. From
the border to Yucatan and from th Pa
ciflc to the gulf coast tha republlo will '
soon be a vast parade ground far troopr
and marines. Quietly, but rapidly, th
government Is carrying to compkton -comprehensive
plan which' will mak .-
Mexico one of the strongest military
powers for her area on tha glob. With
tn a year or two at moat President Dial '
wftl ba able to moboliae on short nolle '
nearly 209.000 well-equipped and well
drilled soldier. Be desire to mak
Mexico a nation of warriors ; therefor.
in nearly 11.000 public schools nearly
S0O.00O boys are drilling daily and
dreaming of glory to b won n tb bat. .
tlefleld. I there raon to- doubt In
view of uch facta jut these, that h ,
Mexico of the future will ba able ta ,
make demand and enforc thorn tf ed
be. NatioTiaJ Magaatna,
'fv: They Follow tha Flagv
"We lasat from Father Pardow
opinion that divorcMs America's gift
to the Philippine. . Ada, a Chlfia?
historian, ha well teld that the cock
tail follow 'the flag, nd to that we
would add th horn run and the !' t
to aeeond New York Dally New